by Wayne S. Walker<\/p>\n
As Dad and the boys were walking from the church building to their house next door following the morning worship service the following Sunday, Seth asked a question.\u00a0 “Dad, I noticed that the person who wrote that one song which we sang in worship had a strange name.\u00a0 Tillit S. Teddlie.\u00a0 Who was he?”<\/p>\n
“Teddlie was probably one of the best-known and most prolific of the hymnwriters among churches of Christ during the twentieth century,” replied Dad.<\/p>\n
Andrew wondered, “Have there been many members of the church of Christ who have written hymns?”<\/p>\n
As they were entering the house, Mom went into the kitchen to get dinner ready and the other three went into the family room where Dad picked up a hymnbook and began to explain.\u00a0 “Yes, many of the songs that we sing were written by men and women associated with churches of Christ.”<\/p>\n
“Anyone who has studied and is familiar with the history of the call for religious reformation and restoration in the early 1800s of this nation that resulted in attempts to form congregations after the New Testament pattern known as churches of Christ will certainly recognize two names.\u00a0 Barton Warren Stone was born on Dec. 24, 1772, near Port Tobacco in Charles County, MD.\u00a0 He was converted by the preaching of James McGready, received a license from the Presbyterians to preach in 1796, moved to Kentucky, married in 1801, participated in the great Cane Ridge revival, and then withdrew from the Presbyterians in 1804 with the others who signed the well-known Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery.\u00a0 After that, his life was dedicated to preaching only a return to the apostolic order of things as revealed in the scriptures until his death in Hannibal, MO, on Nov. 9, 1844.<\/p>\n
“Alexander Campbell was born, most likely on Sept. 12, 1788, near Ballymena in Country Antrim, Northern Ireland.\u00a0 His Presbyterian minister father, Thomas, emigrated to the United States in 1807, making his home near Washington, PA, and Alexander and the rest of the family followed a couple of years later, eventually settling in Virginia near what is now Bethany, WV, where he died on Mar. 4, 1866.\u00a0 Both he and his father also withdrew from the Presbyterian and began preaching only non-denominational, New Testament Christianity.\u00a0 These facts are well-known.\u00a0 However, what is likely not as well-known is that both Stone and Campbell were very interested in the singing of the church, edited songbooks for use in local congregations, and even wrote hymns themselves.<\/p>\n
“In May of 1828, Campbell brought out his Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs adapted to the Christian Religion, containing 125 hymns.\u00a0 A second edition appeared in 1829 and a third in 1832.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Stone, assisted by Thomas Adams, had published The Christian Hymn-Book, Compiled and Published at the Request of the Miami Christian Conference in 1829, with 340 hymns.\u00a0 After Adams’s death, he joined with John Telemachus Johnson for a new edition in 1832.\u00a0 However, in 1832, after Campbell and Stone had determined that they were both preaching the same thing, they achieved a union in their efforts, and in 1834 also combined their hymnbooks into Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected–Compiled by A. Campbell, W. Scott, B. W. Stone, and J. T. Johnson–Bethany, Va. 1834, having 240 hymns.\u00a0 All these books had no music but contained words only.<\/p>\n
“At that time, almost all hymnbooks contained words only with no music.\u00a0 Within ten years, hymnbooks with music became more and more common, but Campbell vehemently opposed the use of music in hymnbooks, claiming that printed music was a distraction during the song service, and he never wavered from this opposition.\u00a0 Most hymn poems were written in certain meters, and various tunes were composed to fit those meters.\u00a0 People usually memorize as many tunes as possible, and in a worship service, the song leader chooses one that fits a particular hymn.\u00a0 It was not uncommon for a hymn to be sung to several different tunes.\u00a0 Campbell never allowed any of his hymns to be set to music, and there is no historical data to indicate what tunes were used with his hymns.<\/p>\n
“In 1986, Max D. Wheeler was preparing some material for a series of lectures on church music in the early days of the ‘restoration movement’ and compiled a collection of hymns by some of the leaders, including Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone.\u00a0 One evening, he determined to come up with a musical arrangement, one of Campbell’s hymns, taken from the 1834 edition of Campbell’s Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs.\u00a0 The poem was written as a narrative, beginning with the proclamation of John the Baptist that Jesus is the Lamb of God, writing about the steps of salvation, and discussing the establishment of Christ’s church, which is described as the ‘reign of God.'”<\/p>\n
