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Speed Away! Speed Away!

Author: Rev. C. Cooke Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Speed away, speed away! O ye heralds of light Used With Tune: [Speed away, speed away! O ye heralds of light]

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[Speed away! speed away! O ye heralds of light]

Appears in 115 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. B. Woodbury Incipit: 55555 55554 53333 Used With Text: Speed Away! Speed Away!

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Heralds Of Light

Author: C. Cooke Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10161 First Line: Speed away! speed away! O ye heralds of light Lyrics: 1 Speed away! speed away! O ye heralds of light, There are millions enshrouded in nature’s dark night, Who are willing to hear, and the truth to receive, But know of no Savior on whom to believe. O they’re dying by thousands in sin every day! Speed away! speed away! speed away! 2 Let the Church to the help of Jehovah draw near— Come with love, and with faith, and with fervor in prayer! Let her fling to the breeze the pure banner of truth, And enlist in the struggle her warm-hearted youth; Let the parents and children, and everyone say, Speed away! speed away! speed away! 3 We will lay on the altar our money and prayers: And we’ll bathe every offering in sympathy’s tears— For the Jews and Mohammedans, Gentiles and all; On Jehovah by night and by day we will call, And ye heralds of mercy, oh! make no delay! Speed away! speed away! speed away! 4 Speed away! speed away with a message from Heav’n, To all nations of men let the tidings be giv’n That Messiah has triumphed, His foes are all slain, And the earth as an Eden is blushing again! O great Savior, let nothing this conquest delay Speed away! speed away! speed away! Languages: English Tune Title: [Speed away! speed away! O ye heralds of light]
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Speed Away! Speed Away!

Author: Rev. C. Cooke Hymnal: New Soul Winning Songs #160 (1926) First Line: Speed away, speed away, O ye heralds of light Refrain First Line: Speed away, speed away, speed away Languages: English Tune Title: [Speed away, speed away, O ye heralds of light]
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Speed Away! Speed Away!

Author: Rev. C. Cooke Hymnal: Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus #7 (1896) First Line: Speed away! speed away! O ye heralds of light Languages: English Tune Title: [Speed away! speed away! O ye heralds of light]

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P. P. Bilhorn

1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. P. B. Arranger of "[Speed away, speed away, O ye heralds of light]" in New Soul Winning Songs Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Rob­lin (a an­a­gram of his name) ================ Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936. John Perry

I. B. Woodbury

1819 - 1858 Composer of "[Speed away, speed away, O ye heralds of light]" in New Soul Winning Songs Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris. He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health broke down from overwork and he went south hoping to regain his strength, but died three days after reaching Columbia, South Carolina. He published a number of tune-books, of which the Dulcimer, of New York Collection of Sacred Music, went through a number of editions. His Elements of Musical Composition, 1844, was later issued as the Self-instructor in Musical Composition. He also assisted in the compilation of the Methodist Hymn Book of 1857. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

Jacob Henry Hall

1855 - 1941 Person Name: J. E. H. Arranger of "[Speed away, speed away! O ye heralds of light]" in The Century Gospel Songs Jacob Henry Hall, 1855-1941 Born: Jan­u­a­ry 2, 1855, near Har­ris­on­burg, Vir­gin­ia. Died: De­cem­ber 22, 1941. Buried: Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. Son of farm­er George G. Hall and Eliz­a­beth Thom­as Hall, Ja­cob at­tend­ed sing­ing schools taught by Tim­o­thy Funk when he was a boy. As his love of mu­sic pro­gressed, he earned mo­ney by trap­ping quail and bought a Ger­man ac­cor­di­on; he soon learned to play one part while sing­ing an­o­ther. Af­ter he and his bro­ther joint­ly pur­chased an or­gan, he taught him­self to play hymn tunes, Gos­pel songs, and an­thems. He went on to stu­dy mu­sic the­ory, har­mo­ny, and com­po­si­tion in Har­ris­on­burg and else­where, and in 1877 at­tend­ed a Nor­mal Mu­sic School in New Mar­ket, Vir­gin­ia, taught by Ben­ja­min Un­seld and P. J. Merges. Af­ter­ward, he par­tnered with H. T. Wart­man for two years to con­duct sing­ing schools and con­ven­tions. In 1890, Hall at­tend­ed Da­na’s Mu­sical In­sti­tute in War­ren, Ohio, and a nor­mal school run by George & F. W. Root at Sil­ver Lake, New York. He lat­er served as prin­ci­pal of the Na­tion­al Nor­mal School of Mu­sic. Hall’s works in­clude: Hall’s Songs of Home, 1885 The Star of Beth­le­hem (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer Com­pa­ny) Musical Mil­lion (as­sis­tant ed­it­or) Spirit of Praise, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick & Charles Case (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: The Rue­bush-Kieff­er Com­pa­ny, 1911) Hall’s Quar­tettes for Men, 1912 Biography of Gos­pel Song and Hymn Writ­ers/em> (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, 1914) Sources-- Hall, pp. 329-34 Lyrics-- Glorious Morn­ing Dawns, The O Thou Whose Match­less Pow­er Con­trols --hymntime.com/tch