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Hail the Great Emancipation

Author: Alfred Beirly Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: God the all wise, beholding sinners

[God, th'all wise, beholding sinners]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Incipit: 33451 21167 71251 Used With Text: Good Tidings

[God, th'all-wise, beholding sinners]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred Beirly Incipit: 51312 11671 25123 Used With Text: Hail the Great Emancipation

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Author: A. B. Hymnal: Minnetonka Songs #16 (1879) First Line: God th' all wise, beholding sinners Refrain First Line: Hail the great Emancipation Lyrics: 1 God th' all wise, beholding sinners, Said, this people I'll redeem; A Messiah I will send them, Every lost one to reclaim. Chorus: Hail the great Emancipation, Millions of earth's bondsmen freed, Come from every clime and station, Who for freedom learn their need. 2 One great sacrifice was needed, One atonement for us all; Christ, the living Son of promise, Died God's people to recall. [Chorus] 3 See the Lamb, so pure and spotless, For the fallen intercede; Cruel pain and death enduring, A sin off'ring made complete. [Chorus] 4 High o'er all the world in glory, With the Father now is he; Round the throne celestial armies Sing him praise eternally. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [God th' all wise, beholding sinners]

Good Tidings

Hymnal: Good Tidings #B1 (1885) First Line: God, th'all wise, beholding sinners Refrain First Line: Hail, the great Emancipation! Scripture: Luke 2:10 Languages: English Tune Title: [God, th'all wise, beholding sinners]

Hail the Great Emancipation

Hymnal: Great Joy! #30 (1881) First Line: God, th'all-wise, beholding sinners Refrain First Line: Hail, the great Emancipation! Languages: English Tune Title: [God, th'all-wise, beholding sinners]

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A. J. Showalter

1858 - 1924 Composer of "[God, th'all wise, beholding sinners]" in Good Tidings Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did. John Perry

Alfred Beirly

Person Name: A. B. Author of "Hail! the Great Emancipation" in Minnetonka Songs Dr. Alfred Beirly was the author of many song books: Great Joy!, 1881 Crowning Glory No. 1, 1889 Sovereign Choir No. 1, A Book of Easy Anthems, 1889 Beirly’s Memorial Songs No. 1, 1892 Beirly’s Jubilee Choir Vol. 2, 1892 Beirly’s Song Triumph, 1892 Beirly’s Festal Days, 1894 Golden Grain Nos. 1 and 2 Combined, 1894 Beirly’s School Songs for Public or Private Schools, Academies and Colleges, No. 1, 1896 Beirly’s National Singer, 1898 The Concert Master, 1899 Emmanuel, a Sacred Oratorio, 1892 A Greater Chicago (The Woman’s Temple, date unknown) The Song Wonder, 1907 A New Harbor for Chicago, 1908 NN, Hymnary editor. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/i/beirly_a.htm