“After trying first one thing and then another Wheeler finally just memorized the basic tune that sounded the best and added a chorus.\u00a0 About a month later, he was doing some recording with Ray Walker at a Dallas studio and scratched out a quick manuscript copy of the music, asking Ray to look it over.\u00a0 By the next night, Ray had recorded it.\u00a0 The producer, Bill Shockley, liked it so much that he decided to include it in one of his production tapes and market it.\u00a0 A few months later, Bill Humble asked to use the song as the theme music for a video that he was producing on the life of Alexander Campbell. It was first published in a new edition of V. E. Howard’s\u00a0Church Gospel Songs and Hymns<\/em> and has since been in several hymnbooks used among churches of Christ and Christian Churches, including the 1992 Praise for the Lord, edited by John P. Wiegand.<\/p>\n “Also,\u00a0Church Gospel Songs and Hymns<\/em>\u00a0includes a hymn by Barton W. Stone from The Christian Hymn Book of 1829.”<\/p>\n “The musical setting was composed in 1986 by Max Wheeler’s cousin, Tommy Wheeler, who also added a chorus.<\/p>\n “Not all of the work to return to the New Testament order of things was done in the United States.\u00a0 Several independent churches that were dedicated to the apostolic pattern were started in England, many as a result of the preaching of John Glas and his son-in-law Robert Sandeman, along with brothers James and Robert Haldane.\u00a0 The famous English scientist Michael Faraday and his family were members of such a congregation in Surrey, England.\u00a0 Some people from these congregations emigrated to the United States and united themselves with similar congregations here.\u00a0 In addition, Alexander Campbell made a preaching trip to the British Isles in 1847 and visited many of these congregations.\u00a0 One man who assisted him in going through customs when he arrived there for his tour through England, Scotland, and Ireland and became his friend also wrote a couple of hymns.\u00a0 Gilbert Young Tickle lived from 1819 to 1888 and was a resident of Liverpool, England.\u00a0 An associate of David King of Birmingham, one of the leaders among churches of Christ in England, he assisted in editing some of the editions of Hymns for Churches of Christ, which include over twenty of Tickle’s compositions.\u00a0 Two that have passed into our books were hymns for use with the Lord’s supper.\u00a0 One,\u00a0 ‘Lord of Our Highest Love<\/a>,’ was set to a German chorale melody published by Johann B. Konig of Frankfurt.”<\/p>\n Stanza 5 centers our attention on the suffering of Christ.<\/p>\n “The other, ‘Another Week’ published in 1868, was set to an old Psalm tune either composed or adapted by Louis Bourgeois for the 1551 Genevan Psalter and harmonized by Claude Goudimel for the 1565 Genevan Psalter.<\/p>\n “Coming back to the United States, a man named Love H. Jamieson, who lived from 1811 to 1892, wrote a couple of songs that we still sing.\u00a0 A native of Indiana, he was baptized in 1829 and began preaching that year.\u00a0 Perhaps his most popular hymn is often used to prepare our minds for the Lord’s supper because it reminds us of the suffering of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane before His death.”<\/p>\n “The tune was composed by Joseph P. Powell, who was also associated with Christian Churches and Churches of Christ during the nineteenth century and helped to edit The Christian Hymnal, which was the final successor to the series of hymnbooks begun by Alexander Campbell.\u00a0 However, just about as well known among us is Jamieson’s ‘There Is A Habitation<\/a>‘ with music by still another musician among Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, James H. Rosecrans.<\/p>\n “Isaac Newton Carman, who lived from around 1830 to 1911, studied with Alexander Campbell at Bethany College and for a time was a minister with Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, but it is believed that he left the church by the late 1850s.\u00a0 However, before he did, he left us a much-used hymn about our hope of heaven.\u00a0 It seems to have been first published around 1854.”<\/p>\n “The tune was composed by William O. Perkins.<\/p>\n “One of the better-known hymn-writers among Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in the 1800s was Knowles Shaw, who lived from 1834 to 1877.