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Shield Me Father

Author: William C. Martin Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Shield me from the world's temptations Refrain First Line: Shield me, O my Father shield me
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[Shield me from the world's temptations]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. B. Holsinger Incipit: 55456 35476 56543 Used With Text: Shield Me Father
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Shield Me Father

Author: Rev. W. C. Martin Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Delight #5 (1898) First Line: Shield me from the world's temptations Refrain First Line: Shield me, O my Father shield me Languages: English Tune Title: [Shield me from the world's temptations]
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Shield Me Father

Author: Rev. W. C. Martin Hymnal: Gospel Songs and Hymns No. 1 #23 (1898) First Line: Shield me from the world's temptations Refrain First Line: Shield me, O my Father shield me Languages: English Tune Title: [Shield me from the world's temptations]
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W. C. Martin

1864 - 1914 Person Name: William C. Martin Author of "Shield Me Father" Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL. John Perry
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Geo. B. Holsinger

1857 - 1908 Composer of "[Shield me from the world's temptations]" in Songs of Praise and Delight Used pseudonym H. B. Groengils *************** Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Town­ship, Bed­ford Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia. Died: No­vem­ber 22, 1908, As­tor­ia, Il­li­nois. Holsinger was mu­sic di­rect­or of Bridge­wa­ter Coll­ege, Vir­ginia (1882-98), and mu­sic ed­it­or for the Church of the Breth­ren (1898-1908). His works in­clude: Song Prais­es (Elgin, Il­li­nois: Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1906) Psalms and Hymns (as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or) Lyrics-- I Lift My Heart To­day in Praise Little Ones Like Me Not Far from the King­dom of Hea­ven Our Coun­try’s Needs Are Plead­ing Music-- BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
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