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Drifting Away from Jesus
Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Drifting away from Jesus the [thy] Lord
Drifting Away from Jesus
[Drifting away from Jesus the Lord]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Used With Text: Drifting Away from Jesus
[Drifting away from Jesus the Lord]
[Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. S. Colburn Incipit: 12233 41432 71224 Used With Text: Drifting Away from Jesus
[Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord]
[Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. D. Wyckoff Incipit: 54515 65433 23444 Used With Text: Drifting Away
[Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord]
Drifting Away from Jesus
Author: Rev. J. E. Rankin Hymnal: The Great Awakening #30 (1886) First Line: Drifting away from Jesus the Lord Refrain First Line: Drifting away, drifting away Lyrics: 1 Drifting away from Jesus the Lord,
Drifting away from love for His Word;
Drifting away from tho’t and from care,
Drifting away from song and from prayer.
Refrain:
Drifting away, drifting away,
Drifting away from Jesus,
Drifting, drifting, drifting away,
Drifting away from Jesus.
2 Drifting away from paths thou hast trod,
Drifting away from people of God;
Drifting away from fellowship sweet,
Drifting away from the mercy-seat. [Refrain]
3 Drifting away from there where He died,
Drifting away from wounds in His side;
Drifting away from seats on His throne,
Drifting away to darkness unknown. [Refrain]
4 Wilt thou not turn gainst the downward tide?
Wilt thou not own this Jesus denied?
Then, with thy face aglow with the day,
Wilt thou not cease from thy drifting away? [Refrain] Tune Title: [Drifting away from Jesus the Lord]
Drifting Away from Jesus
Drifting Away
Author: J. E. Rankin, D.D. Hymnal: Best Hymns No. 3 #23 (1903) First Line: Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord Refrain First Line: Drifting away, drifting away Topics: Repentance Languages: English Tune Title: [Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord]
Drifting Away
Drifting Away from Jesus
Author: J. E. Rankin Hymnal: One Hundred Gospel Hymns #68 (1902) First Line: Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord Refrain First Line: Drifting away, drifting away Languages: English Tune Title: [Drifting away from Jesus thy Lord]
Drifting Away from Jesus
Jeremiah Eames Rankin
1828 - 1904 Person Name: J. E. Rankin Author of "Drifting Away from Jesus" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy.
Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857. Another of his hymns is "Rest, rest, rest, brother rest." He died in 1904. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Rankin, J. 33., p. 951, ii. Dr. Rankin, b. in N. H. (not New Haven), and received his D.D. 1869, LL.D. 1889 from his Alma Mater. He was President for several years of Howard University, Washington, D.C. His publications included several volumes of Sermons, German-English Lyrics, Sacred and Secular, 1897; 2nd ed. 1898, &c. In addition to his hymns noted on p. 951, ii., he has written and published mainly in sheet form many others, the most important and best-known being:—
1. God be with you till we meet again. [Benediction.] Dr. Rankin's account of this hymn, supplied to us, in common with Mr. Brownlie, for his Hymns and H. Writers of The Church Hymnary, 1899, is: "It was written as a Christian good-bye, and first sung in the First Congregational Church, of which I was minister for fifteen years. We had Gospel meetings on Sunday nights, and our music was intentionally of the popular kind. I wrote the first stanza, and sent it to two gentlemen for music. The music which seemed to me to best suit the words was written by T. G. Tomer, teacher of public schools in New Jersey, at one time on the staff of General 0. 0. Howard. After receiving the music (which was revised by Dr. J. W. Bischoff, the organist of my church), I wrote the other stanzas." The hymn became at once popular, and has been translated into several languages. In America it is in numerous collections; and in Great Britain, in The Church Hymnary, 1898, Horder's Worship Song, 1905, The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, and others. It was left undated by Dr. Rankin, but I.D. Sankey gives it as 1882.
2. Beautiful the little hands. [Little ones for Jesus.] Given without date in Gloria Deo, New York, 1900.
Dr. Rankin's translations include versions of German, French, Latin, and Welsh hymns. His contributions to the periodical press have been numerous.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Thoro Harris
1874 - 1955 Composer of "[Drifting away from Jesus the Lord]" in The Praise Book Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC.
Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include:
Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904)
Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906)
Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor)
Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922)
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Thoro Harris
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Drifting away from Jesus the Lord]" in The Great Awakening William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia.
Bert Polman
William J. Kirkpatrick
