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To the Harvest Field
Author: C. H. G. Appears in 36 hymnals Tune Title: [A band of faithful reapers we] First Line: A band of faithful reapers we Refrain First Line: To the harvest field away Used With Tune: [A band of faithful reapers we]
To the Harvest Field
As a Volunteer
Author: W. S. Brown Appears in 93 hymnals Tune Title: [A call for loyal soldiers] First Line: A call for loyal soldiers Refrain First Line: A volunteer for Jesus Used With Tune: [A call for loyal soldiers]
As a Volunteer
No Dying There
Author: F. A. B. Appears in 28 hymnals Tune Title: [A land by faith I see] First Line: A land by faith I see Used With Tune: [A land by faith I see]
No Dying There
[A band of faithful reapers we]
Appears in 35 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 53455 63553 45563 Used With Text: To the Harvest Field
[A band of faithful reapers we]
[A call for loyal soldiers]
Appears in 74 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 51111 15345 55666 Used With Text: As a Volunteer
[A call for loyal soldiers]
[A land by faith I see]
Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. A. Blackmer Incipit: 56554 46766 55321 Used With Text: No Dying There
[A land by faith I see]
To the Harvest Field
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: HSS1918 #302 (1918) Tune Title: [A band of faithful reapers we] First Line: A band of faithful reapers we Refrain First Line: To the harvest field away Languages: English
To the Harvest Field
As a Volunteer
Author: W. S. Brown Hymnal: HSS1918 #92 (1918) Tune Title: [A call for loyal soldiers] First Line: A call for loyal soldiers Refrain First Line: A volunteer for Jesus Languages: English
As a Volunteer
No Dying There
Author: F. A. B. Hymnal: HSS1918 #111 (1918) Tune Title: [A land by faith I see] First Line: A land by faith I see Languages: English
No Dying There
W. S. Brown
Tune Title: [A call for loyal soldiers] Hymnal Number: 92 Author of "As a Volunteer" in Hymns and Sacred Songs Early 20th Century
W. S. Brown
F. A. Blackmer
1855 - 1930 Person Name: F. A. B. Tune Title: [A land by faith I see] Hymnal Number: 111 Author of "No Dying There" in Hymns and Sacred Songs Blackmer, Francis Augustus. (Ware, Massachusetts, February 17, 1855--October 8, 1930, Somerville, Massachusetts). Advent Christian musician. His parents, Augustus and Jane Blackmer, were among those caught up in the excitement of the Millerite Movement. One son, Fred, became an Advent Christian minister. Francis, with a talent recognized at an early age, consecrated his own life to Christian service as a musician. He was immersed in baptism at the Adventist campmeeting in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Elder Miles Grant.
His early years were spend in central Massachusetts, his schooling at Wilbraham Academy. He was largely self-taught in harmony and musical composition. He wrote the words and music to his first gospel song, "Out on the fathomless sea," at the age of sixteen. Altogether he wrote over 300 gospel songs about the Second Coming, witnessing and working for the Lord, and praises to God's Holy Name. A few of these have circulated widely outside his own denomination. His final text, "I shall see him, And be like him," came when he was so weak that his friend, Clarence M. Seamans, had to supply the music. He used the pseudonym, A. Francis, with some of his early songs.
Blackmer's first anthology was The Gospel Awakening, (1888). Subsequent gospel songbooks with which he was associated were: Singing by the Way (1895), Carols of Hope (1906), The Golden Sheaf, No. 2 (1916), and Songs of Coming Glory (1926).
Most of his adult life was spent in Somerville, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where he had a prosperous piano business. In the 1890s, his "Francis A. Blackmer Pianos" were made for him by the Washington Hall Piano Company of Boston. Later, his "Good as Gold Pianos" were manufactured by the Christman Piano Company of New York City and shipped directly to his customers throughout New England.
In Somerville, Blackmer served as choirmaster and song-leader in the Advent Christian Church for many years. He was also an elder of the church until his death. From 1914 until his death, he was songleader at the mid-summer Alton Bay Campmeeting on Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hapshire. There his High Rock Hill was both a salesroom and a summer cottage over the years. He was a member of the board of directors of the campmeeting association for several years. Very popular were his singing sessions on the campground square between suppertim and evening services, and a final sing into the small hours of the night following the final service of the campmeeting.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
F. A. Blackmer
D. R. Van Sickle
Person Name: D. R. Van Sickle Tune Title: [All hail to Thee, Immanuel] Hymnal Number: 303 Author of "All Hail, Immanuel!" in Hymns and Sacred Songs
D. R. Van Sickle
