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Author: H. J. Betts Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: There is a lamp whose steady light Refrain First Line: Give me this lamp to light my road Used With Tune: [There is a lamp whose steady light]

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[There is a lamp whose steady light]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55551 21775 52232 Used With Text: The Bible
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STAINCLIFFE

Appears in 42 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. W. Dixon Incipit: 33234 33215 545 Used With Text: There is a lamp whose steady light

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There Is a Lamp Whose Steady Light

Author: Henry John Betts Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6602 Refrain First Line: Give me this lamp to light my road Lyrics: 1. There is a lamp whose steady light Can guide the traveler in the night; ’Tis God’s own Word; its beaming ray Can turn a midnight into day. Refrain Give me this lamp to light my road, This storehouse for my daily food; Give me this chart for life’s rough sea, These healing leaves, this healing tree. 2. There is a chart whose tracings show The onward course where tempests blow; ’Tis God’s own Word; there, there is found Direction for the homeward bound. [Refrain] 3. There is a tree whose leaves impart Health to the burdened, contrite heart; ’Tis God’s own Word; it cures of sin, And makes the guilty conscience clean. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a lamp whose steady light]
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The Bible

Author: H. J. Betts Hymnal: Sixty Scripture Songs #79 (1890) First Line: There is a lamp whose steady light Refrain First Line: Give me this lamp to light my road Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a lamp whose steady light]
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The Bible

Author: H. J. Betts Hymnal: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #97 (1891) First Line: There is a lamp whose steady light Refrain First Line: Give me this lamp to light my road Topics: Holy Word of God Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a lamp whose steady light]

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H. J. Betts

1825 - 1925 Author of "There is a lamp whose steady light" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures Betts, Henry John, was born 1825, at Great Yarmouth, where his father was a Baptist minister. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1847, and laboured successively in London, Edinburgh, Bradford (Yorks.), Manchester, Darlington, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Mr. Betts has published a small volume of hymns and poetical translations, entitled Early Blossoms, 1842; two vols. of sermons on Scripture Localities and their Associations, 1853; Lectures on Elijah, 1856; and at different times single sermons and lectures. For some years he was editor of the Primitive Church Magazine. His Children’s Hosannah appealed in 1864. From it the following hymns are in common use: 1. Beautiful Star, whose heavenly light. Christ the Star. 2. Jesus, Thou art meek and lowly. Jesus desired. 3. Our Father God, Who art in heaven. The Lord's Prayer. 4. There is a lamp whose steady light. Holy Scripture. These are found in Major's Book of Praise, and some other collections. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[There is a lamp whose steady light]" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday­-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

R. W. Dixon

1806 - 1876 Composer of "STAINCLIFFE" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures Dixon, Robert William. (Wapping, Middlesex, England, c.1805--December 6, 1876, Hastings, Sussex). "To R.W. Dixon, Esq., J.P. and D.L. (Fellow of the Hist. Soc. of Gt. Br.), for a large number of must tuneful and original compositions from his private MSS." -Preface, Burney Tune-Book. (1875). London: F. Pitman. [CASTLE EDEN is #168] See also: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~elliff/p3.htm#i563 for Elliff name and variants in the UK for census information, which lists his occupation as follows: Occupation 7 Apr 1861 J.P. & Commissioner of Taxes. (1861 Census Returns - RG9/3701). --In part from DNAH Archives.
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