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Author: Rev. Henry Alford Appears in 342 hymnals Topics: Young People's Day Lyrics: 1 "Forward!" be our watchword, Steps and voices joined; Seek the things before us, Not a look behind: Burns the fiery pillar At our army's head; Who shall dream of shrinking, By our Captain led? Forward through the desert, Through the toil and fight; Jordan flows before us, Zion beams with light! 2 Far o'er yon horizon Rise the city towers, Where our God abideth; That fair home is ours: Flash the streets with jasper, Shine the gates with gold; Flows the gladdening river, Shedding joys untold. Thither, onward thither, In the Spirit's might; Pilgrims to your country, Forward into light! 3 To th' eternal Father Loudest anthems raise, To the Son, and Spirit, Echo songs of praise, To the Lord of glory, Blessed Three in One, Be by men and angels Endless honor done. Weak are earthly praises, Dull the songs of night: Forward into triumph, Forward into light! Amen. Used With Tune: FORWARD

The Way of the Cross

Author: E. W. Blandly Appears in 765 hymnals Topics: Young Peoples Societies First Line: I can hear my Saviour calling Refrain First Line: Where he leads me I will follow Used With Tune: [The Way of the Cross]

Faith of our fathers! living still

Author: Rev. Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 830 hymnals Topics: Young People's Day Lyrics: 1 Faith of our fathers! living still In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword, O how our hearts beat high with joy Whene'er we hear that glorious word: Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death. 2 Faith of our fathers! God's great power Shall win all nations unto thee; And through the truth that comes from God Mankind shall then be truly free: Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death. 3 Faith of our fathers! we will love Both friend and foe in all our strife, And preach thee, too, as love knows how By kindly words and virtuous life: Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

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[Living for Jesus, a life that is true]

Appears in 107 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Harold Lowden Topics: Young People Incipit: 34352 34123 32321 Used With Text: Living for Jesus

[Leaning on the Everlasting Arms]

Appears in 401 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Topics: Young Peoples Societies Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 33321 22216 55171 Used With Text: Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

CRUSADER'S HYMN

Appears in 491 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard S. Willis, 1819-1900 Topics: Young People Tune Sources: From Schleischen Volkslieder, 1842 Incipit: 11127 13333 42351 Used With Text: Fairest Lord Jesus

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O Young and Fearless Prophet

Author: S. Ralph Harlow, 1885- Hymnal: The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal #179 (1938) Topics: Young People First Line: O young and fearless Prophet of ancient Galilee Languages: English Tune Title: BLAIRGOWRIE (DYKES)

How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Gloria Deo #520 (1901) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Young People Languages: English Tune Title: SCRIPTURE

Jesus Lives

Author: Rev. John R. Colgan Hymnal: The Search Light #78 (1894) Topics: Young Peoples Societies First Line: Mighty army of the young Refrain First Line: Wait not till the shadows lengthen, till you older grow Scripture: Psalm 71:5 Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus Lives]

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George Duffield

1818 - 1888 Person Name: Rev. George Duffield Topics: Young People's Day Author of "Stand up, stand up for Jesus" in The Hymnal Duffield, George, Jr., D.D., son of the Rev. Dr. Duffield, a Presbyterian Minister, was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12, 1818, and graduated at Yale College, and at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. From 1840 to 1847 he was a Presbyterian Pastor at Brooklyn; 1847 to 1852, at Bloomfield, New Jersey; 1852 to 1861, at Philadelphia; 1861 to 1865, at Adrian, Michigan; 1865 to 1869, at Galesburg, Illinois; 1869, at Saginaw City, Michigan; and from 1869 at Ann Arbor and Lansing, Michigan. His hymns include;— 1. Blessed Saviour, Thee I love. Jesus only. One of four hymns contributed by him to Darius E. Jones's Temple Melodies, 1851. It is in 6 stanzas of 6 lines. In Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymnbook it is given in 3 stanzas. The remaining three hymns of the same date are:— 2. Parted for some anxious days. Family Hymn. 3. Praise to our heavenly Father, God. Family Union. 4. Slowly in sadness and in tears. Burial. 5. Stand up, stand up for Jesus. Soldiers of the Cross. The origin of this hymn is given in Lyra Sac. Americana, 1868, p. 298, as follows:— "I caught its inspiration from the dying words of that noble young clergyman, Rev. Dudley Atkins Tyng, rector of the Epiphany Church, Philadelphia, who died about 1854. His last words were, ‘Tell them to stand up for Jesus: now let us sing a hymn.' As he had been much persecuted in those pro-slavery days for his persistent course in pleading the cause of the oppressed, it was thought that these words had a peculiar significance in his mind; as if he had said, ‘Stand up for Jesus in the person of the downtrodden slave.' (Luke v. 18.)" Dr. Duffield gave it, in 1858, in manuscript to his Sunday School Superintendent, who published it on a small handbill for the children. In 1858 it was included in The Psalmist, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines. It was repeated in several collections and in Lyra Sac. Amer., 1868, from whence it passed, sometimes in an abbreviated form, into many English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: A. S. Sullivan Topics: Young People Composer of "SEPTEM VOCES" in Gloria Deo Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Topics: Hymns for Young People Composer of "ST. SYLVESTER" in The Riverdale Hymn Book As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

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