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Be Faithful

Author: F. A. Blackmer Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Would you have the Lord in the last great day Refrain First Line: He will say well done if you have been faithful

[Would you have the Lord in the last great day]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Francis Augustus Blackmer Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 12333 34555 43223 Used With Text: Be Faithful

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Author: Francis Augustus Blackmer Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13566 First Line: Would you have the Lord in the last great day Refrain First Line: He will say "well done: if you have been faithful Lyrics: 1 Would you have the Lord in the last great day, When before Him you shall stand, Welcome you as He shall the well done say, To a place at His right hand? Refrain: He will say well done if you have been faithful, Ever faithful in the service of the Lord; He will say well done if you have been faithful, Ever obedient unto His word. 2 Oh, the wondrous joy that shall thrill us then, If the Judge, the Righteous One, Shall before His Father confess us there And shall say to us well done. [Refrain] 3 But what awful terror shall then be felt! What remorse shall seize the heart Of the poor, lost one, when the Judge that day Shall pronounce that word depart. [Refrain] 4 Seek the Savior, then, while He may be found, For He is the only one Who can save you now and in that great day, And can say to you well done. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Would you have the Lord in the last great day]

Be Faithful

Author: F. A. B. Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger Complete #128 (1892) First Line: Would you have the Lord in the last great day Refrain First Line: He will say "well done" Languages: English Tune Title: [Would you have the Lord in the last great day]

Be Faithful

Author: F. A. B. Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger Complete #128 (1894) First Line: Would you have the Lord in the last great day Refrain First Line: He will say "well done" Languages: English Tune Title: [Would you have the Lord in the last great day]

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F. A. Blackmer

1855 - 1930 Person Name: Francis Augustus Blackmer Author of "Be Faithful" in The Cyber Hymnal 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