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The Excelsior Hymnal

Publication Date: 1919 Publisher: Tullar Meredith Co. Publication Place: New York, N.Y. Editors: I. H. Meredith; Grant Colfax Tullar; Tullar Meredith Co.

In Heavenly Love Abiding

Author: Anna L. Waring Appears in 572 hymnals Used With Tune: [In heavenly love abiding]

Author: El Nathan Appears in 153 hymnals First Line: There's a royal banner given for display Refrain First Line: Marching on, marching on Used With Tune: [There's a royal banner given for display]

The Sword of the Lord and Gideon

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Arise! arise! arise! be not afraid Refrain First Line: Trust ye in the Lord forever Lyrics: 1 Arise! arise! arise! be not afraid; Arise! arise! for God will be thine aid. Yes, the Lord will go before thee, And His banner shall be o’er thee, While the mighty pow’r of evil shall be slayed. Refrain: Trust ye in the Lord forever, And thy trust He will reward, He will be thy strong Deliv’rer, He will be thy watch and ward; With the sword of the Lord and Gideon, Ye shall smite the hosts of Midian, Ye shall conquer in the battle, praise the Lord! 2 March on! march on! for God is with the right; March on! march on! and ye shall surely smite As a man the host of Midian, For the Lord will fight for Gideon, And the army of the foes be put to flight. [Refrain] 3 Behold! behold! oh, trusting little band; Behold! behold! and ye shall understand. Tho’ the evil ones surround thee, Yet they never shall confound thee, If ye faithfully obey the Lord’s command. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Arise! arise! arise! be not afraid]

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[We’ve a story to tell to the nations]

Appears in 211 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. Ernest Nichol Incipit: 12333 43231 34555 Used With Text: We've a Story to Tell

[Yielding my all to the service of Jesus]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Used With Text: Yielding My All

[God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand]

Appears in 329 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. W. Warren Incipit: 11234 31171 33356 Used With Text: God of Our Fathers

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With Reverent Hearts

Author: Edith Sandford Tillotson Hymnal: EH1919 #1 (1919) First Line: Seeking Thy favor, Lord we come to Thee Refrain First Line: Guide us, in each earthly task begun Lyrics: 1 Seeking Thy favor, Lord we come to Thee, Thy throne addressing, Thy dear face to see, Great are the blessings sent to us today, Thou who hast sent them all, to Thee we pray. Refrain: Guide us, in each earthly task begun, Guide us till the long day’s work is done. 2 We who adore Thee, ask Thy presence here, Kneeling before Thee in our pray’r sincere, Care for the absent, guide the young and small, Teach Thy divine decrees to one and all. [Refrain] 3 Here at Thine altar give us strength today, May we not falter not from duty stray, Make us good soldiers in a righteous strife, Serving with rev’rent hearts, our King for life. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Seeking Thy favor, Lord we come to Thee]

Thine Is the Kingdom

Author: Edith Sandford Tillotson Hymnal: EH1919 #2 (1919) First Line: We bless Thy Name, O Lord Refrain First Line: For Thine is the Kingdom, the power, the glory Languages: English Tune Title: [We bless Thy Name, O Lord]

Ringing With His Praise

Author: G. C. T. Hymnal: EH1919 #3 (1919) First Line: In my heart there rings a song of gladness Refrain First Line: Ringing, my heart is ringing with His praise Lyrics: 1 In my heart there rings a song of gladness, Praises rise unceasing to my King; By His love He banishes my sadness, And my lips His praises ever sing. Refrain: Ringing, my heart is ringing with His praise, Singing, my lips are singing all the days, Come what may of good or ill, I will shout His praises still, For my heart is ringing with His praise. 2 In my heart there is a peace abiding, Peace which nothing ever can destroy; While in Jesus’ love I am confiding, Earthly cares can nevermore annoy. [Refrain] 3 In my heart is joy which knows no measure, That is why such songs of praise abound, Oh, that all the world could know the treasure, Which in Christ the Saviour I have found. [Refrain] 4 Oh, the joy which in my heart is ringing, Springs from fountains of eternal love, And the song my lips are always singing, Is a hymn of praise to God above. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [In my heart there rings a song of gladness]

