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'Twas the faith of the martyrs

Author: Marian Wendell Hubbard Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Walk ye in the old paths

["Walk ye in the old paths," that your fathers trod]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 31621 56176 54422 Used With Text: Walk Ye in the Old Paths

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Author: Marian W. Hubbard; H. L. G. Hymnal: The King's Praises Number 2 #90 (1910) First Line: "Walk ye in the old paths," that your fathers trod Refrain First Line: Twas the faith of the martyrs, who stood thro' flood and flame Languages: English Tune Title: ["Walk ye in the old paths," that your fathers trod]

'Twas the faith of the martyrs

Author: Marian Wendell Hubbard Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Power #d310 (1909) First Line: Walk ye in the old paths

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H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Person Name: H. L. G. Author (Chorus) of "Walk Ye in the Old Paths" in The King's Praises Number 2 Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry

Marian Wendell Hubbard

Author of "Walk Ye in the Old Paths" Marian Wendell Hubbard was sent to be educated in Pawtuckett, Rhode Island at the age of nine, after the death of her mother. At the age of eighteen she worked in Philadelphia as a proof reader. At this time she also wrote articles and poetry for publication. She wrote hymns for an Elgin, Illinois publisher. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)