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H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Person Name: Horatio Richmond Palmer, 1834-1907 Composer of "[Which way shall I take shouts a voice in the night]" in The Cyber Hymnal Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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C. L. St. John

Author of "The Wayside Cross" in The Cyber Hymnal
C. L. St. John

W. P. Ganus

1881 - 1956 Arranger of "["Which way shall I take?" shouts a voice on the night]" in The Ganus Hymnal Walter Powell Ganus, born in Alabama, died in Florida. One of the figureheads of the Ganus Brothers School of Music in Alabama. - Garrett Herndon, from findagrave.com, accessed 5/27/2025
W. P. Ganus

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