[Only a step to Jesus] (Doane)

[Only a step to Jesus] (Doane)

Composer: W. Howard Doane (1901)
Published in 46 hymnals


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Composer: W. Howard Doane

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Only a step to Jesus] (Doane)
Composer: W. Howard Doane (1901)
Meter: 8.8.8.6
Incipit: 33343 21651 13233
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1055
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #5222
Text: Only a Step
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
TextPage Scan

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #247

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1055

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5222

TextAudio

Timeless Truths #1095

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