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Guide Me

Appears in 1,822 hymnals Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions First Line: Guide me, oh thou great Jehovah Scripture: John 16:13 Used With Tune: [Guide Me]

Author: Adaline H. Berry Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions First Line: See, the morn is bright'ning Refrain First Line: 'Tis the time for sowing Used With Tune: [See the morn is bright'ning]

Scattering Precious Seed

Author: W. A. Ogden Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions First Line: Scattering precious seed by the wayside Refrain First Line: Sowing in the morning Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:6 Used With Tune: [Scattering Precious Seed]

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[Scattering Precious Seed]

Appears in 62 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Hugg Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55565 13215 55565 Used With Text: Scattering Precious Seed

[Sailing o'er Life's Ocean]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. F. S. Robinson Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55765 64355 72244 Used With Text: Sailing o'er Life's Ocean

[We are marching to a land above]

Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56711 22321 53212 Used With Text: Marching to the Land Above

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Convention Rallying Song

Author: Mary Irene McLean Hymnal: The Search Light #79 (1894) Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions First Line: For thy service, Lord, we gather Refrain First Line: Coming from the hills and valleys Scripture: Luke 10:2 Languages: English Tune Title: [Convention Rallying Song]

Singing in Heaven

Author: Mary Irene McLean Hymnal: The Search Light #6 (1894) Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions First Line: I expect to sing in Heaven Refrain First Line: In the souls sweet, sweet home Scripture: Revelation 14:3 Languages: English Tune Title: [Singing in Heaven]

I Love to Sing Those Songs of Old

Author: Mary Irene McLean Hymnal: The Search Light #27 (1894) Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions First Line: I love to sing the songs of old Refrain First Line: I love those songs, those precious songs of old Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16 Languages: English Tune Title: [I Love to Sing Those Songs of Old]

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W. A. Ogden

1841 - 1897 Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions Author of "Scattering Precious Seed" in The Search Light William Augustine Ogden USA 1841-1897. Born at Franklin County, OH, his family moved to IN when he was age six. He studied music in local singing schools at age 8, and by age 10 could read church music fairly well. Later, he could write out a melody by hearing it sung or played. He enlisted in the American Civil War in the 30th IN Volunteer Infantry. During the war he organized a male choir which became well known throughout the Army of the Cumberland. After the war, he returned home, resumed music study, and taught school. He married Jennie V Headington, and they had two children: Lowell and Marian. He worked for the Iowa Normal School, Toledo Public School System. Among his teachers: Lowell Mason, Thomas Hastings, E E Baily and B F Baker, president of the Boston Music School. He wrote many hymns, both lyrics and/or music. He later issued his first song book, “The silver song” (1870). It became quite popular, selling 500,000 copies. He went on to publish other song books. Ogden also taught music at many schools in the U S and Canada. In 1887 he became superintendent of music in the public schools of Toledo, OH. His works include: “New silver songs for Sunday school” (1872), “Crown of life” (1875), “Notes of victory” (1885), “The way of life” (1886), “Gathering jewels” (1886). He was known as a very enthusiastic person in his work and a very congenial one as well. He died at Toledo, OH. John Perry

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions Composer of "[Be Not Afraid] " in The Search Light Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Topics: Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions Author of "The Old-Fashioned Way" in The Search Light 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.

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