\u00a0 A native of Ohio, he spent most of his adult life in Indiana and became known as ‘the singing evangelist’ because of his noted abilities both in preaching and leading songs, holding meetings all over the United States.\u00a0 Probably his most famous hymn, first published in 1874, is one which has often been used in church scenes for many western movies to give them a frontier flavor.”<\/p>\n “Shaw provided his own tune for the words, but his music was adapted and rearranged in its present form by George A. Minor.\u00a0 Shaw also wrote both text and tune for the song ‘I Am the Vine,’ and composed tunes for Caroline S. Smith’s ‘Tarry With Me’ and Anne Richter’s ‘We Saw Thee Not.’\u00a0 After leaving a successful meeting in Dallas, TX, for another effort in McKinney, TX, Shaw was tragically killed at the age of 44 in a train wreck just two miles short of his destination.<\/p>\n “While Shaw is remembered for several songs, Christopher Columbus Cline, who lived from 1848 to 1920, is remembered primarily for one song, although during his life he was a well-known gospel preacher, college professor, and hymnbook publisher.\u00a0 His little invitation hymn, dated 1882, has appeared in almost all hymnbooks that I remember or are currently in use among us.”<\/p>\n “Thomas Shelton, who lived from 1849 to 1929, was another minister with Christian Churches and Churches of Christ but, like Isaac N. Carman, is reported to have separated from the church around 1891.\u00a0 Prior to that, he had published a song around 1880 which is still frequently used today.”<\/p>\n “The tune was composed by James H. Rosecrans, who served as song director in some evangelistic campaigns for Shelton.\u00a0 He was the same man who provided the music for ‘There Is A Habitation<\/a>.’<\/p>\n “During the middle and late 1800s, one family which became well known among Christian Churches and Churches of Christ as hymn writers and publishers were the Fillmores.\u00a0 Augustus D. Fillmore was a minister who also compiled several hymnbooks.\u00a0 After his death, his sons, including James H. and Fred A., took over his business and began the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, OH.\u00a0 James produced no lyrics but provided tunes for well-known songs such as ‘Purer in Heart, O God<\/a>‘ and ‘I Am Resolved<\/a>.’\u00a0 Fred was more versatile in that he could provide both words and music, as he did in a familiar song based on the parable of the sower.”<\/p>\n “Fred also gave us the well-known song, ‘I Know That My Redeemer Lives<\/a>.’<\/p>\n “Another songwriter for whom there seems to be evidence was a member of the church of Christ during this time, was James Gerald Dailey who was born in 1854.\u00a0 Perhaps his best-known song, for which he wrote the words and composed the tune, was produced in 1892 when Dailey was living in Philadelphia, PA, and has been in nearly all of our books.”<\/p>\n “In addition to publishing temperance songs, Dailey wrote another excellent but lesser known hymn called ‘The Comfort Song’ beginning, ‘Our Savior declared of the Father above,’ and provided the tune for Mary Ann Kidder’s song, ‘Fear Not, Little Flock<\/a>.’\u00a0 Not much else is known about Dailey, even the date and place of his death.<\/p>\n “As you’ve probably heard in lessons and classes, beginning around 1849, a division in the churches that resulted from the call for returning to the New Testament pattern began to develop, in which some congregations accepted missionary societies in their work and instrumental music in their worship, while others opposed both.\u00a0 Those who favored the innovations became known as Christian Churches, and those who rejected them were called churches of Christ.\u00a0 The division became complete and was recognized by the U. S. Census Bureau around 1901.\u00a0 A man born a couple of years after Dailey, Marshall Clement Kurfees, who lived from 1856 to 1931 and labored with the Campbell St. church of Christ in Louisville, KY, is best remembered as an effective preacher, scholarly writer, and powerful polemicist.\u00a0 He even authored a book giving Biblical reasons to oppose the use of instrumental music in worship.\u00a0 However, he also wrote some hymns, the best known of which was published in 1887.”<\/p>\n “During the late 1800s, Kurfees would meet and pray together for the unity of Christians with a preacher from a Christian Church in Louisville named Alex C. Hopkins.\u00a0 One result of these meetings is this hymn for which Kurfees wrote the words and Hopkins composed the music.<\/p>\n “One of the first well-known music teachers and hymn writers to emerge among the churches of Christ was Franklin Lycurgus Eiland, who lived from 1860 to 1900.\u00a0 Born in Noxumbie County, MS, he grew up in Texas and helped to organize the Trio Music Company in Waco.