Short Name: | Chas. H. Marsh |
Full Name: | Marsh, Chas. H. (Charles Howard), 1885-1956 |
Birth Year: | 1885 |
Death Year: | 1956 |
Born: April 8, 1886, Magnolia, Iowa.
Died: April 12, 1956, La Jolla, California.
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Brawley, California.
Marsh’s father was pastor of the Congregational Church in Magnolia, Iowa. His gift for the piano was evident at an early age, and after he graduated from high school, Wilbur Chapman asked him to play for the Winona Lake Chautauqua and Bible Conference in Indiana. He later taught at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (1915-19) and the University of Redlands (1919-26). He studied music in France in the 1920’s, and became president of the European School of Music and Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1928 to 1932, he played the organ at the First Presbyterian Church. In 1932, he moved to Florida to become professor of organ at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and to serve as organist and choir director at the First Baptist Church. In 1935, he moved to California, where he worked as district supervisor for the Federal Music Project in San Diego until 1939. He also played the organ and directed the choir at St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla (1936-56).
Sources:
Erickson, pp. 345-46
Hustad, p. 281
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/s/marsh_ch.htm
Tunes by Chas. H. Marsh (56) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[You serve but one Master] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 4 | 33432 51432 2135 |
[Will I be remembered when my work is done?] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | |
[Why should my ceaseless toiling] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 11176 74777 65653 |
[When misfortune overtakes me, and my weary soul is tried] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 34551 23335 54123 |
[Under an eastern sky] (Marsh) | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 33332 15555 43671 |
[To thee we cling, O Christ divine] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | |
[Through the heat of the day as I toil on my way] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 11717 65347 64234 |
[There's a shipwreck on the ocean] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 55153 65355 61123 |
[There's a mine of wondrous jewels, rich and rare] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 34551 76561 53342 |
[The prince of night is marshalling his forces] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 51765 44253 11772 |
[The name of Jesus is so sweet] (55342) | C. H. Marsh (Arranger) | 1 | 55342 53421 23543 |
[The burden of my doubts and fears] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 55132 16551 35334 |
[Somos aliados de las huestes de Jesús] (Marsh) | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 4 | 56711 17123 65321 |
[Somewhere there's a soul that is lonely] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 53712 16155 67121 |
[Someone overburdened with grief and care] | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 32315 67744 34267 |
[Send the news over all the earth] (Marsh) | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 4 | 55123 45443 23255 |
[Savior, but for love like Thine] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 33214 54321 2355 |
SAN DIEGO | Charles Howard Marsh (Composer) | 6 | 55521 23111 21753 |
[Poor and despised, he came seeking for me] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 7 | 31232 32321 53123 |
[On for the kingdom comrades brave and loyal] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 32351 76466 56717 |
[On comrades on! the order still is ringing] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | |
[O the glory that the Savior] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | |
[O the friends that now are waiting] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 13 | 33333 34444 44443 |
[O how deep is the love of my Savior for me] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 34545 32117 65556 |
[Not mine the strength, O blessed Lord] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 51765 36543 56671 |
[Nearer, Lord, our souls would be] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 33234 23654 3265 |
[Name of all the names the dearest] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 32355 24322 25576 |
[Mine the cross and Thine the glory] (Marsh) | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 32431 57623 44553 |
[Marching on in blessed gospel light] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lord, I read on rock formations] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 15635 44323 42172 |
[Look beyond the shadows in the lowly vale of time] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 56532 65674 74356 |
[Living He loved me] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 4 | 16174 67653 54366 |
[Let the sunshine of joy get into your life] | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 4 | 34536 51231 43 |
[Just to be loving, just to be strong] (Marsh) | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 33332 55432 233 |
[Jesus was standing beside a grave] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 11 | 33344 71334 33344 |
[Jesus only, when the morning] (Marsh) | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 33432 65333 22122 |
[Jesus, I want to be holy] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 32341 23544 43432 |
[Toil on though discouraged and weary] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 35432 34355 65614 |
[Jesus calls the children dear] | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 34554 65176 65766 |
[It is not mine, to run with eager feet] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | |
[In our Master's footsteps going] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 55653 21233 51 |
[Guide me, O Lord, through wind and tide] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 56765 67656 72143 |
[Go forward, Christian soldier] (Marsh) | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 51117 67335 11253 |
[For love of me, He left a throne] | Charles Howard Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 53326 52344 32117 |
[Every day I trust Thee more] (Marsh) | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 33335 43111 12343 |
[Driving the foe before us, we are pressing on] | Charles Howard Marsh (Composer) | 9 | 56755 17121 11326 |
[Jesus may come today] (Marsh) | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 91 | 56512 35253 45632 |
[Christ is calling for His soldiers] (Marsh) | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 55355 43555 35543 |
[One day when heaven was filled with His praises] (Marsh) | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 107 | 53456 71765 34234 |
[Despised and rejected, the world's rightful King] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 53333 33326 23444 |
[Bear the cross for Jesus, bear it day by day] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 5 | 32123 51553 44323 |
[Are you counted in on the Master's side] | Charles H. Marsh (Composer) | 4 | 32111 71266 765 |
[Are we to go where Jesus leads] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 3 | 56715 54356 71554 |
[Again we hail the Sabbath day] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 51235 43215 61121 |
[A little while! so quickly flee earth's shadows] | C. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 32354 43633 26711 |
[A form at the threshold, a stranger behold] | Chas. H. Marsh (Composer) | 2 | 53712 12316 55567 |