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James Gall

Short Name: James Gall
Full Name: Gall, James, 1808-1895
Birth Year: 1808
Death Year: 1895

Gall, James, one of the Superintendents of the Carrubber's Close Mission, Edinburgh, was born in 1808, and has been associated with that mission since its commencement in 1858. Before that he had taken great interest in Sunday Schools and Church Music. About 1836, he invented a system of printing music without small musical type, a mode of printing which has been greatly improved by others. He published Anthems and Sacred Songs in 1843, including two of his hymns:—
1. O come, let us sing to the God of Salvation. Praise for Salvation.
2. Who hath believed ? Who hath believed? Praise to Jesus.
He was also associated with The Sacred Song Book, 1843, which afterwards was named Sacred Melodies for Children, and in 1872 200 Sacred Melodies for Sunday Schools and Families (see Bateman, 0. H.). In this collection appeared:—
3. Go sound the trump on India's Shore. Missions. Another popular hymn is:—
4. O! sing the Song of boundless love. Praise for the Love of Jesus.
This was written for the Scholars of the Free New North Mission Sabbath School, in May, 1877.
Mr. Gall has published several prose works, including Instant Salvation; The World for Christ; Interpreting Concordance of the New Testament; and others.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


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