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The New Christian Hymn Book
Publication Date: 1907 Publisher: McQuiddy Printing Company Publication Place: Nashville Editors: T. B. Larimore; W. J. Kirkpatrick; McQuiddy Printing Company
The New Christian Hymn Book
Yield Not to Temptation
Author: H. R. Palmer Appears in 755 hymnals Refrain First Line: Ask the Saviour to help you Used With Tune: [Yield not to temptation]
Yield Not to Temptation
Wonderful Story of Love
Author: J. M. D. Appears in 191 hymnals Refrain First Line: Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful Used With Tune: [Wonderful story of love]
Wonderful Story of Love
Softly and Tenderly
Author: W. L. T. Appears in 904 hymnals First Line: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Refrain First Line: Come home, come home Used With Tune: [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling]
Softly and Tenderly
OLD HUNDRED
Appears in 2,050 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois Incipit: 11765 12333 32143 Used With Text: We thank thee, Lord, for this our food
OLD HUNDRED
Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Author: Dorothy A. Thrupp Hymnal: NCHB1907 #1 (1907) Languages: English Tune Title: [Saviour, like a shepherd lead us]
Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Saved By Grace
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Hymnal: NCHB1907 #2 (1907) First Line: Some day the silver cord will break Refrain First Line: And I shall see him face to face Languages: English Tune Title: [Some day the silver cord will break]
Saved By Grace
Keep the Heart Singing
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: NCHB1907 #3 (1907) First Line: We may lighten toil and care Refrain First Line: Keep the heart singing all the while Languages: English Tune Title: [We may lighten toil and care]
Keep the Heart Singing
Henry J. Zelley
1859 - 1942 Person Name: H. J. Zelley Hymnal Number: 27 Author of "Heavenly Sunlight" in The New Christian Hymn Book Henry Jeffreys Zelley was born at Mt. Holly, NJ, on Mar. 15, 1859. Educated in the Mt. Holly public schools, at Pennington Seminary, and at Taylor University, where he earned his M. A., Ph. D., and D. D. degrees, he became a Methodist minister in 1882 and first served in the New Jersey Conference as a statistical secretary, treasurer, and trustee, becoming a promoter of the campmeeting movement.
Noted for his evangelistic fervor, Zelley produced over 1500 poems, hymns, and gospel songs. One of his songs, "He Brought Me Out" with music by Henry L. Gilmour, appears in several denominational hymnals. Cyberhymnal also lists "When Israel Out of Bondage Came" or "He Rolled the Sea Away" with music by Gilmour too. Another of Zelley’s songs, "The Mountains of Faith" with music by M. L. McPhail, is found in Sacred Selections. After working with nineteen different churches in the New Jersey Conference over his lifetime, Zelley, who also served as a trustee of Pennington Seminary, retired in 1929 and died at Trenton, NJ, on Mar. 16, 1942.
--http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies
Henry J. Zelley
W. D. Cornell
1858 - 1936 Hymnal Number: 50 Author of "Wonderful Peace" in The New Christian Hymn Book Rv Warren Donald Cornell USA 1858-1936. Born in Whiteford, MI, he trained as a school teacher and began teaching in Dallas Public Schools at age 19. Licensed by the Southern Methodist conference in 1879, he was appointed to preach in Denton and Gainesville, TX, for a year in each place. He married Jennie Estelle Roberts in 1880, and they five sons: Warren, Louis, William, Robert, and Donald, and a daughter, Florence. In 1881 he removed to the Oshkosh, WI, area and spent most of his career preaching at various pastorates and in Berlin, WI. He was an eloquent precher, poet, and evangelist. In 1894 he became minister of the People's Christian Assn., in Fond du Lac, WI. The group met for 10 years and disbanded. Cornell pastored an independent church there. In 1905, after pastoring, he entered real estate. He took an interest in political and social issues, and became secretary of the Paving Cutter's Union, and leader of the 'Anti-Tramp Society”. He became a lecturer, and a founding member of the anti-socialist Constitutional Defense League, spending much of his time in this cause. He was no longer a member of clergy, but a touring lecturer for several years. By 1925 he and his family had moved to NY state, where he eventually died. He was buried in Fond du Lac, WI.
John Perry
W. D. Cornell
Thomas O. Chisholm
1866 - 1960 Person Name: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal Number: 88 Author of "O to Be Like Thee!" in The New Christian Hymn Book Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes.
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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Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.
Thomas O. Chisholm
