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[Take a stand for Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 53421 56714 33212 Used With Text: Take a Stand for Jesus

Take a Stand for Jesus

Author: Rev. J. E. Rankin Appears in 8 hymnals Used With Tune: [Take a stand for Jesus]

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Author: J. E. Rankin Hymnal: Light and Life Songs #50 (1904) Lyrics: 1 Take a stand for Jesus, Let all people know, That you mean to serve Him Ev’erywhere you go; High or low your station, Rich or poor your lot, Take a stand for Jesus, And forsake Him not. Refrain: Take a stand for Jesus, Loyal be and true; Show a good confession, Take a stand for Jesus, Think of crown and palm, Thine the heights of glory, Thine the victor’s psalm. 2 Take a stand for Jesus, Never blush for shame; Never fail or falter, Show yourself the same; He will always own you, Always give you grace; Take a stand for Jesus, Then, in ev’ry place. [Refrain] 3 Take a stand for Jesus, His commands are sweet; Never fear the battle, Never sound retreat; Where the Captain’s calling, Where the standard flies; Take a stand for Jesus, Fight to win the prize. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Take a stand for Jesus]

Take a Stand for Jesus

Author: Rev. J. E. Rankin Hymnal: Echoes of Paradise #64 (1903) Languages: English Tune Title: [Take a stand for Jesus]

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Jeremiah Eames Rankin

1828 - 1904 Person Name: J. E. Rankin Author of "Take a Stand for Jesus" in Light and Life Songs Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857. Another of his hymns is "Rest, rest, rest, brother rest." He died in 1904. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================== Rankin, J. 33., p. 951, ii. Dr. Rankin, b. in N. H. (not New Haven), and received his D.D. 1869, LL.D. 1889 from his Alma Mater. He was President for several years of Howard University, Washington, D.C. His publications included several volumes of Sermons, German-English Lyrics, Sacred and Secular, 1897; 2nd ed. 1898, &c. In addition to his hymns noted on p. 951, ii., he has written and published mainly in sheet form many others, the most important and best-known being:— 1. God be with you till we meet again. [Benediction.] Dr. Rankin's account of this hymn, supplied to us, in common with Mr. Brownlie, for his Hymns and H. Writers of The Church Hymnary, 1899, is: "It was written as a Christian good-bye, and first sung in the First Congregational Church, of which I was minister for fifteen years. We had Gospel meetings on Sunday nights, and our music was intentionally of the popular kind. I wrote the first stanza, and sent it to two gentlemen for music. The music which seemed to me to best suit the words was written by T. G. Tomer, teacher of public schools in New Jersey, at one time on the staff of General 0. 0. Howard. After receiving the music (which was revised by Dr. J. W. Bischoff, the organist of my church), I wrote the other stanzas." The hymn became at once popular, and has been translated into several languages. In America it is in numerous collections; and in Great Britain, in The Church Hymnary, 1898, Horder's Worship Song, 1905, The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, and others. It was left undated by Dr. Rankin, but I.D. Sankey gives it as 1882. 2. Beautiful the little hands. [Little ones for Jesus.] Given without date in Gloria Deo, New York, 1900. Dr. Rankin's translations include versions of German, French, Latin, and Welsh hymns. His contributions to the periodical press have been numerous. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[Take a stand for Jesus]" in Light and Life Songs Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch