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E. A. Barnes

Short Name: E. A. Barnes
Full Name: Barnes, E. A. (Edward Albert), 1842-1942
Birth Year: 1842
Death Year (est.): 1942

Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement.

Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html


Texts by E. A. Barnes (183)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A band of dear children go marching alongE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
A rugged path, that often hath A stormy skyE. A. Barnes (Author)1
All that in the Lord believeE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Amid these cares and sorrowsE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Are we sowing with a ready handE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
As here we come to praise and worshipE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
As I drift with the tide that is bearing me awayE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
As I know with precious bloodEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
As we believe in the gospel wayE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
As we walk the pilgrim'sE. A. Barnes (Author)1
At the fading of the silent nightE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Be earnest, my brothers, in word and in deedE. A. Barnes (Author)English11
Bear aloft the royal bannerEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
Brothers in the Gospel fieldEdward A. Barnes (Author)3
Calling, still calling, Christ pleads aboveE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Cantarei do amor de CristoE. A. Barnes (Adapter)Portuguese1
Christians in the gospel fieldEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
City of God, with its river of lifeEdward A. Barnes (Author)English2
Come, give your heart to JesusE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Day by day we journey hereE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Early will I wake, and heed the callE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Enter His gates the gracious Lord to meetE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Eye hath not seen, the city of the KingE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Father in heaven, Thou hast freely givenE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Finding in Jesus a present helpE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Follow Jesus, at the callEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
For the blessings that we shareE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
For the Gospel wordE. A. Barnes (Author)English5
For the Savior, who has ransomed meE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
From God and His preceptsE. A. Barnes (Author)English6
From the wilds of sin, from its perils tooEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
Give praise to God who rules the earth and skyE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Gladly do we gather in our Sunday schoolE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Gospel tidings, glad and freeEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
Hauoli na anelaE. A. Barnes (Author)Hawaiian1
He pleads that all who wander farEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
Hear as you wander where many are lostE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Hear the children sing of our Father's careEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
Hear the silver trumpets, sounding day by dayEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
Hear the words of JesusE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Heavenly mansions mid Eden landsE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Here as you journey, and the days go byE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Here in the house of the LordE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Hold me up, O Lord, and direct my stepsE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
How many today are rejecting the LordE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
I am a youthful ChristianE. A. Barnes (Author)1
I believe in Jesus and His wordEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
I do repent of every sinE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
I have a friend in Jesus Who is a friend indeedE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
I have a little gardenEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
I heard them tell of the Savior's loveEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
I know who came to die for meE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
I love to come to the Sunday schoolE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
I sing at morning light, I shall not wantE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
I was lost amid the gloomy hedgesE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
I will praise the Lord todayE. A. Barnes (Author)English5
I will sing the love of Jesus, Greater love was never knownEdward A. Barnes (Author)English6
I will sing when morning comethE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
If the cup of life that you hold todayE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
If you love, as my disciplesEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
I'm watching on the shoreE. A. Barnes (Author)1
In Jesus, as the only SonE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
In the gospel's sweet old storyE. A. Barnes (Author)English15
In the strife with sin and errorE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
In times of affliction, of need and distressE. A. Barnes (Author)1
It came to me from courts aboveE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Jesus is lifting the cross He boreE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Jesus is the Child of gloryE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Jesus left the realms of gloryEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
Jesus loves the children With a tender loveEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
Jesus loves the little ones (Barnes)Edward A. Barnes (Author)1
Jesus reigns, in all His gloryE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Jesus still invites youEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
Just a little while shall I wrestle hereE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Leiden gibt es viel hieniedenE. A. Barnes (Author)German1
Let not your hearts be troubled, Though stormy days you seeE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Let the path be bright, with sunny skiesEdw. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Let us sing the love of Jesus, Love that is so freely shownE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Life is full of evil, brother, cling to the rightE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Light that is in JesusE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Like the one in gospel storyE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Like the prodigal of oldE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Live to serve the Master, In the world of strifeE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Living for Jesus earnest and faithfulE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Living for the master happy in His serviceE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Lo! a Fountain stands todayEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
