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John Blain
1795 - 1879 Author of "And now, my friends, both old and young" in The Sacred Harp Blain, John. (Fishkill, New York, February 14, 1795--December 26, 1879, Mansfield, Massachusetts). Baptist. Studied at Fairfield (New York) and Middlebury (New York) academies. Pastored for nearly sixty years in : Auburn, New York City, York, and Syracuse, New York; Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island; New London, Connecticut; Charlestown and Mansfield, Massachusetts. He was also an evangelist and baptized about three thousand persons. He gave large sums to missions while living, and willed his property to home and foreign missions.
The one hymn for which Blain is remembered is a parting hymn written in 1818, and published in the Original and Selected Reformation Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1829). Comprising twelve stanzas, the hymn begins:
My Christian friends in bonds of love,
Whose hearts in sweetest union prove;
Your friendship's like a drawing band,
Yet we must take the parting hand.
A part of this hymn, altered by Rev. H.L. Hastings, later appeared in Songs of Pilgrimage (1886).
Paul R. Powell (?), DNAH Archives
John Blain
John Palmer Reese
1828 - 1900 Person Name: J. P. Rees Composer of "FAREWELL TO ALL" in The Good Old Songs John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia.
Antonio Higgins
John Palmer Reese
