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Bright Crown
Appears in 72 hymnals Matching Instances: 71 First Line: Ye valiant soldiers of the cross Refrain First Line: Let us never mind the scoffs nor the frowns
Bright Crown
[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: F. A. Blackmer Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13555 35111 12331 Used With Text: Soldiers Of The Cross
[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]
[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]
Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Incipit: 53321 17615 17143 Used With Text: Bright crowns there are
[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]
[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: R. G. Staples Incipit: 34565 67165 34511 Used With Text: Soldiers of the Cross
[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]
Ye valiant soldiers of the cross
Hymnal: Young Singer's Friend #a81 (1859)
Ye valiant soldiers of the cross
Let us never mind the scoffs nor the frowns of the world
Hymnal: The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #T30 (1873) First Line: Ye valiant soldiers of the cross
Let us never mind the scoffs nor the frowns of the world
Let us never mind the scoffs nor the frowns of the world
Hymnal: Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a453 (1868) First Line: Ye valiant soldiers of the cross Languages: English
Let us never mind the scoffs nor the frowns of the world
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon Author of "Bright crowns there are, bright crowns laid up on high" in The Song Book of the Salvation Army 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.
Anonymous
F. A. Blackmer
1855 - 1930 Composer of "[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]" in The Gospel Awakening 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
R. G. Staples
b. 1833 Composer of "[Ye valiant soldiers of the cross]" in Windows of Heaven Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA.
Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)
R. G. Staples
