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Give Me a Foothold
Author: Thomas MacKellar Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Give me a foothold on the rock
Give Me a Foothold
GIVE ME A FOOTHOLD
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. S. Rupp Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 53212 16612 Used With Text: Give me a foothold on the rock
GIVE ME A FOOTHOLD
[Give me a foothold on the Rock]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. J. Lowe Incipit: 51555 67132 Used With Text: A Foothold on the Rock
[Give me a foothold on the Rock]
A Foothold on the Rock
Author: Thos. MacKellar Hymnal: Christian Endeavor Hymns #8 (1894) First Line: Give me a foothold on the Rock Lyrics: 1 Give me a foothold on the Rock;
The billows round me roll;
Let not their wild, impetuous shock
O’erwhelm my trembling soul;
O Thou that walkest on the wave
Thou Ruler of the sea
Stretch forth Thy mighty arm to save
The soul that calls on Thee.
2 Give me a foothold on the Rock,
O Saviour of the lost!
The world and sin my struggles mock,
And I am tempest-tossed,
I strive to reach an anch’ring place;
My Lord be Thou my stay;
Extend to me Thy hand of grace,
Lest I be cast away.
3 Give a foothold on the Rock,
Till voices o’er the sea,
Like evening chimings of the clock,
Bid welcome home to me.
The day of toil and watching o’er,
The night of sorrow past,
I step upon the shining shore,
And rest in peace at last. Topics: Worship Languages: English Tune Title: [Give me a foothold on the Rock]
A Foothold on the Rock
Give Me a Foothold
Author: Thos. MacKellar Hymnal: Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #72 (1902) First Line: Give me a foothold on the rock Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:4 Languages: English Tune Title: [Give me a foothold on the rock]
Give Me a Foothold
Give Me a Foothold
Author: Thomas MacKellar, 1812-1899 Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #519 (1959) First Line: Give me a foothold on the Rock Languages: English Tune Title: [Give me a foothold on the Rock]
Give Me a Foothold
Thomas MacKellar
1812 - 1899 Person Name: Thos. MacKellar Author of "Give me a foothold on the rock" in Hymns and Tunes Mackellar, Thomas, was born in New York, Aug. 12, 1812. At the age of 14 he entered the printing establishment of Harper Brothers. In 1833 he removed to Philadelphia and joined the type-foundry firm of Johnson & Smith, as proof reader. He subsequently became a foreman, and then a partner in that firm, which has been known from 1860 as Mackellar, Smiths, and Jordan, type-founders of Philadelphia. His publications include The American Printer, 1866, a prose work, and the following in verse:—
(1) Droppings from the Heart, 1844; (2) Tam's Fortnight Ramble, 1847; (3) Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; (4) Rhymes Atween Times, 1872. The last contains some of his hymns. (5) Hymns and a few Metrical Psalms, Phila. 1883 (71 hymns, 3 psalms), 2nd edition, 1887 (84 hymns, 3 psalms).
Those of his hymns in common use include :—
1. At the door of mercy sighing. Lent. Published in his Rhymes Atween Times, 1872, as, "Long of restful peace forsaken," and again in Dr. Hitchcock's Hymns & Songs of Praise, 1874, as "At the door of mercy sighing."
2. Bear the burden of the present. Resignation. Written in 1852, and published in his Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; and Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868. Part of this hymn, beginning "All unseen the Master walketh," was in common use in Great Britain.
3. Book of grace, and book of glory. Holy Scripture. Written in 1843. It was given in the Sunday School Union Collection, 1860, and his Hymns and a few M. Psalms, &c, 1883, and a few collections, including Allon's Children's Worship, 1878, &c.
4. Draw nigh to the Holy. Jesus, the soul’s Refuge. In Sumner's Songs of Zion, 1851, and the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868, in 5 st. of 8 1ines.
5. Father, in my life's young morning. A Child's Prayer. Written in 1841.
6. In the vineyard of our Father. Work for God. Written in 1845. It was given in the Hymns for Church & Home, Philadelphia, I860, and other collections.
7. Jesus! when my soul is parting. Continued presence of Jesus desired. Written in 1848, and included in Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, and entitled "Jesus first and last."
8. There is a land immortal. Heaven. Mr. Mackellar says that this hymn was written
"One evening as a fancy suddenly struck me of a religious nature, I laid aside the work in hand, and pursuing the new idea, I at once produced the hymn, ‘There is a land immortal,' and sent it to the editor [of Neale's Gazette], who referred to it as a religious poem from ‘Tam,' my assumed name, under which I had already acquired considerable notoriety. This was in 1845. It was widely copied, and afterwards inserted in a volume published by me." Duffield's English Hymns, &c, 1886, p. 551.
Mr. Mackellar was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Mackellar, T., p. 708, ii. Additional hymns are:— (1) "I have no hiding-place" (Safety in Jesus), (2) “I will extol Thee every day" (Praise to God). These are dated 1880 and 1871 respectively in Stryker's Church Songs, N. Y., 1889. He died Dec. 29, 1899.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Mackellar, T., pp. 708, ii.; 1578, ii. He died Dec. 29, 1899. His hymn, “O the darkness, O the sorrow" (Redemption through Christ), was written in 1886, and added to the latest 1668 editions of his Hymns & Metrical Psalms. It is found in Summa Corda, 1898, and several other collections. His Hymns and Poems were collected and published in 1900. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Thomas MacKellar
J. J. Lowe
Composer of "[Give me a foothold on the Rock]" in Christian Endeavor Hymns John J Lowe. He was a professor who sang duets with his wife at evangelical meetings. One such meeting at Ocean Grove, NJ, was noted (8/10/1891) on the Hymntime website. His name is also associated with Philadelphia, PA, and in conjunction with other gospel song writers of his period in the Philadelphia area.
John Perry
J. J. Lowe
Henry S. Rupp
1827 - 1898 Person Name: H. S. Rupp Composer of "GIVE ME A FOOTHOLD" in Hymns and Tunes Rupp, Henry S. (Near Shiremanstown, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1827?--January 14, 1898). Ordained as deacon January 17, 1878 and served the Slate Hill congregation.
Additional family history is available in the file on Rupp.
--DNAH Archives
Henry S. Rupp
