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Blessed Assurance
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 1,072 hymnals First Line: Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine Refrain First Line: This is my story, this is my song Used With Tune: [Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine]
Blessed Assurance
Blest Be the Tie
Author: John Fawcett Appears in 2,289 hymnals First Line: Blest be the tie that binds Used With Tune: [Blest be the tie that binds]
Blest Be the Tie
Beneath the Shade of the Cross
Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: If you want pardon, if you want peace Refrain First Line: Living beneath the shade of the cross Used With Tune: [If you want pardon, if you want peace]
Beneath the Shade of the Cross
[Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine]
Appears in 703 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp Incipit: 32155 45655 35177 Used With Text: Blessed Assurance
[Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine]
[Blest be the tie that binds]
Appears in 1,355 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hans Georg Nageli Incipit: 33132 72111 61151 Used With Text: Blest Be the Tie
[Blest be the tie that binds]
Blessed Assurance
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Hymnal: SoS1894 #30 (1894) First Line: Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine Refrain First Line: This is my story, this is my song Languages: English Tune Title: [Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine]
Blessed Assurance
Blest Be the Tie
Author: John Fawcett Hymnal: SoS1894 #80 (1894) First Line: Blest be the tie that binds Languages: English Tune Title: [Blest be the tie that binds]
Blest Be the Tie
Beneath the Shade of the Cross
Hymnal: SoS1894 #12 (1894) First Line: If you want pardon, if you want peace Refrain First Line: Living beneath the shade of the cross Languages: English Tune Title: [If you want pardon, if you want peace]
Beneath the Shade of the Cross
William B. Bradbury
1816 - 1868 Person Name: Wm. B. Bradbury Hymnal Number: 51 Composer of "[Just as I am, without one plea]" in Songs of the Soul William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life.
John Perry
William B. Bradbury
P. P. Bilhorn
1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. B. Hymnal Number: 35 Author of "The Best Friend Is Jesus" in Songs of the Soul Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name)
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Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936.
John Perry
P. P. Bilhorn
James M. Black
1856 - 1938 Person Name: B. M. J. Hymnal Number: 54 Author of "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" in Songs of the Soul James Milton Black USA 1856-1938 Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived,and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal.
John Perry
James M. Black