\u00a0 He wrote about 120 gospel songs and provided the music for nearly 100 by other writers.\u00a0 In 1895, he conducted several singing schools in Hamilton County, TX, and spent the night in the home of a nearby friend.\u00a0 While leaving in his buggy the next morning to travel to one of the schools, he looked back at the house and saw the sun rising up behind the eastern hills.\u00a0 This suggested a song theme to him, so he stopped to rest his horse and, while sitting on a rock by the roadside, jotted the song down.”<\/p>\n “Another often used hymn by Eiland is the invitation song, ‘Don’t You Want to Be Ready to Go?<\/a>‘\u00a0 However, Eiland is perhaps best known for the music that he composed for blind poetess Jennie Wilson’s ‘Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand<\/a>.’\u00a0 In fact, his gravestone in Waco, TX, contains the carved figure of a hand reaching downward.\u00a0 In 1909, Eiland went to Golden, TX, to conduct a singing school and to see an up-and-coming songwriter named Tillit Teddlie who lived there.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Teddlie was out of town, and during the school, Eiland became sick and died at the age of 49.<\/p>\n “John Moody McCaleb, who lived from 1861 to 1953, is another person who today is remembered primarily for one hymn.\u00a0 Six months after his birth in Tennessee, his father was killed when he failed to hear a Civil War sentry’s order to halt while crossing a shallow stream.\u00a0 After graduation from college, McCaleb heard the call to ‘go into all the world and preach the gospel’ and spent much of his adult life working in Japan, conscientiously doing so without the aid of a missionary society to show that God’s pattern would work.\u00a0 He wrote a hymn, which was first published in 1921 and reflected his understanding of the need for world evangelism.”<\/p>\n “The tune used with McCaleb’s text is thought to be an American southern folk song which was arranged in 1876 by Rigdon M. MacIntosh.\u00a0\u00a0 After McCaleb was forced to return to the United States for good in 1940 because of World War II, he taught at George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, CA, prior to his death.<\/p>\n “A well-known and beloved song leader and hymn writer among churches of Christ, especially in Texas, was James W. Acuff, who lived from 1864 to 1937.\u00a0 I’ve heard that he was a relative of the country music singer Roy Acuff, but I’ve never been able to confirm this.\u00a0 James often led singing for protracted meetings and produced several popular gospel songs, especially this one.”<\/p>\n “The tune was composed by Emmet S. Dean, and the song was published in 1906 by the Trio Music Co. which had been co-founded by Franklin L. Eiland.\u00a0 Acuff and Dean, a Methodist, were both associated with Trio, but Acuff also assisted in producing hymnbooks for the Firm Foundation Publishing House in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n “Another Texan who at one time was a well-known songwriter among churches of Christ was Newton W. Allphin, who lived from 1875 to 1972.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to his religious music work, he produced piano solos in sheet music and band marches.\u00a0 Later in life, he was a tax accountant.\u00a0 Perhaps his best-known song is ‘You Will Reap What You Sow,’ from 1938 with music by Virgil O. Stamps.\u00a0\u00a0 But he also provided both words and music for a little prayer hymn which has appeared in some of our books.”<\/p>\n “Not all hymn-writers in churches of Christ were men.\u00a0 Lula Klingman Zahn, who lived from 1876 to 1948, took two stanzas of unknown origin, supplied a third, and provided a tune for the song.”<\/p>\n “‘There Is A Sea<\/a>‘ was first published in 1921 in\u00a0Great Songs of the Church No. 1<\/em>, edited by Elmer Leon Jorgenson.<\/p>\n “Flavil Hall, who was also born in 1876 and lived until 1952, was a hymn writer and hymnbook publisher of the early twentieth century in addition to being a preacher.\u00a0 Along with Samuel H. Hall, also a preacher, he edited several well-known songbooks used among churches of Christ, including The Cross and Resurrection in Song.\u00a0 Not many of Hall’s own songs remain in common usage, but he did write an invitation song which achieved some degree of usefulness.”<\/p>\n “For the tune, Hall adapted an old melody called ‘Holy Manna’ which was first published in the 1825 Columbia Harmony by William Moore and often ascribed to him, which was used with a text beginning, ‘Brethren, we have met to worship’ attributed to George Atkins.