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Christian Hymns and Songs
Publication Date: 1931 Publisher: Hall Mack Co. Publication Place: Philadelphia Editors: C. Austin Miles; Hall Mack Co.
Christian Hymns and Songs
Jesus, the very [only] thought of Thee [You]
Author: Edward Caswall; Bernard of Clairvaux Appears in 1,031 hymnals
Jesus, the very [only] thought of Thee [You]
O beautiful for spacious skies
Author: Katherine Lee Bates Appears in 514 hymnals
O beautiful for spacious skies
A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: CHS1931 #d1 (1931) Languages: English
A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify
For God so loved the world
Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: CHS1931 #d2 (1931) First Line: A story sweet and wondrous, like heavenly Languages: English
For God so loved the world
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
Author: Henry F. Lyte Hymnal: CHS1931 #d3 (1931) Languages: English
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
R. E. Hudson
1843 - 1901 Person Name: Ralph E. Hudson Hymnal Number: d129 Author of "I'll live for him who died for me" in Christian Hymns and Songs Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985).
Mary Louise VanDyke
R. E. Hudson
William C. Poole
1875 - 1949 Hymnal Number: d171 Author of "Down from the Father's throne above" in Christian Hymns and Songs William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
William C. Poole
W. C. Martin
1864 - 1914 Hymnal Number: d220 Author of "The half cannot be fancied" in Christian Hymns and Songs Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL.
John Perry
W. C. Martin
