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I Am Coming to the Cross
Author: W. McDonald Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 860 hymnals First Line: I am coming to the cross; I am poor, and weak, and blind Refrain First Line: I am trusting, Lord, in Thee Text Sources: "Tribute of Praise."
I Am Coming to the Cross
ROCK OF AGES
Appears in 1,199 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Hastings Incipit: 56531 65123 21717 Used With Text: I am trusting, Lord, in thee
ROCK OF AGES
COMING TO THE CROSS
Appears in 446 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William G. Fischer, 1835-1912 Incipit: 51312 31345 65321 Used With Text: I Am Coming to the Cross
COMING TO THE CROSS
I am Coming to the Cross
Author: Rev. Wm. McDonald Hymnal: Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs #59 (1875) First Line: I am coming to the cross, I am poor Refrain First Line: I am trusting, Lord, in thee Scripture: John 6:37 Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming to the cross, I am poor]
I am Coming to the Cross
Down at the Cross
Author: Wm. McDonald Hymnal: Songs of Christian Service #132 (1903) First Line: I am coming to the cross, I am poor Refrain First Line: Down at the cross I lay my sin Lyrics: 1 I am coming to the cross,
I am poor and weak and blind;
I am counting all but dross;
I shall full salvation find.
Refrain:
Down at the cross I lay my sins,
There at the cross they lie;
Down at the cross I lay my sins,
There at the cross I’ll die.
2 Long my heart has sighed for Thee,
Long has evil reigned within;
Jesus sweetly speaks to me;
“I will cleanse you from all sin.” [Refrain]
3 Here I give my all to thee,
Friends, and time, and earthly store,
Soul and body Thine to be—
Wholly thine forevermore. [Refrain]
4 In the promises I trust,
In the cleansing blood confide;
I am prostrate in the dust,
I with Christ am crucified. [Refrain]
5 Jesus comes, he fills my soul,
Perfected in love I am,
I am every whit made whole:
Glory, glory to the Lamb! [Refrain] Tune Title: [I am coming to the cross, I am poor]
Down at the Cross
I Am Coming to the Cross
Hymnal: Joyful Praise #224 (1902) First Line: I am coming to the cross, I am poor Refrain First Line: I am trusting, Lord, in thee Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming to the cross, I am poor]
I Am Coming to the Cross
W. G. Fischer
1835 - 1912 Person Name: William G. Fischer, 1835-1912 Author of "I Am Coming to the Cross" in His Fullness Songs William Gustavus Fischer In his youth, William G. Fischer (b. Baltimore, MD, 1835; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1912) developed an interest in music while attending singing schools. His career included working in the book bindery of J. B. Lippencott Publishing Company, teaching music at Girard College, and co-owning a piano business and music store–all in Philadelphia. Fischer eventually became a popular director of music at revival meetings and choral festivals. In 1876 he conducted a thousand-voice choir at the Dwight L. Moody/Ira D. Sankey revival meeting in Philadelphia. Fischer composed some two hundred tunes for Sunday school hymns and gospel songs.
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W. G. Fischer
M. M. Wells
1815 - 1895 Composer of "GUIDE" in New Christian Hymn and Tune Book Converted to Christianity as a youth at a mission in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Morris Wells (b. Cooperstown, NY, 1815; d. Hartwick, NY, 1895) spent most of his life near Hartwick as a farmer and maker of farm implements. He is remembered in hymnody for writing both the text and tune of "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide." "On a Saturday afternoon, October 1858, while at work in my cornfield, the sentiment of the hymn came to me," writes Wells. "The next day, Sunday, being a very stormy day, I finished the hymn and wrote the tune for it and sent it to Prof. I. B. Woodbury." Isaac Woodbury was the editor of the New York Musical Pioneer, and the original text and tune were first published in that periodical's November 1858 issue.
Bert Polman
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Wells, Marcus M. Concerning this author and his hymn we have no information beyond the following facts:—
Holy Spirit, faithful Guide. [Whitsuntide.] Appeared in The Sacred Lute, by T. E. Perkins, N.Y., undated [1864], p. 373, with music. Both words and music are attributed therein to M. M. Wells. The hymn has since been repeated in several English and American collections, including I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. It is dated 1858.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
M. M. Wells
W. McDonald
1820 - 1901 Person Name: William McDonald, 1820-1901 Author of "I am Coming to the Cross" in Hymnal of the Church of God McDonald, Rev. William. (Belmont, Maine, March 1, 1820--September 11, 1901, Monrovia, California). Becoming a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839 he was admitted to the Maine Conference in 1843, being transferred to that of Wisconsin in 1855 and of New England in 1859. For a number of years he was editor of the Advocate of Christian Holiness. In addition to being a writer of biographies and religious books, he compiled, or assisted in compiling, a number of song books of the gospel song type, among them being the Western Minstrel (1840), Wesleyan Minstrel (1853), Beulah Songs (1870), Tribute of Praise (1874). This last book was that which had been compiled by McDonald and L.F. Snow, and re-edited by Eben Tourjée, appeared in 1882 as the official hymnal of the Methodist Protestant Church. From 1870 he spent many years in evangelistic work before his retirement to Monrovia.
Sources: Metcalf, Frank J., American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music; Tillett, Wilbur F., Our Hymns and Their Authors; Nutter and Tillett, Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church; McCutchan, Robert G., Our Hymnody; Benson, L.F., The English Hymn.
--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives
W. McDonald
