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Publication Date: 1921 Publisher: Glad Tidings Pub. Co. Publication Place: Chicago Editors: W. E. Biederwolf; Glad Tidings Pub. Co.; John S. Hamilton; Bob Jones; E. C. Miller; H. W. Stough

Texts

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My Country! 'Tis of Thee

Author: S. F. Smith Appears in 1,952 hymnals First Line: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty Topics: Patriotic Used With Tune: AMERICA

The Home Over There

Author: D. W. C. Huntington Appears in 471 hymnals First Line: O think of the home over there Refrain First Line: Over there Used With Tune: [O think of the home over there]

The sinner and the song

Author: W. L. T. Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: A sinner was wand'ring at eventide Refrain First Line: O tempter, depart, I have served thee too long Topics: Solo Used With Tune: [A sinner was wand'ring at eventide]

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[More love to thee, O Christ]

Appears in 366 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Incipit: 56512 33212 56512 Used With Text: More Love to Thee

[Thou my everlasting portion]

Appears in 261 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Silas J. Vail Incipit: 51317 21513 53132 Used With Text: Close to Thee

[Though the angry surges roll]

Appears in 92 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Incipit: 55153 45556 66655 Used With Text: My anchor holds

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

All Hail the Power

Author: Edward Perronet Hymnal: GTS1921 #1 (1921) First Line: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name Topics: Atonement; Christ; Devotional Languages: English Tune Title: [All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]

Love Lifted me

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: GTS1921 #2 (1921) First Line: I was sinking deep in sin Refrain First Line: Love lifted me! Love lifted me Topics: Solo Languages: English Tune Title: [I was sinking deep in sin]

Jesus is All the World to Me

Author: W. L. T. Hymnal: GTS1921 #3 (1921) Topics: Christ; Solo Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is all the world to me]

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People

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William Hunter

1811 - 1877 Person Name: Wm. Hunter Hymnal Number: 183 Author of "The Great Physician" in Glad Tidings in Song Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c. 2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c. 3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections. 4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859 5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William C. Martin

1864 - 1914 Person Name: W. C. Martin Hymnal Number: 194 Author of "My anchor holds" in Glad Tidings in Song 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

Frank E. Graeff

1860 - 1919 Person Name: Rev. E. Frank Graeff Hymnal Number: 24 Author of "Does Jesus Care?" in Glad Tidings in Song Frank E. Graeff was a minister in the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a prolific writer of hymns, stories, poems and articles. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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