Short Name: | Lewis Hartsough |
Full Name: | Hartsough, Lewis, 1828-1919 |
Birth Year: | 1828 |
Death Year: | 1919 |
Hartsough, Lewis, was born at Ithaca, New York, Aug. 31, 1823. Of his hymns the following are in common use:—-
1. I hear Thy welcome voice. The Divine Invitation.
2. In the rifted Rock I'm resting. Safety in Jesus.
3. Lead me to the Rock that's higher. Safety in Jesus.
4. O who'll stand up for Jesus? All for Jesus
Nos. 1-3 are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878 (1 and 3 with music by Hartsough).
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Hartsough, Lewis, p. 1569, ii. Mr. Hartsough entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1851, and is now (1905) residing in Mount Vernon, Indiana. He was musical editor of J. Hillman's Revivalist, Troy, 1868, and co-editor of The Sacred Harmonist, Boston, 1864, and Beulah Songs, Phila., 1879. In addition to the hymns named on p. 1569, ii., "Let me go where saints are going" [Heav'n desired] (1861) has come into common use. It appeared in W. B. Bradbury's Clarion, 1867, p. 83. Concerning his hymn, "I hear Thy welcome voice," Mr. Sankey says in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, p. 11(3:—
The words and music of this beautiful hymn were first published in a monthly, entitled, Guide to Holiness, a copy of which was sent to me in England. I immediately adopted it, and had it published in Sacred Songs and Solos. It proved to be one of the most helpful of the revival hymns, and was often used as an invitation hymn in England and America."
[Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Hartsough, Lewis. (August 31, 1823--January 1, 1919). Details of his early life are lacking. After being admitted to the Oneida, New York, Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1851 and serving several pastorates in that state, his health failed and he went to Utah where he was influential in establishing the Utah Mission, later becoming its superintendent. Upon relinquishing that position he moved to Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he spent the remainder of his life. Bird's statement that he lived in Indiana is erroneous. He was minister of the South Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Utica, New York, when he first became associated with Joseph Hillman, who chose him to act as musical editor of The Revivalist, a gospel hymn book which went through eleven editions in five years, 1868-1872. This book had a remarkable sale and was doubtless used in more churches during the 1870s than any other of similar character. To it the Reverend Hartsough contributed, in one edition, twelve texts, fourteen tunes, and thirty arrangements of tunes, several of the latter being of the religio-folk variety which had been so popular in the early camp meetings. It is a valuable source work.
"I love to think of the heavenly land" (p.1573) is by Hartsough. "I hear thy welcome voice (p.1569), originally in six four-line stanzas, with Refrain, in full S/1931; with the first three stanzas, slightly emended, Brethren/1951; with stanzas 1, 2, 3, and 5, also emended, in Hymns of the Living Faith, 1951. Writeen in 1872 with musical settings by the author, it is the only one of his many songs which has continued in use.
Source: Metcalf, Frank J. American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music; several editions of The Revivalist.
Tunes by Lewis Hartsough (23) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Come, this poor heart of mine] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | 53332 35653 24435 |
[Coming to Jesus as I am] | L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | 56531 12332 11712 |
[Create in me, Lord, a new heart and all clean!] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lead me to the Rock that's higher] | Lewis Hartsough, 1828-1919 (Composer) | 5 | 12313 45566 56532 |
[How beautiful the flowers] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 3 | 35351 65334 46653 |
[How bright the Hope that Calvary brings] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 13 | 51232 34535 56543 |
[I bring you tidings of great joy] (Hartsough) | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 9 | 53217 66555 11171 |
[I cling, dear Lord, to Thee] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | |
["I do not want one tho't," dear Lord] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | |
[I have loved ones before the white throne] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 3 | 55533 32356 66555 |
[In the morning of the waking] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | |
[I've read of a world of beauty] (Hartsough) | Lewis Hartsough (Composer) | 1 | 33331 23533 22223 |
[Raise me higher, raise me higher] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 3 | 51321 65113 56532 |
[Let me go where saints are going] (Hartsough) | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 13 | 13351 23566 53532 |
LET ME STAY (Hartsough) | Lewis T. Hartsough, 1828-1919 (Composer) | 2 | 13351 23566 53532 |
[Let nothing divide us, dear Saviour] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | |
[None other now but Jesus] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 3 | 32165 11113 13123 |
[O, who'll stand up for Jesus] | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 15 | 34555 56112 17653 |
WATCHMAN (Mason) | L. Hartsough (Composer) | 1 | 12323 45535 65321 |
[The King in His beauty] (Hartsough) | L. Hartsough (Composer) | 2 | 32161 55511 13345 |
CLEANSING FOUNTAIN (13565) | Rev. L. H. (Arranger) | 3 | 13565 11651 35565 |
[We may spread our couch with roses] (Hartsough) | Rev. L. Hartsough (Composer) | 10 | 34555 12321 32275 |
[I hear Thy welcome voice] (Hartsough) | Lewis Hartsough (Composer) | 374 | 13532 11124 65351 |