\u00a0 One of Hall’s sons, Gardner S. Hall, two of Gardner’s grandsons, Sewell and Bill Hall, two of his grandsons-in-law, Lynn Headrick and Frank Perkins, and several of his great-grandsons, including Gardner Hall, Frank Perkins Jr., and Greg Perkins, have all preached the gospel.<\/p>\n “James Ferrill, who was born in 1879, a few years after Hall, and lived until 1973, gave us one much-used song.\u00a0 A native Texan, he had begun a thorough music course with the Analytical New Light Normal School of Waco, TX, in 1905 and was given the assignment to write words to the title, ‘I Want to Be a Soul Winner for Jesus.’\u00a0 After the class ended, he continued working on it for a couple of years before submitting it to the Quartet Music Company.”<\/p>\n “A couple of Ferrill’s other songs that have remained popular are ‘Wonderful City of God<\/a>‘ and ‘Keep Telling the Story.’<\/p>\n “Austin Taylor, who lived from 1881 to 1973, was born in Kentucky but moved with his family to Texas while still a young man and became a well-known songwriter among churches of Christ.\u00a0 In 1911, he was sitting in his study, trying to write a new song.\u00a0\u00a0 Several attempts had been placed in the waste can.\u00a0 A preacher friend came by for a visit and, during the conversation, picked up one of the discarded sheets.\u00a0 He read it and pronounced it worthwhile, so Taylor decided to go ahead and publish it.”<\/p>\n “A couple of years later, in 1913, one of Taylor’s sons wanted to go riding as a passenger on a two-seater airplane with a barnstormer.\u00a0 Taylor said no, but the boy slipped away and started the ride anyway.\u00a0 However, the plane crashed and the son was killed.\u00a0 Shortly afterward, Taylor produced the song, ‘Home on the Banks of the River.’\u00a0 In 1916, he published what is probably his most used song, ‘Do All in the Name of the Lord.’\u00a0 Taylor continued to teach singing schools until 1972 when he was 91.<\/p>\n “A contemporary of Taylor was William Washington Slater, who lived from 1885 to 1959.\u00a0 Born in Arkansas and raised in Oklahoma, he became both a preacher and a songwriter.\u00a0 One of his earliest songs for which he wrote both words and music was published in 1912.”<\/p>\n “As a hymnbook publisher, Slater arranged Horatio R. Palmer’s song ‘Angry Words’ for four-part harmony and added a fourth stanza to Elbert Bailey’s song ‘Watch and Pray.’\u00a0 However, his best-known hymn is undoubtedly ‘Walking Alone at Eve<\/a>,’ for which he provided a tune for words by Thomas R. Sweatmon.\u00a0 In 1959, Slater taught a singing school in rural Arkansas and preached a meeting at another congregation nearby.\u00a0 On Saturday night, not long after speaking in the evening service, he passed away in the home where he was staying.<\/p>\n “Tillit Sidney Teddlie, whose name you noticed, was also born in 1885 and lived until 1987, dying at the age of 102.\u00a0 As I said, he was probably one of the most prolific and famous hymn writers among churches of Christ during the twentieth century.\u00a0 Baptized in 1903, he was always interested in music.\u00a0 In 1912, before he began his work of gospel preaching, he was farming at Golden, TX, where Franklin Eiland had gone to see him and passed away.\u00a0 Wearing bib overalls with an envelope and a pencil about an inch long in the pocket, he passed by the place where he had made the good confession and been baptized several years earlier, and it reminded him of his hope of heaven, so he sat down under a hickory tree by the side of the road and wrote one of his best-known hymns.”<\/p>\n “Several years later, in 1921, he heard a sermon by Foy E. Wallace, Jr., on the subject of ‘The Duty of Constant Communion,’ and wrote one of his most often used hymns, ‘The Lord’s Supper,’ which begins, ‘When we meet in sweet communion.’\u00a0\u00a0 After beginning his preaching work in 1923, he was living in Belton, TX, and early one Sunday morning in 1930, he sat down on his front porch with his copy of B. W. Johnson’s New Testament Notes to finish his sermon.\u00a0 Between chapters 4 and 5, there was an artist’s illustration of worship with the 24 elders before the throne saying, ‘Thou art worthy to receive blessing and honor and praise and thanksgiving,” so he took his pencil and wrote one of his greatest hymns, ‘Worthy Art Thou<\/a>,’ on the flyleaf of the book.<\/p>\n “One year after Teddlie was born, another man who influenced hymn publishing among churches of Christ was born.\u00a0 Elmer Leon Jorgenson lived from 1886 to 1968.\u00a0 The son of Danish immigrants to Nebraska decided to publish a hymnbook for use in churches of Christ in 1921, which he called Great Songs of the Church.\u00a0 Jorgenson composed several tunes and arranged various hymns but was not known for writing lyrics.\u00a0 However, he did translate some hymns from other languages, including one originally written in 1837 by German Lutheran minister Johann Hey, which Jorgenson set to a German folk melody which he presumably arranged.”<\/p>\n “Jorgenson enlarged his hymnbook in 1922 and again in 1925, then came out with\u00a0Great Songs of the Church No. 2<\/em>\u00a0in 1937.\u00a0 This was one of the first hymnbooks among churches of Christ to receive widespread use in congregations throughout the entire United States.<\/p>\n “Another woman hymn writer among churches of Christ was Ruth Johnson Carruth, who lived from 1900 to 1985.\u00a0 A schoolteacher prior to her marriage, she continued to write poetry throughout her life.\u00a0 Her husband Roy was injured in World War I and spent his time preaching for small congregations in Texas and California.\u00a0 Most of her hymns have music composed by Teddlie, the best known of which was published in 1939.”<\/p>\n “It has become very popular among our brethren.\u00a0 Two other hymns by her with music by Teddlie that I have seen are ‘You Can Lead Someone to Jesus’ and ‘One of His Own<\/a>.’<\/p>\n “Another individual who exerted great influence over the hymns used in churches of Christ was born a year after Mrs. Carruth.\u00a0 Lloyd Otis Sanderson lived from 1901 to 1992.\u00a0 In addition to his work of preaching, he was hired by the Gospel Advocate Co. of Nashville, TN, to edit hymnbooks for them.\u00a0 Christian Hymns was published in 1935, Christian Hymns No. 2 in 1948, and Christian Hymns No. 3 in 1966.\u00a0 For these books, Sanderson not only chose the best hymns and gospel songs from others but also provided many of his own.\u00a0 For some, he produced both words and music and for others, he composed tunes for hymns by different authors.\u00a0 However, my favorite is the text that he wrote for an old camp meeting tune and chorus that dates back to at least 1898.”<\/p>\n “I think that Mom has dinner just about ready, but one other hymn writer in churches of Christ was Robert C. Welch, who lived from 1916 to 2003.\u00a0 Also a preacher, he was always interested in music and song leading.\u00a0 Around 1942, while a student a Freed Hardeman College and living in Lawrenceburg, TN, he led singing in a meeting at Florence, AL, in which Roy Cogdill preached.\u00a0\u00a0 The lesson was on the subject of the authority of the word, and Robert wrote a hymn that night in the hotel room where he was staying.”<\/p>\n “This hymn was not published until 1963 when Robert edited a hymnbook entitled\u00a0Abiding Hymns<\/em>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this hymnbook is no longer in print, and none of the other hymnbook editors among us have seen fit to include this or any of Robert’s other six hymns.\u00a0 Oh, I hear Mom calling us to come to dinner, so let’s go.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Young Person’s Guide to the Hymnbook\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Young Person’s Guide to the Hymnbook Hymn Writers Among Churches of Christ by Wayne S. 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\nRefreshed every moment the first happy pair, ‘Til sin stopped the torrent and brought in despair.<\/li>\n
\nTo sin’s bitter waters they fly for relief; They drink, but the draught still increases their grief.”<\/li>\n
\nHow mingled with mercy enriched with free grace, From Zion ’tis flowing on all the lost race.<\/li>\n
\nBut Jesus now calls us; arise, let us go; O, glory transporting, ’tis heaven below.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nFix all our thoughts on things above, Our hearts on Thee in heaven.<\/li>\n
\nAnd crown the feast with heavenly cheer, Thyself the living bread.<\/li>\n
\nMay all with loving hearts partake, And all new strength receive<\/li>\n
\nThe upper room! Gethsemane! Thy foes! Thy lifting up!<\/li>\n
\nEnough to melt our hearts and prove The antidote of sin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nAll around was silent, Save the night-wind’s wail,
\nWhen Christ, the Man of Sorrows, In tears and sweat as blood,
\nProstrate in the garden, Raised His voice to God.”<\/li>\n
\nHe, for our transgressions, Had to weep alone;
\nNo friend with words to comfort, Nor hand to help was there,
\nWhen the Meek and Lowly Humbly bowed in prayer.<\/li>\n
\nLet this cup of anguish Pass from Me, I pray;
\nYet, if it must be suffered by Me, Thine only Son,
\nAbba, Father, Father, Let Thy will be done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nBut to cheer us on our journey, Still we sing this wayside hymn.<\/li>\n
\nHere the tempest darkly gathers, But our hearts within us say:<\/li>\n
\nBut the Lord is our Defender, And He tells us we may know:<\/li>\n
\nBut we’ll sing with joy while going E’en to death’s dark billow down.
\nChorus: “Yonder over the rolling river, Where the shining mansions rise,
\nSoon will be our home forever, And the smile of the blessed giver
\nGladdens all our longing eyes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nSowing in the noontide and the dewy eves,
\nWaiting for the harvest and the time of reaping–
\nWe shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.<\/li>\n
\nFearing neither loss nor winter’s chilling breeze;
\nBy and by the harvest and the labor ended–
\nWe shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.<\/li>\n
\nThough the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;
\nWhen our weeping’s over He will bid us welcome–
\nWe shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
\nChorus: Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
\nWe shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
\nBringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
\nWe shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nSee Him, soul, and open, Open I implore.<\/li>\n
\nHear Him, soul, and open, Open I implore.<\/li>\n
\nLove Him, soul, and open, Open I implore.<\/li>\n
\nCome, poor soul, obey Him; Open, I implore.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nThe flesh is so weak and hopeless, I know not what is before.<\/li>\n
\nKeep step with my soul, dear Savior, I walk by faith in Thy might.<\/li>\n
\nKeep hold of my hand, dear Savior, Till I my journey complete.<\/li>\n
\nOne word from Thy heart, dear Savior, And heaven’s mansions appear.
\nChorus: One step at a time, dear Savior, Till faith grows stronger in Thee;
\nOne step at a time, dear Savior, Till hope grows stronger in me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nAre you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother, In the heat of the noon day’s glare?<\/li>\n
\nAre you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother, For a harvest pure and white?<\/li>\n
\nAre you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother, You must reap at the last great day.
\nChorus: For the harvest time is coming on, And the reapers’ work will soon be done;
\nWill your sheaves be many, will you garner any, For the gathering at the harvest home?”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nWhy did He choose a lowly birth? Because He loved me so!<\/li>\n
\nWhy on the cross be lifted up? Because He loved me so!<\/li>\n
\nA home in glory He will give, Because He loved me so!<\/li>\n
\nAnd reign with Him through endless days, Because He loved me so!
\nChorus:\u00a0 He loved me so; He loved me so;
\nHe gave His precious life for me, Because He loved me so.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nWhen Christians united shall swell the grand lay, ‘Divisions all ended, triumphant His word!'”<\/li>\n
\nThen on with the armor and dare to do right; Press on in the struggle till Christians are one.”<\/li>\n
\nAnd Paul, in devotion, doth echo the song, ‘I beg you, my brethren, to speak the same thing.'”<\/li>\n
\nAnd millions of voiced shall blend on the shore To welcome us enter our Father’s glad home.”
\nChorus: “O shout the glad word, O hasten the day, When all of God’s people are one.
\nO shout the glad word, O hasten the day, When all of God’s people are one.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nThere’s a home for the soul where no sorrow can come, And where pleasures will never decay.<\/li>\n
\nThere’s a beautiful hand that is beckoning come, And no heartaches and sighings are there.<\/li>\n
\nLook away from the cross to the glittering crown That’s awaiting in heaven for you.
\nChorus:\u00a0\u00a0 Look away, look away, From the cross to the glittering crown;
\nLook away, look away, From the cross to the glittering crown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nWhere sin has gone must go His grace: The gospel is for all.<\/li>\n
\nFor why should we be blest alone? The gospel is for all.<\/li>\n
\nUnless they hear they cannot live: The gospel is for all.
\nChorus: The blessed gospel is for all, The gospel is for all;
\nWhere sin has gone must go His grace, The gospel is for all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nAnd I long to be by my Savior’s side, Just over in the glory land.<\/li>\n
\nThere to sing God’s praise, and His glory share, Just over in the glory land.<\/li>\n
\nAnd with kindred dear there forever be, Just over in the glory land.<\/li>\n
\nGlad hosannas to Christ, the Lord and King, Just over in the glory land.
\nChorus: Just over in the glory land, I’ll join the happy angel band, Just over in the glory land;
\nJust over in the glory land, There with the mighty host I’ll stand, Just over in the glory land.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nWhile, before Thy throne we boy, Hear us, Lord, and bless us now.<\/li>\n
\nGuide us safely all the way To that home of endless day.<\/li>\n
\nKeep us ever near Thy side.\u00a0 Let us in Thy love abide.
\nChorus: Savior, Savior, keep us near Thy blessed side;
\nSavior, Savior, let us in Thy love abide.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nAnd streams that spring from wells of God, Or fall from cedared hills.
\nBut what it thus receives it gives With glad unsparing hand;
\nA stream more wide, with deeper tide, Flows on to lower land.<\/li>\n
\nBut all its store it keeps, nor gives To shore nor seas beside.
