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[I would do each duty here]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. N. Lincoln Incipit: 34565 13234 32123 Used With Text: Crown, Harp, and Song

Crown, Harp, and Song

Author: F. A. Blackmer Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: I would do each duty here Refrain First Line: Oh, a starry crown to wear Used With Tune: [I would do each duty here]

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Author: F. A. Blackmer Hymnal: The Gospel Awakening #71 (1888) First Line: I would do each duty here Refrain First Line: Oh, a starry crown to wear Lyrics: 1. I would do each duty here, I would toil and never fear; And the cross would meekly bear; That, when past these scenes of strife, I may then a crown of life With the ransomed ever wear. Chorus: Oh, a starry crown to wear, Oh, a golden harp to bear, When before the great "I Am," All the mighty, ransomed throng Swell the Glad triumphant song, Song of Moses and the Lamb. 2. I would follow Jesus now, At His feet would gladly bow, Never seeking earthly fame; That with Him I then may stand With a harp within my hand, Sounding praises to his name. [Chorus] 3. To the Father and the Son, Who such wondrous things have done For a lost and ruined race, I would sing thro' endless days, Songs of everlasting praise, For the gift of saving grace. [Chorus] Tune Title: [I would do each duty here]

Crown, Harp and Song

Author: F. A. Blackmer Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger Complete #177 (1892) First Line: I would do each duty here Refrain First Line: O a starry crown to wear Languages: English Tune Title: [I would do each duty here]

Crown, Harp, and Song

Author: F. A. Blackmer Hymnal: Songs of Zion #49 (1899) First Line: I would do each duty here Refrain First Line: O a starry crown to wear Languages: English Tune Title: [I would do each duty here]

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F. A. Blackmer

1855 - 1930 Author of "Crown, Harp, and Song" in The Gospel Awakening Blackmer, Francis Augustus. (Ware, Massachusetts, February 17, 1855--October 8, 1930, Somerville, Massachusetts). Advent Christian musician. His parents, Augustus and Jane Blackmer, were among those caught up in the excitement of the Millerite Movement. One son, Fred, became an Advent Christian minister. Francis, with a talent recognized at an early age, consecrated his own life to Christian service as a musician. He was immersed in baptism at the Adventist campmeeting in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Elder Miles Grant. His early years were spend in central Massachusetts, his schooling at Wilbraham Academy. He was largely self-taught in harmony and musical composition. He wrote the words and music to his first gospel song, "Out on the fathomless sea," at the age of sixteen. Altogether he wrote over 300 gospel songs about the Second Coming, witnessing and working for the Lord, and praises to God's Holy Name. A few of these have circulated widely outside his own denomination. His final text, "I shall see him, And be like him," came when he was so weak that his friend, Clarence M. Seamans, had to supply the music. He used the pseudonym, A. Francis, with some of his early songs. Blackmer's first anthology was The Gospel Awakening, (1888). Subsequent gospel songbooks with which he was associated were: Singing by the Way (1895), Carols of Hope (1906), The Golden Sheaf, No. 2 (1916), and Songs of Coming Glory (1926). Most of his adult life was spent in Somerville, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where he had a prosperous piano business. In the 1890s, his "Francis A. Blackmer Pianos" were made for him by the Washington Hall Piano Company of Boston. Later, his "Good as Gold Pianos" were manufactured by the Christman Piano Company of New York City and shipped directly to his customers throughout New England. In Somerville, Blackmer served as choirmaster and song-leader in the Advent Christian Church for many years. He was also an elder of the church until his death. From 1914 until his death, he was songleader at the mid-summer Alton Bay Campmeeting on Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hapshire. There his High Rock Hill was both a salesroom and a summer cottage over the years. He was a member of the board of directors of the campmeeting association for several years. Very popular were his singing sessions on the campground square between suppertim and evening services, and a final sing into the small hours of the night following the final service of the campmeeting. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

H. N. Lincoln

1859 - 1948 Composer of "[I would do each duty here]" in The Gospel Awakening Horace Neely Lincoln, 1859-1948. Horace was the son of James Lincoln and Emaline King, and husband of Etta Lee Thurmand (married 1887). He moved with his family to Texas when he was seven years old. At age 10, he began attending a singing school conducted by James M. Jolley of Mississippi. In 1880, he taught his first singing class in his old neighborhood school house. Later that year, he attended his first normal music school, taught at Mountain Home (now Holland), Texas. Lincoln had other musical training under L. B. Shook (a former student of Philip Bliss) and John McPherson of Illinois. In 1898, he graduated from the Chicago National College of Music, and in 1906 took a post-graduate course under Horatio Palmer. Lincoln eventually became president of the Songland Music Company, and the World’s Normal Musical College. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime/tch)