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James M. Black
Short Name: James M. Black
Full Name: Black, James M. (James Milton), 1856-1938
Birth Year: 1856
Death Year: 1938

James Milton Black USA 1856-1938 Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived,and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal.

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James Milton Black (19 August 1856 – 21 December 1938) was an American composer of hymns, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. Black was born in South Hill, New York, but worked, lived and died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It is there that he worked at his Methodist Episcopal Church. His first hymnal collections were: * Songs of the Soul (1894) * Songs of the Soul, Number Two (1896) Some of his hymns include: * Come, Oh, Come to Me * The Day of All Days * We Shall Reign with Him in Glory * When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder Some of hymn music with lyrics by others include:

Hymnals by James M. Black (14)sort descendingAsPublication Year
Hymns of Worship and Songs of the GospelJ. M. Black (Editor)1906
Junior Praises: for use in junior societies and on special occasionsJ. M. Black (Editor)1901
New Junior Songs: for use in junior societies and on special occasionsJames M. Black (Editor)1914
Praise and Promise: for use in Sunday-schools, prayer meetings, revivals, young people's meetings and on special occasionsJ. M. Black (Editor)1900
Precious Gems No. 1: for Revival Meetings, Sabbath-schools, Church Services, and Devotional SingingJames M. Black (Editor)1881
Sacred Praise: for Use in Gospel Meetings, Evangelistic Services ...James M. Black (Editor)1912
Songs of Faith and HopeJames M. Black (Editor)1905
Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2James M. Black (Author)1909
Songs of Help: for the Sunday school, evangelistic and church servicesJames M. Black (Editor)1917
Songs of the Soul: for use in Sunday evening congregations, revivals, camp-meetings, social services, and young people's meetingsJames M. Black (Editor)1894
Songs of the Soul No. 2: for use in Sunday evening congregations, revivals, camp-meetings, social services and young peoples meetingsJames M. Black (Editor)1896
The Chorus of Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Meetings, Revivals, Prayer Meetings, and All the Social Services of the ChurchJ. M. Black (Editor)1898
The Epworth Hymnal No. 3: For use in Young People's Meetings, Sunday Schools, Prayer Meetings and RevivalsJ. M. Black (Editor)1900
The Gospel Chorus: for use in prayer meetings, young people's societies and revivalsJames M. Black (Editor)1902

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