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All Hail to His Name!

Author: Mrs. Emma Pitt Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Gates of Praise First Line: There rose in the east a beautiful star Used With Tune: [There rose in the east a beautiful star]

[There rose in the east a beautiful star]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. Baltzell Hymnal Title: Gates of Praise Incipit: 53333 34444 44333 Used With Text: All Hail to His Name!

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Author: Mrs. Emma Pitt Hymnal: Gates of Praise #172 (1880) Hymnal Title: Gates of Praise First Line: There rose in the east a beautiful star Languages: English Tune Title: [There rose in the east a beautiful star]

All Hail to His Name!

Author: Mrs. Emma Pitt Hymnal: Gates of Praise #172 (1884) Hymnal Title: Gates of Praise First Line: There rose in the east a beautiful star Languages: English Tune Title: [There rose in the east a beautiful star]

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Emma Pitt

b. 1846 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "All Hail to His Name" Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died before 1920, as the daughter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still single in 1920. --www.hymntime.com

I. Baltzell

1832 - 1893 Hymnal Title: Gates of Praise Composer of "[There rose in the east a beautiful star]" in Gates of Praise Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives