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Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 828 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Faith of our fathers, living still Topics: Church Fellowship and Unity; Father's Day; National Hymns; All Saints Day; Confession of Faith; Father's Day

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[Faith of our fathers! living still]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: F. A. Blackmer Hymnal Title: Carols of Hope Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11115 12321 33332 Used With Text: Our Fathers' Faith

[Faith of our fathers! living still]

Appears in 68 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Isaac B. Woodbury Hymnal Title: Crowns of Rejoicing Incipit: 55565 54577 12117 Used With Text: Faith of Our Fathers

ALL SAINTS

Appears in 74 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Stainer Hymnal Title: Heart and Voice Incipit: 33215 54351 76521 Used With Text: Faith of Our Fathers

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Faith of Our Fathers

Author: Frederick W. Faber Hymnal: 112 Familiar Hymns and Gospel Songs #70 (1945) Hymnal Title: 112 Familiar Hymns and Gospel Songs First Line: Faith of our fathers! living still Languages: English Tune Title: [Faith of our fathers! living still]

Faith of Our Fathers

Author: Frederick W. Faber Hymnal: 20th Century Gospel Songs #17 (1957) Hymnal Title: 20th Century Gospel Songs First Line: Faith of our fathers! living still Refrain First Line: Faith of our fathers, holy faith Languages: English Tune Title: [Faith of our fathers! living still]

Faith of our fathers, living still [faith]

Author: Frederick W. Faber Hymnal: A Calendar of Hymns #d14 (1961) Hymnal Title: A Calendar of Hymns Languages: English

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F. A. Blackmer

1855 - 1930 Hymnal Title: Carols of Hope Composer of "[Faith of our fathers! living still]" in Carols of Hope 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

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: F. Mendelssohn Hymnal Title: Famous Hymns Composer of "[Faith of our fathers, living still]" in Famous Hymns Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman