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Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism

Publication Date: 1943 Publisher: Aimee S. McPherson Pub. Co. Publication Place: Los Angeles Editors: Aimee S. McPherson Pub. Co.

Speak, my Lord

Author: George Bennard Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: Hear the Lord of harvest sweetly calling

I love to tell the story of unseen things above

Author: Katherine Hankey Appears in 1,225 hymnals

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee

Author: Sarah F. Adams Appears in 2,499 hymnals

Instances

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Author: W. S. Brown Hymnal: 4HSS1943 #d1 (1943) First Line: A call for loyal soldiers comes to one and all Refrain First Line: A volunteer for Jesus, a soldier true Languages: English

A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: 4HSS1943 #d2 (1943) Languages: English

Ye [You] must be born again

Author: William T. Sleeper Hymnal: 4HSS1943 #d3 (1943) First Line: A ruler once came to [unto] Jesus [the Savior] by Languages: English

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal Number: d222 Author of "Jesus saves, Jesus saves" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

William H. Parker

1845 - 1929 Hymnal Number: d188 Author of "Tell me the stories of Jesus, I love to hear" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism Parker, William Henry, was born at New Basford, Nottingham, March 4th, 1845. Early in life he began to write verses, and having joined a General Baptist church and become interested in Sunday schools was led to compose hymns for use at anniversaries. Three of these were introduced by his pastor, the Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A., into The School Hymnal, 1880, and passed into The Children's Book of Praise, 1881, and other collections. In 1882 Mr. Parker published a small volume entitled, The Princess Alice and Other Poems. His hymns in common use are:—1. "Children know but little.” (God’s condescension to the Little Ones) 2. “Holy Spirit, hear us!” (Hymn to the Holy Ghost). 3. “Jesus, I so often need thee” (A Child’s Prayer to Christ). [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ====================== Parker, W. H., p. 1585, ii, The following additional hymns are in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905. 1. Gaily come the hours of gladness. Summer. (1905.) 2. How sweet is the message which Jesus has sent. Christ's love to Children. (1892.) 3. I love to hear you tell. Boyhood of Jesus. (1901.) 4. I want to be a hero. Christian Courage. (1895.) 5. Just in the harbour sailing are we. Sailors. (1893.) 6. Tell me the stories of Jesus. Life of Christ. (1885.) 7. The world may beckon from every bide. Of Home. (1905.) 8. There are voices all around us. The Angels. (1881.) 9. Where the rushes bowed and quivered. God's Servants. (1902.) 10. Wilt thou "Show us the Father." God the Father. (1880.) Mr. Parker's hymns were mostly first printed in the sheets used for Sunday School Anniversaries of the Chelsea Street Baptist Church, New Basford, Nottingham. The three hymns noted at p. 1585, ii., were written in March 1880. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Edgar Page

1836 - 1921 Person Name: Edgar Page Stites Hymnal Number: d99 Author of "Beulah land" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism Real name Edgar Page Stites. Used Edgar Page ====================== Page, Edgar, is set forth in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878-81, as the author of (1) "I've reached the land of corn and wine" (Peace with God); (2) ”Simply trusting every day" (Trust in Jesus). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Page, Edgar, p. 1585, i. In his Sacred Songs, &c, Mr. Sankey attributes the hymns "I've reached the land of corn and wine," and "Simply trusting every day," to "Edgar Page," as stated on p. 1585, i.; but in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, he gives both to "E. P. Stites," together with some details concerning them, but without any reference to the change in his ascription of authorship. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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