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God May Call for You

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: When the hosts of sin are marching Refrain First Line: Are you ready?

[When the hosts of sin are marching]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. S. Fearis Incipit: 34545 65312 32343 Used With Text: God May Call for You

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Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13109 First Line: When the hosts of sin are marching Refrain First Line: Are you ready? Are you ready? Lyrics: 1 When the hosts of sin are marching With their weapons gleaming bright, With their banners boldly waving, All their forces in the fight; Then the army of Jehovah Keeps them faithfully in view, And the Lord will want a leader— He may call for you. Refrain: Are you ready? Are you ready? Will you nobly dare and do? Are you ready? Are you ready? God may call for you! 2 When the fortress is in danger, Watch the foe with ceaseless care; He will surely gain an entrance, If one traitor soul is there; He will tempt, and bribe, and threaten, Every evil art pursue! Then the Lord wants faithful servants— He may call for you. [Refrain] 3 There are soldiers who have never Seen the thickest of the fight, But in humble, cheerful service, They have kept the armor bright; Never weary, ever faithful, Glad to toil the whole day thro’, There is need of special workers— God may call for you. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When the hosts of sin are marching]

God May Call for You

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: Calvary's Praises #94 (1917) First Line: When the hosts of sin are marching Refrain First Line: Are you ready? Languages: English Tune Title: [When the hosts of sin are marching]

God May Call for You

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: The King of Glory #94 (1918) First Line: When the hosts of sin are marching Refrain First Line: Are you ready? Tune Title: [When the hosts of sin are marching]

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Lanta Wilson Smith

1856 - 1939 Author of "God May Call for You" in Calvary's Praises Lanta Wilson Smith was born July 19, 1856 at Castine, Maine, and died October 19, 1939 at Taunton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of a Methodist minister, William J. Wilson, and his wife Sedelia Follett. Her father belonged to the Maine, and later the East Maine Conferences from 1846 until 1866, when he with his family traveled in a covered wagon to the west, where he served as minister in Nebraska and Dakota. Later he returned to New England and founded out his sixty-four years in the ministry at an appointment in Hingham, Massachusetts. From her early childhood Lanta sang and played the organ in church and Sunday school wherever her father was located. When seventeen she attended Bucksport Seminary, Maine, where she received some instruction in music, and where she began to write stories for the church papers. When David C. Cook introduced music and hymns into his publications, Lanta began to write hymns, some of which were used by him. She received assistance from such prominent composers as T. Martin Towne and E. O. Excell. "Scatter Sunshine" [see link below] was perhaps her most popular hymn. It was set to music by Mr. Excell and became such a favorite that he wrote her, "My, my, how I wish you would write another hymn like that. It has proved such a success that I believe I will send you a draft for twenty-five dollars to let you know how much I appreciate the hymn. Possibly this will inspire you to write another equally as good." Mrs. T. M. Towne attended the Christian Endeavor Convention in Washington in 1896, and after her return she wrote Mrs. Smith: "It's wonderful how the great chorus sang your hymn "Scatter Sunshine". A missionary in Japan asked, "May I not have, in your handwriting and over your signature, your beautiful hymn "Scatter Sunshine"? The possession and care of such a kindly souvenir of yourself will often cause me to remember you with gratiude and bring to kindly remembrance the brightness your message has brought to many a life." This request was complied with. The hymn has been adopted as the official hymn of the National Sunshine Society. Shortly after the convention just referred to Mr. Towne sent her a subject - Heaven - and insisted that the last line of the chorus should be "Is Jesus high over them all?" She writes, - "To build up a verse to match a last line beginning with "Is" was something new, and he wanted it in a hurry." When he wrote back he said "Hurrah, I knew you could do it." Asa Hull was another voluminous composer for whom she wrote hymns. In 1880 Miss Wilson married Rev. C. Hartley Smith, and for twelve years they preached and ministered in Dakota. Both were musicians, and wherever they made calls, they were ask to sing some of the beloved hymns of the church. On returning east Mr. Smith joined the New England Southern Conference, and completed thirty-seven years of preaching. Mrs. Smith wrote more than five hundred poems, articles and hymns, the greater part of this number being hymns. Her songs were written for many occasions, Children's Day, Christmas and Easter; there were also temperance hymns and three cantatas. Of one of her songs, "The saints shall have dominion in the morning", Professor Black thought she was giving the saints too much, but when she sent him a large sheet of paper filled with Bible references to the saints, he replied, "I give up. The saints are in for a pretty good time." She left her singing voice out on the prairie, but continued to write even to her eightieth year. --http://heirloomsreunited.blogspot.com/2010/11/, posting a scan of her biography originally published in The Choir Herald, vol.50, n.6 (March 1947): 150-151.

J. S. Fearis

1867 - 1932 Composer of "[When the hosts of sin are marching]" in Calvary's Praises John Sylvester Fearis, 1867-1932 Born: February 5, 1867, Richland, Iowa. Died: September 2, 1932, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Fearis’ father was a successful singing school teacher, and a painter by trade. At a young age, John learned to read music in his father’s classes. He was passionately fond of music, and, taking lessons on the reed organ, he was soon able to play in Sunday school and church. Later he took charge of the church choir, and taught singing classes in nearby towns. He wrote his first hymn tune at age 16. He eventually joined the editorial staff of the Choir Leader, published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in Dayton, Ohio. Sources-- Choir Herald, December 1932, p. 219 Emurian, p. 17 Hall, pp. 393-4 Lyrics-- Brightly Beams Another Morning Children’s Day Show Me the Way, My Shepherd What Comfort to Our Hearts What Wonderful Love Is the Love Music-- Be Thou Exalted Beautiful Isle of Somewhere God May Call for You Little Raindrops Promise Made to Mother, The Songs in the Night Show Me the Way, My Shepherd There’s Light for a Step Wherever He Leads Me I’ll Go --hymntime.com/tch