Short Name: | S. J. Vail |
Full Name: | Vail, S. J. (Silas Jones), 1818-1884 |
Birth Year: | 1818 |
Death Year: | 1883 |
In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music.
--Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.
Tunes by S. J. Vail (112) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Yes, since God himself has said it] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
WILLIMANTIC | S. J. V. (Composer) | 3 | 51135 13232 45517 |
[Why should I fear the darkest hour] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[Why should I doubt thy promise, Lord] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[Why not learn to conquer sorrow] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[Where do you journey, my brother] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 32117 65123 23543 |
[When we pass through yonder river] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[When the mists have rolled in splendor] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 7 | 34534 66543 26543 |
[When the Lord Jehovah led His ancient people] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 54565 31716 65434 |
[When the dewy light was fading] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 56517 61534 54 |
[What shall it profit me by and by] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 55555 56651 22221 |
MEAR | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 15533 13223 15455 |
[We shall sleep, but not forever] (Vail) | Silas Jones Vail, 1818-1883 (Composer) | 21 | 55553 46517 66543 |
[We shall part but not forever] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[We shall meet no more to sever] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[We shall meet beyond the river] (Vail) | Silas J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 32344 32351 71221 |
['Twas only a drop in the bucket] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 33333 23442 22254 |
[Tossing on the billow] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 54565 11716 57671 |
['Tis not for a name that the world may prize] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 34565 34513 55655 |
['Tis a goodly pleasant land that we pilgrims journey through] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 5 | 34565 31111 17653 |
[Through each perplexing care and strife] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 3 | 55351 16611 55365 |
[There's a wideness in God's mercy] (Vail) | Arr. by S. J. Vail (Composer) | 80 | 56531 21656 53132 |
[There is only one way to the cross] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 55171 21655 17121 |
[There is no night in heaven] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[There is never a way, so narrow or short] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 51333 34544 44322 |
[There is life in a look at the crucified One] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 13565 32117 65343 |
[There is a gate of shining pearl] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[The way is dark my Father] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 55565 51767 16543 |
[The people of the Lord are on their way] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[The blood, the blood is all my plea] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 8 | 55351 17615 65332 |
[Thanks be to God! to whom earth owes] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 11112 33354 32111 |
[Thank God for the feast of the gospel] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 5 | 34565 17665 34565 |
SUNSHINE (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 2 | |
[Strength for today is our only need] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 55554 56555 56661 |
[Starting from the cradle toward the grave below] | Silas J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 35123 56531 23512 |
[Sometimes I catch sweet glimpses of His face] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 55317 11223 34325 |
[Soldiers in the ranks of Jesus] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51321 65166 67165 |
[Troubled heart, thy God is calling] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 22 | 13533 22144 33212 |
SINFUL WANDERER | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
AULD LANG SYNE | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 1 | 51113 21231 13566 |
[Say, where is thy refuge, my brother] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 17 | 55651 76651 77721 |
[Savior, I trust in Thee] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 54565 13435 32344 |
[Royal songs, for the young and old] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51343 32616 51321 |
[Rise we so joyful, make no delay] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 34721 17657 71222 |
REFUGE (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51321 76512 35432 |
RAFFORD | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 55532 17122 32151 |
PROMISE (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 12715 34322 12177 |
OWEGO | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 51432 65443 51712 |
[Over the portals of mercy these words are inscribed] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 12333 32344 44322 |
[Our Lord is God forever] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 53121 53565 43253 |
[Only waiting till the shadows] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 32113 56176 51232 |
[On the other shore they're waiting] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 54351 72176 56543 |
[O be not the first to discover] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 53451 76653 23465 |
[O where do you journey my brother] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 6 | 53211 76512 32354 |
[O! the beloved city] | S. T. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 56711 22342 67655 |
[O sing to the Lord with a psalm of thanksgiving] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 12343 32123 22135 |
[O let not your hearts be troubled] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 56513 46556 53132 |
[O come to the merciful Savior] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 12333 32122 22171 |
[Now is the time; for this day's setting sun] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 56517 13212 21767 |
[Nothing but leaves! The Spirit grieves] (Vail) | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 34 | 55554 33334 44233 |
NO SORROW THERE (53215) | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 1 | 53215 72155 31232 |
[My life flows on in endless song] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51353 23134 65443 |
MORRIS (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[Let us gather up the sunbeams] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 56 | 55111 11771 22231 |
MILTON (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 55565 12334 36554 |
[Lord, keep me calm, though loud and rude] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[Listen to the roses] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 35655 14433 23565 |
[Light of the world, we hail Thee] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51231 65143 21251 |
[Jesus, blessed Jesus, I would follow Thee] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 33232 11225 43533 |
[Jesus I long for Thee] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[In the morning, when the dew is sparkling] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51317 64217 67171 |
[I'm nearing the valley that leads to Thee] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 54345 12166 15117 |
[If you have a work to do] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 13516 55522 44313 |
YOUR MISSION | Vail (Composer) | 1 | 11317 21513 53132 |
[I am waiting by the river] (Hastings) | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 1 | 34516 15334 51712 |
["I am the door," come in] | Silas Jones Vail (Harmonizer) | 1 | 55554 33332 34543 |
[Jesus hath died and hath risen again] (55132) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 55132 11765 77776 |
HOLMES (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 13365 12354 44653 |
ST. MICHAELS (German) | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 1 | 55435 43243 16217 |
[Heim, Heim, süßes Heim] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51615 36651 21222 |
[Have you not a word for Jesus] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 33331 24311 22123 |
[Hark, a warning voice within] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 34555 67171 21233 |
[Go and tell Jesus, weary, sin-sick soul] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[There is a gate that stands ajar] (Vail) | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 89 | 55351 16536 53131 |
[From the cross uplifted high] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[From every stormy wind that blows] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 53432 32176 55567 |
FOREST | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 1 | 16511 32113 53123 |
EXCELSIOR (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 19 | 55123 11716 55512 |
EVENING LIGHT (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 53432 22321 76617 |
DIADEM (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51111 21765 54435 |
[Land ahead! a light is gleaming] (Vail) | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 2 | 55536 55333 43532 |
CONFLICT | Silas J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 53451 62222 123 |
CLOSE TO THEE (Vail) | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 239 | 51317 21513 53132 |
CHRISTMAS (Handel) | S. J. Vail (Arranger) | 1 | 34517 65123 34555 |
[Cast away the works of darkness] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51317 21517 62165 |
CARLTON (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 4 | 53243 67112 21235 |
[By faith I view my Savior dying] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 53322 17615 17721 |
BURRITT | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 51765 54434 56617 |
BUCKLEY (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 51351 16517 76711 |
[Blessed Sunday-School, I love thee] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 55556 53217 66671 |
[Blessed, bright and shining star] | Silas Jones Vail (Composer) | 2 | 15765 43443 32155 |
BENNETT (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 51365 11234 55661 |
BE STILL MY HEART | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | |
[Be not swift to take offence] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 32171 65722 13343 |
[Be at peace] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 1 | 54317 65313 32222 |
[Am I a soldier of the cross] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 51117 13252 22124 |
[Alas and did my Savior bleed] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 36 | 55132 11765 17776 |
[Ah, tell me not of gold or treasure] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 55453 32355 43424 |
[Again we meet, this happy day] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 3 | 55555 67123 54332 |
[A soft sweet voice from Eden stealing] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 12343 21235 66533 |
[A home for me, what a joyful thought] | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 55651 76531 23211 |
[A beautiful land by faith I see] (Vail) | S. J. Vail (Composer) | 2 | 55671 53217 66671 |