Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful. 

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Theodore Sisk

Short Name: Theodore Sisk
Full Name: Sisk, Theodore
Birth Year: 1906
Death Year: 1979

Theodore Roosevelt Sisk was born in Hall County, Georgia, July 15, 1906. He studied singing under his father, Jesse Lovell, and continued studying under other teachers. He wrote for or five hundred songs and was the music editor and member of The Sisk Music Company, publisher of gospel song books in Toccoa, Georgia. He died 1979 in Lexington, Ky.

Dianne Shapiro from Who's Who among southern singers and composers by Otis J. Knippers; James D. Vaughan, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 1937


Texts by Theodore Sisk (28)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Here we gather and love to sing with our loved ones so dearT. S. (Author)English4
I am happy every day as I go along my wayTheodore Sisk (Author)3
I am happy in the service of my KingTheodore Sisk (Author)2
I will sing my storyTheodore Sisk (Author)2
I'm keeping ready for the timeTheodore Sisk (Author)2
I'm pressing onward with a wonderful songTheodore Sisk (Author)2
Jesus brings joy to my soul, my weary soulTheodore Sisk (Author)English2
Jesus gives me a song as I travel alongTheodore Sisk (Author)2
Late in the evening when night shadows fallT. S. (Author)English3
My heart is fixed on Thee, O GodTheodore Sisk (Author)1
My heart is sick, O how I long to seeTheodore Sisk (Author)2
My soul is so happy since I have made the SaviorTheodore Sisk (Author)2
O don't you hear that clock ticking low?T. S. (Author)English2
O what joy 'twill be for the pure and freeTheodore Sisk (Author)English2
Often we sing to the great KingT. S. (Author)English3
Ring ye the bells of heavenTheodore Sisk (Author)2
Some glad day we'll soar awayTheodore Sisk (Author)2
Sometimes I grow weary (Sisk)Theodore Sisk (Author)2
Soon I'll leave this world of sorrowTheodore Sisk (Author)English10
That will be a happy timeTheodore Sisk (Author)2
There's glory in my soul, since Jesus took controlT. S. (Author)English10
We're a long way from home, but we can sing praises to the great KingT. S. (Author)English1
We've traveled down life's pathway with a smileTheodore Sisk (Author)English2
When billows are raging on life's stormy seaTheodore Sisk (Author)English2
When I feel so lonesome and blueT. S. (Author)English6
When I feel so lonesome, sad and blueT. S. (Author)English9
When I'm in need my blessed Savior feedethT. S. (Author)English2
When in the hour of trouble, and of careTheodore Sisk (Author)2

Data Sources

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us