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Ernest Warburton Shurtleff

1862 - 1917 Person Name: Ernest W. Shurtleff Hymnal Number: 152 Author of "Lead On, O King Eternal" in The Excelsior Hymnal Before studying at Andover, Ernest W. Shurtleff (Boston, MA, 1862; d. Paris, France, 1917) attended Harvard University. He served Congregational churches in Ventura, California; Old Plymouth, Massachusetts; and Minneapolis, Minnesota, before moving to Europe. In 1905 he established the American Church in Frankfurt, and in 1906 he moved to Paris, where he was involved in student ministry at the Academy Vitti. During World War I he and his wife were active in refugee relief work in Paris. Shurtleff wrote a number of books, including Poems (1883), Easter Gleams (1885), Song of Hope (1886), and Song on the Waters (1913). Bert Polman =============== Shurtleff, Ernest Warburton, b. at Boston, Mass., April 4, 1862, and educated at Boston Latin School, Harvard University, and Andover Theo. Seminary (1887). Entering the Congregational Ministry, he was Pastor at Palmer and Plymouth, Mass., and is now (1905) Minister of First Church, Minneapolis, Minn. His works include Poems, 1883, Easter Gleams, 1883, and others. His hymn, "Lead on, O King Eternal" (Christian Warfare), was written as a parting hymn to his class of fellow students at Andover, and was included in Hymns of the Faith, Boston, 1887. It has since appeared in several collections. [M. C. Hazard, Ph.D]. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

George Duffield

1818 - 1888 Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" in The Excelsior Hymnal Duffield, George, Jr., D.D., son of the Rev. Dr. Duffield, a Presbyterian Minister, was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12, 1818, and graduated at Yale College, and at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. From 1840 to 1847 he was a Presbyterian Pastor at Brooklyn; 1847 to 1852, at Bloomfield, New Jersey; 1852 to 1861, at Philadelphia; 1861 to 1865, at Adrian, Michigan; 1865 to 1869, at Galesburg, Illinois; 1869, at Saginaw City, Michigan; and from 1869 at Ann Arbor and Lansing, Michigan. His hymns include;— 1. Blessed Saviour, Thee I love. Jesus only. One of four hymns contributed by him to Darius E. Jones's Temple Melodies, 1851. It is in 6 stanzas of 6 lines. In Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymnbook it is given in 3 stanzas. The remaining three hymns of the same date are:— 2. Parted for some anxious days. Family Hymn. 3. Praise to our heavenly Father, God. Family Union. 4. Slowly in sadness and in tears. Burial. 5. Stand up, stand up for Jesus. Soldiers of the Cross. The origin of this hymn is given in Lyra Sac. Americana, 1868, p. 298, as follows:— "I caught its inspiration from the dying words of that noble young clergyman, Rev. Dudley Atkins Tyng, rector of the Epiphany Church, Philadelphia, who died about 1854. His last words were, ‘Tell them to stand up for Jesus: now let us sing a hymn.' As he had been much persecuted in those pro-slavery days for his persistent course in pleading the cause of the oppressed, it was thought that these words had a peculiar significance in his mind; as if he had said, ‘Stand up for Jesus in the person of the downtrodden slave.' (Luke v. 18.)" Dr. Duffield gave it, in 1858, in manuscript to his Sunday School Superintendent, who published it on a small handbill for the children. In 1858 it was included in The Psalmist, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines. It was repeated in several collections and in Lyra Sac. Amer., 1868, from whence it passed, sometimes in an abbreviated form, into many English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Hymnal Number: 197 Author of "Yield Not to Temptation" in The Excelsior 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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