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[Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet]

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 12153 513 Used With Text: Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet

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Mensajeros Del Maestro

Author: V. Mendoza Appears in 11 hymnals Used With Tune: [Mensajeros del Maestro]
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Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet

Author: Henry Lake Gilmour Appears in 13 hymnals Refrain First Line: Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman Lyrics: 1. Watchman, blow the Gospel trumpet, Every soul a warning give; Whosoever hears the message May repent, and turn and live. Refrain Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman, Blow it loud o’er land and sea; God commissions, sound the message! Every captive may be free. 2. Sound it loud o’er every hilltop, Gloomy shade and sunny plain; Ocean depths repeat the message, Full salvation’s glad refrain. [Refrain] 3. Sound it in the hedge and highway, Earth’s dark spots where exiles roam; Let it tell all things are ready, Father waits to welcome home. [Refrain] 4. Sound it for the heavy laden, Weary, longing to be free; Sound a Savior’s invitation, Sweetly saying, Come to Me. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Watchman, blow the Gospel trumpet]
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Centinelas del Maestro

Author: H. L. Gilmour Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [Centinelas del Maestro]

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Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet

Author: Henry Lake Gilmour Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7139 Refrain First Line: Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman Lyrics: 1. Watchman, blow the Gospel trumpet, Every soul a warning give; Whosoever hears the message May repent, and turn and live. Refrain Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman, Blow it loud o’er land and sea; God commissions, sound the message! Every captive may be free. 2. Sound it loud o’er every hilltop, Gloomy shade and sunny plain; Ocean depths repeat the message, Full salvation’s glad refrain. [Refrain] 3. Sound it in the hedge and highway, Earth’s dark spots where exiles roam; Let it tell all things are ready, Father waits to welcome home. [Refrain] 4. Sound it for the heavy laden, Weary, longing to be free; Sound a Savior’s invitation, Sweetly saying, Come to Me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Watchman, blow the Gospel trumpet]
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Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet

Author: H. L. Gilmour Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #368 (1985) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet, Every soul a warning give Lyrics: 1 Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet, Every soul a warning give; Whosoever hears the message May repent, and, turn and live. Refrain Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman, Blow it loud o’er land and sea; God commissions, sound the message! Every captive may be free. 2 Sound it loud oér every hilltop, Gloomy shade and sunny plain; Ocean depths repeat the message, Full salvation’s glad refrain. [Refrain] 3 Sound it in the hedge and highway, Earth’s dark spots where exiles roam; Let it tell all things are ready, Father waits to welcome home. [Refrain] 4 Sound it for the heavy laden, Weary, longing to be free; Sound a Savior’s invitation, Sweetly saying, “Come to me.” [Refrain] Topics: Christian Church Mission of the Church Tune Title: [Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet, Every soul a warning give]
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Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet

Author: H. L. Gilmour Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #619 (1941) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Refrain First Line: Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman Topics: Sabbath School Work and Duty Languages: English Tune Title: [Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet]

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: William James Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Watchman, blow the Gospel trumpet]" in The Cyber Hymnal William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Person Name: Henry Lake Gilmour Author of "Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

Vicente P. Mendoza

1875 - 1955 Person Name: Vicente Mendoza Author of "Mensajeros Del Maestro" in El Nuevo Himnario Popular (Edicion Revisada y Corregida) Vicente Mendoza Born: De­cem­ber 24, 1875, Guad­a­la­ja­ra, Mex­i­co. Died: 1955, Mex­i­co Ci­ty, Mex­i­co. Mendoza stu­died in­i­tial­ly un­der Don Au­re­lio Or­te­ga. At age of 11 he went to work in a Pro­test­ant print shop in Mex­i­co Ci­ty and helped pro­duce El Evan­gel­is­ta Mex­i­ca­no (The Mex­i­can Evan­gel­ist) for the Meth­od­ist Church of the South; he rose to be­come its di­rect­or for 17 years. Look­ing to im­prove him­self, Men­do­za en­tered a night school for work­ers, but lat­er feel­ing the call to preach the Gos­pel, he en­tered the Pres­by­ter­i­an Sem­in­a­ry in Mex­i­co Ci­ty. When the sem­in­a­ry closed temp­o­rar­i­ly, Men­do­za en­tered the Meth­od­ist In­sti­tute of Pueb­la, where he fin­ished the course in the­ol­o­gy. In 1898 he be­came a mem­ber of the An­nu­al Con­fer­ence of the Mex­i­can Meth­od­ist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he be­longed to the South­ern Meth­od­ist Con­fer­ence of Cal­i­for­nia. Men­do­za worked on sev­er­al per­i­od­i­cals, in­clud­ing El Mun­do Crist­i­a­no (The Chris­tian World), El Abo­ga­do Crist­i­a­no (The Chris­tian Ad­vo­cate), and El Evan­gel­is­ta Crist­i­a­no (The Chris­tian Evan­gel­ist). © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)