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Hymns for His Praise

Publication Date: 1906 Publisher: McCrea-Taylor Publication Place: Chicago Editors: William Edwadr Biederwolf; Homer Rodeheaver; McCrea-Taylor

Author: Jennie Ree Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Onward up the King's great highway Refrain First Line: Onward at the King's command Used With Tune: [Onward up the King's great highway]

What Did He Do?

Author: J. M. G. Appears in 204 hymnals First Line: O listen to our wondrous story Refrain First Line: Who saved us from eternal loss? Used With Tune: [O listen to our wondrous story]

Onward, Christian Soldiers

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Appears in 1,807 hymnals First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers! Refrain First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers! Used With Tune: [Onward, Christian soldiers!]

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Tunes

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[Jerusalem, my happy home]

Appears in 476 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel A. Ward Incipit: 55335 52234 56755 Used With Text: Jerusalem the Golden

[I have a song I love to sing]

Appears in 144 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 51234 56543 13321 Used With Text: Since I Have Been Redeemed

[The cross it standeth fast, Hallelujah!]

Appears in 86 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James McGranahan Incipit: 51712 34512 17232 Used With Text: Hallelujah for the Cross!

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

All Hail the Power

Author: Edward Perronet Hymnal: HHP21906 #1 (1906) First Line: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name Languages: English Tune Title: [All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]

Nobody Loves Like Jesus

Author: Effie S. Black Hymnal: HHP21906 #2 (1906) First Line: Oh, tell the glorious news to all Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, tell the glorious news to all]

Bring Peace to My Soul

Author: Helen L. Dungan Hymnal: HHP21906 #3 (1906) First Line: When earthly cares and sorrows roll Refrain First Line: Bring peace to my soul today Languages: English Tune Title: [When earthly cares and sorrows roll]

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People

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Mary A. Lathbury

1841 - 1913 Person Name: Mary Ann Lathbury Hymnal Number: 49 Author of "Day is Dying in the West" in Hymns for His Praise Lathbury, Mary Ann, was born in Manchester, Ontario County, New York, Aug. 10, 1841. Miss Lathbury writes somewhat extensively for the American religious periodical press, and is well and favourably known (see the Century Magazine, Jan., 1885, p. 342). Of her hymns which have come into common use we have:— 1. Break Thou the bread of life. Communion with God. A "Study Song" for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, written in the summer of 1880. It is in Horder's (Eng.) Congregational Hymns, 1884. 2. Day is dying in the west. Evening. "Written at the request of the Rev. John H. Vincent, D.D., in the summer of 1880. It was a "Vesper Song," and has been frequently used in the responsive services of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle." It is in the Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884. For these details we are indebted to S. W. Duffield's English Hymns, &c, N. Y., 1886. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Lathbury, Mary A., p. 640, i. Another hymn by this writer is, "Lift up, lift up thy voice with singing." [Praise to Christ), in Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Hymnal Number: 56 Author of "Will There Be Any Stars?" in Hymns for His Praise Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Francis Bottome

1823 - 1894 Person Name: F. Bottome Hymnal Number: 63 Author of "The Comforter Has Come" in Hymns for His Praise Bottome, F., S.T.D., was born in Derbyshire, England, May 26, 1823. In 1850, having removed to America, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopalian Church; and in 1872 he received the degree of S.T.D. from Dickinson's College, Carlisle, Penn. In addition to assisting in the compilation of B. P. Smith's Gospel Hymns, London, 1872: Centenary Singer, 1869; Hound Lake, 1872, he has written:— 1. Come, Holy Ghost, all sacred fire. Invocation of the Holy Spirit. Appeared in R. P. Smith's Gospel Hymns, 1872. It is in several collections, including the Ohio Hymn Book of the Evangelical Association, 1881, No. 364. 2. Full salvation, full salvation. Joy of full Salvation. Written in 1871, and published in a collection by Dr. Cullis of Boston, 1873. Also in the Ohio Hymn Book, 1881, No. 384. 3. Love of Jesus, all divine. Love of Jesus. Written in 1872, and published in his Hound Lake, 1872. It is in several collections. 4. O bliss of the purified, bliss of the free. Sanctification. Written in 1869, and published in the Revivalist, and numerous hymn-books in America, including the Ohio Hymn Book as above, 1881, No. 477, &c. His hymns, "Sweet rest in Jesus"; and "Oneness in Jesus," are also found in several collections for evangelistic services. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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