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Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Who showed the little [tiny] ant the way

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[Who show'd the little ant the way]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Hubert P. Main Incipit: 32156 71231 22432 Used With Text: Questions and Answers

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Who showed the little [tiny] ant the way

Hymnal: Songs for the Little Ones at Home #d241 (1852)

Who showed the little [tiny] ant the way

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d523 (1860) Languages: English

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Person Name: Anon. Author of "Questions and Answers" in Little Pilgrim Songs In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Hubert P. Main

1839 - 1925 Composer of "[Who show'd the little ant the way]" in Little Pilgrim Songs Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ. John Perry