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The New Song
Publication Date: 1891 Publisher: George F. Rosche & Co. Publication Place: Chicago Editors: Geo. F. Rosche; George F. Rosche & Co.
The New Song
Bring Them In
Author: Alexcenah Thomas Appears in 356 hymnals First Line: Hark! 'tis the Shepherd's voice I hear Refrain First Line: Bring them in, bring them in Used With Tune: [Hark! 'tis the Shepherd's voice I hear]
Bring Them In
Harps and Voices
Author: Thomas Kelly Appears in 671 hymnals First Line: Hark, ten thousand harps and voices Used With Tune: [Hark, ten thousand harps and voices]
Harps and Voices
[Nearer, my God, to Thee]
Appears in 975 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. Mason Incipit: 32116 65132 32116 Used With Text: Bethany
[Nearer, my God, to Thee]
[Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole]
Appears in 356 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. G. Fischer Incipit: 55123 21232 15512 Used With Text: Whiter than Snow
[Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole]
[Christ, the Lord, is risen today]
Appears in 530 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Morgan Incipit: 13514 66534 51434 Used With Text: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
[Christ, the Lord, is risen today]
The New Song
Author: Laura E. Newell Hymnal: NSSS1891 #1 (1891) First Line: There is a blissful home above Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a blissful home above]
The New Song
Singing for Jesus
Author: F. M. D. Hymnal: NSSS1891 #2 (1891) First Line: Singing for Jesus, Savior and King Refrain First Line: "Glory be to Jesus," angels sweetly sing Languages: English Tune Title: [Singing for Jesus, Savior and King]
Singing for Jesus
Lord, Teach Our Hands to War
Author: Rev. W. J. Herbert Hogan Hymnal: NSSS1891 #3 (1891) Refrain First Line: March on, march on! Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, teach our hands to war]
Lord, Teach Our Hands to War
E. A. Hoffman
1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal Number: 101 Author of "Leaning On the Everlasting Arms" in The New Song Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873.
Mary Louise VanDyke
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Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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E. A. Hoffman
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
1819 - 1886 Person Name: Joseph Scriven Hymnal Number: 113 Author of "What a Friend We have in Jesus" in The New Song Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be died after a short illness in 1855. Following this calamity Scriven seldom had a regular income, and he was forced to live in the homes of others. He also experienced mistrust from neighbors who did not appreciate his eccentricities or his work with the underprivileged. A member of the Plymouth Brethren, he tried to live according to the Sermon on the Mount as literally as possible, giving and sharing all he had and often doing menial tasks for the poor and physically disabled. Because Scriven suffered from depression, no one knew if his death by drowning in Rice Lake was suicide or an accident.
Bert Polman
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Scriven, Joseph. Mr. Sankey, in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, p. 279, says that Scriven was b. in Dublin in 1820, was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and went to Canada when he was 25, and died there at Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, in 1886. His hymn:—
What a Friend we have in Jesus. [Jesus our Friend] was, according to Mr. Sankey, discovered to be his in the following manner: "A neighbour, sitting up with him in his illness, happened upon a manuscript of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus.' Reading it with great delight, and questioning Mr. Scriven about it, he said he had composed it for his mother, to comfort her in a time of special sorrow, not intending any one else should see it." We find the hymn in H. 1... Hastings's Social Hymns, Original and Selected, 1865, No. 242; and his Song of Pilgrimage, 1886, No. 1291, where it is attributed to "Joseph Scriven, cir. 1855." It is found in many modern collections.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
W. A. Ogden
1841 - 1897 Person Name: W. A. O. Hymnal Number: 115 Author of "Where He Leads I'll Follow" in The New Song William Augustine Ogden USA 1841-1897. Born at Franklin County, OH, his family moved to IN when he was age six. He studied music in local singing schools at age 8, and by age 10 could read church music fairly well. Later, he could write out a melody by hearing it sung or played. He enlisted in the American Civil War in the 30th IN Volunteer Infantry. During the war he organized a male choir which became well known throughout the Army of the Cumberland. After the war, he returned home, resumed music study, and taught school. He married Jennie V Headington, and they had two children: Lowell and Marian. He worked for the Iowa Normal School, Toledo Public School System. Among his teachers: Lowell Mason, Thomas Hastings, E E Baily and B F Baker, president of the Boston Music School. He wrote many hymns, both lyrics and/or music. He later issued his first song book, “The silver song” (1870). It became quite popular, selling 500,000 copies. He went on to publish other song books. Ogden also taught music at many schools in the U S and Canada. In 1887 he became superintendent of music in the public schools of Toledo, OH. His works include: “New silver songs for Sunday school” (1872), “Crown of life” (1875), “Notes of victory” (1885), “The way of life” (1886), “Gathering jewels” (1886). He was known as a very enthusiastic person in his work and a very congenial one as well. He died at Toledo, OH.
John Perry
W. A. Ogden