\nIt’s Jordan’s stream, now turned to brine, Lies heavy as molten lead;
\nIts dreadful name doth e’er proclaim That sea is waste and dead.<\/li>\n
\nShall we accept for self alone, Or take to give again?
\nFor He who was once was rich indeed Laid all His glory down,
\nThat by His grace our ransomed race Should share His wealth and crown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nThere’s redeeming love in Jesus, If you heed His gracious call.<\/li>\n
\nBe baptized into His kingdom, Thus receiving His imprint.<\/li>\n
\nSoon the day of preparation Will for evermore be gone.
\nChorus: Come to Jesus, dying sinner, O receive Him and be blest.
\nCome to Him in consecration; He will sweetly give you rest.
\nCome, believing and repenting, And obey Jehovah’s word.
\nBe baptized into His kingdom, And be saved through Jesus’ blood.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nI want to aid the lost sinner to leave his erring way, And be from bondage free.<\/li>\n
\nI want to live for Christ ever and do His blessed will, Because He loves me so.<\/li>\n
\nI want to hear Him say, ‘Sinner, you’ve gathered many sheaves, Receive a shining crown.
\nChorus : A soul winner for Jesus, a soul winner for Jesus, O let me be each day;
\nA soul winner for Jesus, a soul winner for Jesus, He’s done so much for me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nHold me in Thy embrace, ‘Neath every smile of grace,
\nGrant me, Thy child, a place Closer to Thee.<\/li>\n
\nGuide me when I would stray, Keep me from sin each day,
\nDraw me, dear Lord, I pray, Closer to Thee.<\/li>\n
\nLet me abide with Thee, Blest Lamb of Calvary,
\nO let me ever be Closer to Thee.<\/li>\n
\nHear me in every cry, Stand near when I must die,
\nThen take me home on high, Closer to Thee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nOh! what joy waiting there for the children of God, When they meet on that bright, golden plain!<\/li>\n
\nIf we’re faithful to Him, He will give us a crown In that home for the soul over there.<\/li>\n
\n‘Tis the home for the soul He has gone to prepare, And it’s waiting for me and for you.<\/li>\n
\nBlessed hope, Oh, how sweet! we will meet loved ones dear In that home for the soul over there.
\nChorus: Oh! that home for the soul, Where we’ll rest by and by;
\nOh! what joy it will be, Blessed Lord, There with Thee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nYet there’s a country to which I am going: Heaven holds all to me.<\/li>\n
\nLoved ones are waiting and watching my coming: Heaven holds all to me.<\/li>\n
\nMillions are singing the wonderful story? Heaven holds all to me.
\nChorus: Heaven holds all to me, Brighter its glory will be;
\nJoy without measure will be my treasure: Heaven holds all to me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nCan you count the clouds that daily Over all the world go by?
\nGod the Lord, who doth not slumber, Keepeth all the boundless number:
\nBut He careth more for thee, But He careth more for thee.<\/li>\n
\nCan you count the little fishes That in sparkling waters play?
\nGod the Lord their number knoweth, For each one His care He showeth:
\nShall He not remember thee? Shall He not remember thee?<\/li>\n
\nWho without a thought of sorrow Rise again at morning light?
\nGod the Lord, who dwells in heaven, Loving care to each has given:
\nHe has not forgotten thee, He has not forgotten thee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nHow are we using God’s golden moments?\u00a0 Shall we reap glory?\u00a0 Shall we reap tears?<\/li>\n
\nShall we sit idly as they rush onward?\u00a0 Haste, let us hold up Christ the true light.<\/li>\n
\nDid He not also die for these lost ones?\u00a0 Then let us point the way unto heaven.
\nChorus:\u00a0 Into our hands the gospel is given; Into our hands is given the light.
\nHaste, let us carry God’s precious message, Guiding the erring back to the right.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nWhere men His grace would not receive?\u00a0 Because He loves me so!<\/li>\n
\nWhy teach and toil and plead and pray?\u00a0 Because He loves me so!<\/li>\n
\nWhy suffer death upon the cross?\u00a0\u00a0 Because He loves me so!
\nChorus:\u00a0 He loves me!\u00a0 He loves me!\u00a0 He loves me, this I know!
\nHe gave Himself to die for me, Because He loves me so.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
\nAnd teach me as I journey on The Word of God to lean upon.<\/li>\n
\nYet in my weakness I may fall When I forget my All in all.<\/li>\n
\nTo see the glorious height sublime To which my soul, by faith, shall climb.<\/li>\n
\nGod is the light when I get there, Eternal bliss with Him to share.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n