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Go Make of All Disciples

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Author: Leon M. Adkins

Adkins, Leon McKinley. (Ticonderoga, NY, July 14, 1896-Saratoga Springs, NY, October 11, 1986). Methodist. Son of George H. and Lary L. (Brooks) Adkins. Middlebury College, B.A. 1919; honorary D.D. 1945; Boston University School of Theology, S.T.B. 1925. Clergyman, with pastorates in Delmar, Schenectady, and Syracuse, NY (1927-1955). General secretary, Division of the Local Church, Board of Education of the Methodist Church, 1955-1966. Member of the 1964 Methodist hymnal committee. Writer of religious poems and hymns, one of these being "Go, make of all disciples." Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: "Go make of all disciples"
Title: Go Make of All Disciples
Author: Leon M. Adkins (1955)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Place of Origin: United States
Language: English; Spanish
Copyright: © 1964, Abingdon Press
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ELLACOMBE

Published in a chapel hymnal for the Duke of Würtemberg (Gesangbuch der Herzogl, 1784), ELLACOMBE (the name of a village in Devonshire, England) was first set to the words "Ave Maria, klarer und lichter Morgenstern." During the first half of the nineteenth century various German hymnals altered the…

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LANCASHIRE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed the tune in 1835 for use at a missions festival at Blackburn, Lancashire, England. For that festival, which celebrated the three-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in England, the tune was set to Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) “From Greenland's Icy Mountains.”…

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Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #189

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #189

Community of Christ Sings #363

Community of Christ Sings #363

Gather (3rd ed.) #769

Gather (3rd ed.) #769

Gather Comprehensive #687

Gather Comprehensive #687

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #666

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #666

Hymns of the Saints #392

Hymns of the Saints #392

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #828

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #828

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #430

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #430

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #646

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #646

One in Faith #810

One in Faith #810

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #648

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #648
Audio

Our Great Redeemer's Praise #452

Our Great Redeemer's Praise #452

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #866

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #866

RitualSong #798

RitualSong #798
Audio

The United Methodist Hymnal #571

The United Methodist Hymnal #571

Worship (3rd ed.) #628

Worship (3rd ed.) #628

Worship (4th ed.) #792

Worship (4th ed.) #792

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #261

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #261
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