John Lane

Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri.

--Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives.

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Lane’s works include:
Salvation Melodies (Kansas City, Missouri: John Lane, 1897)

Lyrics--
As I Go Along My Pilgrim Way
As You Travel Life’s Rough Pathway
Christians, Rise and Join the Army
How Happy the Home, with a Baby About
I Am Going to Heaven with My Savior
I Came to Jesus Weary Worn
I Love My Savior, He’s Good to Me
If You Have Lost in the Battle
In the Home Where Jesus Is an Honored Guest
In the Storms of Life
Jesus Loves Little Children
Jesus, We Look to Thee
Keep Close to Jesus
My Sins Are All Forgiven
Out in the World I Wandered
Remember Your Mother
There Is Great Joy in Heaven
There Is Hope for All
There’s a Story Ever New
’Tis a Pleasure Sweet
We Are Happy Children
When a Brother Goes Wrong
When from Friends on Earth We’re Parted

--www.hymntime.com/tch