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J. E. Delmarter

Short Name: J. E. Delmarter
Full Name: Delmarter, J. E. (James Ellsworth), 1864-1948
Birth Year: 1864
Death Year: 1948

James Ellsworth Delmarter (1864 - 1948) Son of James, son of Cornelius, son of Moses, son of Cornelius, son of Isaac, son of Jacobus, son of Claude, born in Varick, NY and died in Fresno, CA. He taught music at the Moody Bible Institute. He walked across the city to go there on Sundays as he refused to use public transportation on Sundays. He wrote at least two books on how to teach music and published them with his own publishing company (Delmarter Publishing Co.), in 1909.

--connectingwithourpast.com/20th_Century.html


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by J. E. Delmarter (41)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[As you tread life's way, you are sure to come]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)134554 56535 55765
[Be a light for Jesus, witness for your King]James E. Delmarter (Composer)2
[Beautiful story of love so divine]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)132117 65351 22221
[Behold, a voice at the door of thy heart]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)151234 32343 14443
[Blessed homeland, for which my heart doth long]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)134555 77655 33456
[Blessed Savior, Lord divine]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)134534 65432 34253
[Coming to you, ever coming to you]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[Conquering and to conquer]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
["Except ye repent," 'tis the Savior who cries]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[For what the Savior did for me]James Ellsworth Delmarter (Composer)655515 17771 13262
[Holy Spirit, Love divine] (Delmarter)J. E. Delmarter (Composer)232343 37122 12334
[How could my Heavenly Father send]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)113323 12334 43122
[I have a Friend in Jesus, and the love He has for me]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)151112 33114 41233
[I have heard the still small voice]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)434554 53556 61653
[If you would be set free from sin]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)133334 55445 72454
[Lift up your eyes to the changeless hills]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[Lo, at the portal stands the Son of God]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)133213 22234 44324
[Looking to Jesus day after day]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)135131 17675 72422
[More and more of grace and mercy]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)155132 16176 51132
[My blinded soul was far astray]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)135532 13543 32122
[O blessed feet of Jesus] (Delmarter)J. E. Delmarter (Composer)153323 43333 21771
[O messengers of Jesus]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)113334 53323 45313
[O sinner, come list to the voice]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)155453 51765 55254
[O, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[The sky above was cloudless]James Ellsworth Delmarter (Composer)233451 17655 44333
[Rejoice, the Lord is King] (Delmarter)J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[Rejoice, ye saints! Praise ye the Lord]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)251712 32134 32125
[Saved, but not serving, my brother]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)154656 71576 76712
[Somewhere today is a heart that is true]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[The government shall be upon His shoulder]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[The shadows of twilight drift over my sea]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)151712 17676 55656
[There is a cleansing, healing tide] (Delmarter)J. E. Delmarter (Composer)135176 76554 36671
[There is a prayer I long to pray]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)153513 21743 26765
[Thy faith hath saved thee, go in peace]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)155515 55666 62666
[To the front, soldiers true, we are called today]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)155111 34326 21117
[Trust the Savior with your sorrow]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)134556 45356 55345
[Unchangeable art Thou, O God]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)113213 24321 13222
[Wandering far from the Father's home]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)155561 23211 11732
[When sweeps the tempest over the wave]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)113511 56531 35116
[Whose voice is that which stilled the wind]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
[You ought to know my Jesus]J. E. Delmarter (Composer)1
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