Lo, from the throne of His gloryE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Lord, forgive my sinsEdward A. Barnes (Author)3
Many mansions far aboveE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Much that is of tribulationE. A. Barnes (Author)1
My soul was long a strangerEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
O bless the Lord, my soul, As the Friend who died for theeE. A. Barnes (Author)English18
O sing to the Lord a glad new songEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
O the robes in yonder heavenEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
O the wondrous name in the Gospel wordE. A. Barnes (Author)English5
O there's a wondrous storyE. A. Barnes (Author)1
O we love to work In the gospel fieldE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
O'er the birth of Christ, how the angels sangE. A. Barnes (Author)1
O let us love our brothersE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
O the gospel word is a word of graceE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
O the Lord is rich in mercyE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
O you that have fallen a victim to drinkE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
On his throne of light and gloryEdward A. Barnes (Author)3
On the field we take our standE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Once again, once again, workers of another yearE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
Once there wandered o'er the earthE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Once we had a household treasureE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Onward, brothers, one and allE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Open the windows of the soulE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Our advocate is JesusEdw. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Our Father in heaven, By precept has givenE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Pleasant are the pearls of praiseEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
Praise the Lord for all His blessingsE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Rise and heed the temperance callEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
Sabbath bells sabbath bellsE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Save the many who today are drinkingE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
See me, O my SaviorE. A. Barnes (Author)1
See the children of our care and loveE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
See the star in yonder heavensE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Send the gospel over the waveE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Sharing so freely the gifts of the LordE. A. Barnes (Author)English5
Shine forth from between the cherubimE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Singing of Jesus, singing His praisesE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Soldiers of Jesus in battle (Barnes)Edward A. Barnes (Author)1
Sons of God, as here you tarryE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Sorrow here is not a strangerEdw. A. Barnes (Author)English4
Sound the trumpetE. A. Barnes (Author)3
Stormy winds are oft appearingEdward A. Barnes (Author)3
Sweet is the call of the gospelE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Take the word and sow it wellE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
That home where angels dwellE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
That Jesus left his home aboveEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
The bells of the joyous mornE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
The day will soon be pastEdw. A. Barnes (Author)English2
The gospel, the gospelE. A. Barnes (Author)1
The gospel word, so freely givenE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
The light is here, the blessed lightE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
The Lord is good to all His childrenE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
The Lord is my refuge and here will I stayE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
The night has passed awayE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
The promises of JesusE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
The Sabbath comes with holy lightE. A. Barnes (Author)English7
The temperance cause is callingE. A. Barnes (Author)2
The tent is frail that is my earthly homeE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
The vessel is out in the tempestE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
There is a King of glory, Upon His shining throneEdward A. Barnes (Author)English4
There is a land With pastures ever greenE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
There is coming a day, When the Lord will appearE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
There is great rejoicing, 'Mid the holy angelsEdward A. Barnes (Author)English2
There is joy among the angels, Singing round the throne aboveEdward A. Barnes (Author)English5
There’s a beautiful star, that is beaming afarE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
They sing of the Savior aboveE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Through all the devious waysE. A. Barnes (Author)English8
'Tis mine to walk in the narrow wayE. A. Barnes (Author)English3
'Tis oft that we stand at the couchE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
To God, in realms above, 'tis sweet to prayE. A. Barnes (Author)English7
To work for Jesus and His name [cause]E. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Today the Lord is calling The lost of IsraelE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Trust God as a child of His loveE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Trust in God, my brotherE. A. Barnes (Author)English5
We all have a Father in heavenE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
We are wandering home as the time glideth byE. A. Barnes (Author)English8
We as children come to Jesus nowE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
We know of One whose praises ever singE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
We know that life is full of burdensE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
We labor in the gospel fieldEdward A. Barnes (Author)English10
We live to serve the MasterE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
We shall see him in the better landEdward A. Barnes (Author)English2
We will come as little onesE. A. Barnes (Author)1
We will live to serve the MasterE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
We work, as servants of JesusE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Well we know the cup that glittersEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
We're a happy little band, Marchong onward, hand in handEdward A. Barnes (Author)English1
What is best that we should haveE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
What is like a living germE. A. Barnes (Author)1
When life is full of toil and careE. A. Barnes (Author)English4
When thorns and not rosesE. A. Barnes (Author)1
When your heart is weary Giving oft its secret sighE. A. Barnes (Author)1
Who left his home in heavenEdward A. Barnes (Author)1
With hearts and with voices, Praise ye the LordE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Within Thy courts, O Lord, We come again todayE. A. Barnes (Author)English2
Work, and let the Master seeE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
Workers in the gospel fieldE. A. Barnes (Author)English1
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