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Songs for Sunday Schools

Publication Date: 1910 Publisher: The A. S. Barnes Company Publication Place: New York Editors: Louis D. Eichhorn; The A. S. Barnes Company

Come, Ye Faithful

Author: John of Damascus Appears in 380 hymnals First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain Used With Tune: [Come, ye faithful, raise the strain]

The Newborn King

Author: J. Montgomery Appears in 767 hymnals First Line: Angels from the realms of glory Used With Tune: [Angels from the realms of glory]

Author: Rev. W. A. Muhlenberg Appears in 239 hymnals First Line: Zion, the marvelous story be telling Refrain First Line: Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing Used With Tune: [Zion, the marvelous story be telling]

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Tunes

Tune authorities

[We've a story to tell to the nations]

Appears in 210 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. E. Nichol Incipit: 12333 43231 34555 Used With Text: The Kingdom of Love and Light

[Hush'd was the evening hymn]

Appears in 178 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. S. Sullivan Incipit: 33543 46545 11716 Used With Text: Hush'd Was the Evening Hymn

[Rejoice, the Lord is King!]

Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. W. Parker Incipit: 51531 65434 52333 Used With Text: The Lord is King

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

May Jesus Christ be Praised

Author: E. Caswall Hymnal: S4SS1910 #1 (1910) First Line: When morning gilds the skies Languages: English Tune Title: [When morning gilds the skies]

A Call to Joyous Worship

Hymnal: S4SS1910 #2 (1910) First Line: Come and let us raise our cheerful voices to God Refrain First Line: Come and let us raise our cheerful voices to God Languages: English Tune Title: [Come and let us raise our cheerful voices to God]

My Soul, Awake

Author: Jane E. Livock Hymnal: S4SS1910 #3 (1910) First Line: My soul, awake, thy rest forsake Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul, awake, thy rest forsake]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: P. J. Owens Hymnal Number: 101 Author of "Jesus Saves" in Songs for Sunday Schools Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

Henri F. Hemy

1818 - 1888 Person Name: H. F. Hemy Hymnal Number: 80 Composer of "[Faith of our fathers! living still]" in Songs for Sunday Schools Henri F. Hemy, born in the United Kingdom. Hemy spent time at sea as a young man, emigrating to Australia in 1850 with his family. Unable to make a decent living in Melbourne, he returned to Newcastle England. He was organist at St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Newcastle, later teaching professor of music at Tynemouth and at St. Cuthbert's College in Durham. He was pianist to Lord Ravensworth, Music Director of Ushaw College, and his orchestra played at fashionable venues in the region. He sang baritone as well. He composed waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and galops. 3 music works: Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools; Royal Modern Tutor for Pianoforte; Crown of Jesus. He was active in local politics and published a manifesto in the daily newspaper. He lost a ward election. He also painted artwork. He set most of Longfellow's works to music. John Perry

H. Ernest Nichol

1862 - 1928 Person Name: H. E. Nichol Hymnal Number: 85 Composer of "[Hark! the voice of Jesus crying]" in Songs for Sunday Schools H. Ernest Nichol (b. Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1862; d. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, 1926) had begun a study program in civil engineering when he decided to study music instead. In 1888 he received a bachelor's degree in music from Oxford University. Nichol wrote some 130 hymn tunes and texts, many under the pseudonym “Colin Sterne” (derived from his middle and last name); many were first sung at church school programs. Psalter Hymnal Handbook ============= Nichol, Henry Ernest, was b. Dec. 10, 1862, at Hull. He took the degree of MUS. BAC. at Oxford in 1888. He has written fourteen sets of Sunday School Anniversary Hymns (130 in all), with original tunes, besides many published in leaflet form, mostly under the anagram of 1677 Colin Sterne. The following are in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, the dates being those of composition and publication by the author:— 1. Life is opening out before you. Christian Courage 1897. 2. Rest, O rest! at eve Thy children's voices. Evening. 1897. 3. We've a story to tell to the nations. Foreign Missions. 1896. 4. Where the flag is flying. Boys Brigade. 1901. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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