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Was it right

Author: Mary B. C. L. Slade Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: If the boys and girls will listen

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[If the boys and girls will listen]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. R. H. Used With Text: Was it right

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Was it right?

Hymnal: Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #100 (1866) First Line: If the boys and girls will listen Languages: English Tune Title: [If the boys and girls will listen]
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Hymnal: Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #100 (1868) First Line: If the boys and girls will listen Languages: English Tune Title: [If the boys and girls will listen]

Was it right

Author: Mary B. C. L. Slade Hymnal: The Robin #d12 (1866) First Line: If the boys and girls will listen

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M. B. C. Slade

1826 - 1882 Author of "Was it right" Mary Bridges Canady Slade USA 1826-1882. Born in Fall River, MA, she was well-educated and became a minister's wife, teacher, and poet. She was assistant editor of The New England Journal of Education. She also authored hymns, Sunday school materials and books on education, primarily used for training teachers. She authored a children's magazine, “Wide-awake”. She and her husband were active in the underground railroad (helping slaves achieve their freedom). She spent her whole life living in the same town. John Perry

B. R. Hanby

1833 - 1867 Person Name: B. R. H. Composer of "[If the boys and girls will listen]" in Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He? Mary Louise VanDyke