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Christian Hymns No. 1

Publication Date: 1899 Publisher: Hall Mack Co. Publication Place: Philadelphia Editors: William Philips Hall; Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D.; Hall Mack Co.; W.S. Weeden

Author: Sallie Martin Appears in 112 hymnals First Line: Conquering now and still to conquer Refrain First Line: Not to the strong is the battle Used With Tune: [Conquering now and still to conquer]

Looking This Way

Author: J. W. V. Appears in 111 hymnals First Line: Over the river faces I see Refrain First Line: Looking this way, yes, looking this way Used With Tune: [Over the river faces I see]

Face to Face

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 216 hymnals First Line: Face to face with Christ my Saviour Refrain First Line: Face to face shall I behold him Used With Tune: [Face to face with Christ my Saviour]

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Tunes

Tune authorities

[What means this eager, anxious throng]

Appears in 101 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Theo. E. Perkins Incipit: 55112 34565 31712 Used With Text: Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By

['Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend]

Appears in 141 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Incipit: 12323 45551 76555 Used With Text: Blessed Hour of Prayer

[It may not be on the mountain's height]

Appears in 286 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carrei E. Rounsefell Incipit: 33353 34466 54353 Used With Text: I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Jesus All The Way

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: CH11899 #1 (1899) First Line: I am walking thro' this earth-life Scripture: Isaiah 41:10 Languages: English Tune Title: [I am walking thro' this earth-life]

The inner circle

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: CH11899 #4 (1899) First Line: Have you heard the voice of Jesus whisper Refrain First Line: Are you in the inner circle Languages: English Tune Title: [Have you heard the voice of Jesus whisper]

Saved to Save Others

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: CH11899 #5 (1899) First Line: Saved to save others, rejoicing, I sing Languages: English Tune Title: [Saved to save others, rejoicing, I sing]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Judson W. Van DeVenter

1855 - 1939 Person Name: J. W. V. Hymnal Number: 64 Author of "Looking This Way" in Christian Hymns No. 1 Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal Number: 75 Author of "Face to Face" in Christian Hymns No. 1 Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersy, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

W. D. Cornell

1858 - 1936 Person Name: Rev. W. D. Cornell Hymnal Number: 81 Author of "Wonderful peace" in Christian Hymns No. 1 Rv Warren Donald Cornell USA 1858-1936. Born in Whiteford, MI, he trained as a school teacher and began teaching in Dallas Public Schools at age 19. Licensed by the Southern Methodist conference in 1879, he was appointed to preach in Denton and Gainesville, TX, for a year in each place. He married Jennie Estelle Roberts in 1880, and they five sons: Warren, Louis, William, Robert, and Donald, and a daughter, Florence. In 1881 he removed to the Oshkosh, WI, area and spent most of his career preaching at various pastorates and in Berlin, WI. He was an eloquent precher, poet, and evangelist. In 1894 he became minister of the People's Christian Assn., in Fond du Lac, WI. The group met for 10 years and disbanded. Cornell pastored an independent church there. In 1905, after pastoring, he entered real estate. He took an interest in political and social issues, and became secretary of the Paving Cutter's Union, and leader of the 'Anti-Tramp Society”. He became a lecturer, and a founding member of the anti-socialist Constitutional Defense League, spending much of his time in this cause. He was no longer a member of clergy, but a touring lecturer for several years. By 1925 he and his family had moved to NY state, where he eventually died. He was buried in Fond du Lac, WI. John Perry

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