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I. Allan Sankey

I. Allan Sankey
www.hymntime.com/tch
Short Name: I. Allan Sankey
Full Name: Sankey, I. Allan (Ira Allan), 1874-1915
Birth Year: 1874
Death Year: 1915

Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915

Born: Au­gust 30, 1874, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.
Died: December 30, 1915, United States.

Son of Ira Sank­ey, Al­len stu­died ci­vil en­gin­eer­ing and ar­chi­tect­ure at Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ing in 1897. In 1898, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Big­low & Main mu­sic pub­lish­ers in New York Ci­ty. He al­so served as vice-pre­si­dent of the Leeds and Cat­lin Pho­no­graph Com­pa­ny, and on the Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Green­ich Bank.

His works in­clude:
The Male Quar­tette, with George Steb­bins
Best En­dea­vor Hymns, with John Cle­ments (New York: The Big­low & Main Co., 1907)
Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Big­low & Main Co., 1908)

Sources--
Hall, pp. 409-410

Music--
Cidenton
Go and Work!
Great Is His Mercy
Kept for Je­sus
Lead Me
Lord, Send Us Forth
Never Give Up
Old Orchard
Year of Pre­cious Bless­ings, A

--hymntime.com/tch


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by I. Allan Sankey (46)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A year of precious blessings]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)712357 65312 34211
[Another day is over]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)534556 11765 65655
[Are you living for the Savior?] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)1034516 16534 51615
[As Thou wilt, O Savior, lead us]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)135762 12431 65323
[At the cross I was kneeling] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)1055672 21714 45443
[Behold the dawn is breaking]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)251176 53175 21513
[Christ is come, the lost ones seeking]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)435465 11724 34766
[Christians, wake, no longer sleep]Ira Allan Sankey (Composer)1234557 65366 53432
CIDENTONIra Allan Sankey (Composer)654654 32676 55674
[Come out into the sunshine]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)151132 21561 76556
[Drifting away from the Savior] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)1132312 34352 12343
[Eternal life through Christ the Lord]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)233212 34551 65332
[Forward, Christian soldiers, marching on our way]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)556531 65651 32343
[From the early morning light]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)332211 71712 66566
[Gently falls the even veil] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)1
GOD'S LOVE (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)217211 72125 33217
[Guide my footsteps, Father]Ira Allan Sankey (Composer)655113 33212 33455
[How sweet to hide ourselves away] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)233323 43566 23433
[I have a Friend, a loving friend] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)353243 23156 17124
[I have found the place where I safe can rest]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)134565 34566 17656
[I have heard Thy voice, Lord Jesus] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)634555 56512 33343
[I know that He in whom I trust]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)132151 17243 25223
[I will not be weary, though trials may come]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)1055672 16176 75432
[If kneeling at the gate of prayer]Ira Allan Sankey (Composer)233333 32632 2222
[I'll sing and rejoice in my Savior's dear name]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)612333 17656 53222
[I'll trust my loving Savior]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)556713 32156 21713
[Lord, send us forth to preach the Word]Ira Allan Sankey (Composer)334451 61565 25655
[Never be sad or desponding]Ira A. Sankey (Composer)5655565 45317 12165
[O blessed Christ, to Thee I come]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)754655 12354 65126
[O love divine, amazing love]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)853215 43253 45643
[Oft times I sit and wonder]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)155671 21721 56755
[O to be Kept for Jesus]Ira Allan Sankey (Composer)1833333 53543 24333
OLD ORCHARDIra Allan Sankey (Composer)1511111 11223 54332
[Only a river between us]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)332354 33243 22123
[Rouse we, endeavorers, hark, hark the call]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)256713 56711 61546
[Show me Thy way, O Lord and make it plain] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)1354434 56324 33445
[Softly now the light of day] (Sankey)I. Allan Sankey (Composer)556671 23324 3211
[Speed you Christian workers]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)512165 31121 23121
[The Lord is my Keeper and this is my song]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)153211 76536 55234
[There is life in Jesus' name, there is life]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)134545 65321 34545
[There is One, that like a shepherd will defend our way]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)112343 21356 54355
[Thou didst love me, O my Savior]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)633676 35434 51765
[To the field of the world and its conflict today]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)134567 13456 65551
[To you, to you the call rings out]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)553211 16165 51324
[We are going forth to the world's great field]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)755112 12323 45556
[We come, we come, an army strong]I. Allan Sankey (Composer)251111 12351 35556
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