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Short Name: | Horace H. Hawley |
Full Name: | Hawley, Horace H., 1817-1904 (?) |
Birth Year: | 1817 |
Death Year: | 1904 |
Hawley, H. H., author of "There is a hope, a blessed hope" [Hope in Christ], which appeared in A. C. Thomas's Hymns of Zion, 1839, was born in Lewis County, New York, April 10, 1817. In 1881 he published The Iris; Songs of Jesus for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings, to which he contributed seven hymns. The music of this collection is mainly by Mr. Hawley.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Hawley, Horace H. (Lewis County, New York, April 10, 1817--?). Baptist. Associated with Bennett, Backus, and Hawley and other bookselling firms in Utica, N.Y. Became secretary of the Aetna Insurance Company in Utica in 1852. Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, shortly thereafter and to Burlington, Iowa, in 1856. Operated a music and book store as well as an insurance agency there. He is listed in the Burlington city directory as late as 1872. In Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers and Their Hymns, it is noted that his health became impaired that year and he moved to southwestern Wisconsin. In 1886, he was living in Chicago, Illinois.
--Paul Hammond, DNAH Archives
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Date of death: Perhaps 1904. Find A Grave.
Tunes by Horace H. Hawley (10)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[In that far distant land where the angels of light] (Hawley) | Horace Harlow Hawley (Composer) | 2 | 34565 53216 71345 |
[Beneath the shadows of the cross] | H. H. Hawley (Composer) | 2 | 53232 12155 61216 |
[Fling out to the winds our banner bright] | H. H. H. (Composer) | 2 | 12355 51233 32123 |
[I will love Thee, all my treasures] (Hawley) | H. H. H. (Composer) | 2 | 13565 32123 23466 |
[In the furrows of thy life] (Hawley) | H. H. H. (Composer) | 2 | 34556 55176 16534 |
[Now the Savior standeth pleading] (Hawley) | H. H. Hawley (Composer) | 2 | 33333 35342 53333 |
[There are lonely hearts to cherish] (Hawley) | H. H. H. (Composer) | 2 | 12343 22112 32135 |
[There is a hope, a glorious hope] | Horace Harlow Hawley (Composer) | 2 | 33353 23161 65512 |
[When Jesus came down from the regions on high] (Hawley) | Horace Harlow Hawley (Composer) | 2 | 51216 51355 32123 |
[Yes, leave it with Him] (Hawley) | H. H. H. (Composer) | 3 | 13335 34422 12355 |