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[All unseen the Master walketh]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Robert Harkness Incipit: 32154 13221 24543 Used With Text: A Constant Friend

Author: Mrs. Charles M. Alexander; T. I. Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: All unseen the Master walketh Refrain First Line: Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Used With Tune: [All unseen the Master walketh]

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A Constant Friend

Author: T. I.; Mrs. Charles M. Alexander Hymnal: Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 #147 (1910) First Line: All unseen the Master walketh Refrain First Line: Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Lyrics: 1 All unseen the Master walketh By the toiling servant's side; Wondrous words of life He speaketh, While His hands uphold and guide. Refrain: Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Rends thy heart, to Him unknown, He today and He tomorrow Grace sufficient gives His own. 2 When thy loved ones cross the border, Jesus is the link between They can gaze upon His glory, Thou can'st on His bosom lean. [Refrain] 3 Holy strivings nerve and strengthen, Long endurance wins the crown; When the ev’ning shadows lengthen, Thou shalt lay thy burden down. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [All unseen the Master walketh]

A Constant Friend

Author: Mrs. Charles M. Alexander; T. I. Hymnal: Alexander's Male Choir #15 (1912) First Line: All unseen the Master walketh Refrain First Line: Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: [All unseen the Master walketh]

A Constant Friend

Author: Mrs. Charles M. Alexander; T. I. Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #66 (1915) First Line: All unseen the Master walketh Refrain First Line: Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: [All unseen the Master walketh]

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Thomas MacKellar

1812 - 1899 Person Name: T. I. Author of "A Constant Friend" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 Mackellar, Thomas, was born in New York, Aug. 12, 1812. At the age of 14 he entered the printing establishment of Harper Brothers. In 1833 he removed to Philadelphia and joined the type-foundry firm of Johnson & Smith, as proof reader. He subsequently became a foreman, and then a partner in that firm, which has been known from 1860 as Mackellar, Smiths, and Jordan, type-founders of Philadelphia. His publications include The American Printer, 1866, a prose work, and the following in verse:— (1) Droppings from the Heart, 1844; (2) Tam's Fortnight Ramble, 1847; (3) Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; (4) Rhymes Atween Times, 1872. The last contains some of his hymns. (5) Hymns and a few Metrical Psalms, Phila. 1883 (71 hymns, 3 psalms), 2nd edition, 1887 (84 hymns, 3 psalms). Those of his hymns in common use include :— 1. At the door of mercy sighing. Lent. Published in his Rhymes Atween Times, 1872, as, "Long of restful peace forsaken," and again in Dr. Hitchcock's Hymns & Songs of Praise, 1874, as "At the door of mercy sighing." 2. Bear the burden of the present. Resignation. Written in 1852, and published in his Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; and Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868. Part of this hymn, beginning "All unseen the Master walketh," was in common use in Great Britain. 3. Book of grace, and book of glory. Holy Scripture. Written in 1843. It was given in the Sunday School Union Collection, 1860, and his Hymns and a few M. Psalms, &c, 1883, and a few collections, including Allon's Children's Worship, 1878, &c. 4. Draw nigh to the Holy. Jesus, the soul’s Refuge. In Sumner's Songs of Zion, 1851, and the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868, in 5 st. of 8 1ines. 5. Father, in my life's young morning. A Child's Prayer. Written in 1841. 6. In the vineyard of our Father. Work for God. Written in 1845. It was given in the Hymns for Church & Home, Philadelphia, I860, and other collections. 7. Jesus! when my soul is parting. Continued presence of Jesus desired. Written in 1848, and included in Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, and entitled "Jesus first and last." 8. There is a land immortal. Heaven. Mr. Mackellar says that this hymn was written "One evening as a fancy suddenly struck me of a religious nature, I laid aside the work in hand, and pursuing the new idea, I at once produced the hymn, ‘There is a land immortal,' and sent it to the editor [of Neale's Gazette], who referred to it as a religious poem from ‘Tam,' my assumed name, under which I had already acquired considerable notoriety. This was in 1845. It was widely copied, and afterwards inserted in a volume published by me." Duffield's English Hymns, &c, 1886, p. 551. Mr. Mackellar was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Mackellar, T., p. 708, ii. Additional hymns are:— (1) "I have no hiding-place" (Safety in Jesus), (2) “I will extol Thee every day" (Praise to God). These are dated 1880 and 1871 respectively in Stryker's Church Songs, N. Y., 1889. He died Dec. 29, 1899. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============ Mackellar, T., pp. 708, ii.; 1578, ii. He died Dec. 29, 1899. His hymn, “O the darkness, O the sorrow" (Redemption through Christ), was written in 1886, and added to the latest 1668 editions of his Hymns & Metrical Psalms. It is found in Summa Corda, 1898, and several other collections. His Hymns and Poems were collected and published in 1900. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Helen C. A. Dixon

1877 - 1969 Person Name: Mrs. Charles M. Alexander Adapter of "A Constant Friend" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 Dixon, Helen Cadbury Alexander (b. 1877, Birmingham, Eng.; d. Mar. 1, 1969, Birmingham, Eng.) was the daughter of Richard Cadbury, a prominent British industrialist and philanthropist who was a member of the Quaker fellowship and keenly interested in evangelical mission work; attended the university and spent some time in Germany, studying music and language; in 1904 married Charles M. Alexander, songleader with evangelist R. A. Torrey; traveled with her husband and assisted him in his worldwide ministry with both Torrey and J. Wilbur Chapman (q.v.) until his death in 1920; assisted J. Kennedy Maclean in writing the biography, Charles M. Alexander: A Romance of Song and Soul-Winning, 1921; in 1924 married Amsji C. Dixon. Don Hustad, DNAH Archives

Robert Harkness

1880 - 1961 Composer of "[All unseen the Master walketh]" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 After attending a revival meeting by Reuben Torrey and Charles M. Alexander, Harkness became Alexander’s pianist. He came to Christ shortly thereafter (on a bicycle, he said), and made several round the world tours with Torrey and Alexander. Harkness was especially well known for his program The Music of the Cross, and as the author of correspondence courses in hymn playing. He wrote over 2,000 hymns and Gospel songs in his lifetime. (hymntime.com/tch)