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Judson W. Van DeVenter
Short Name: Judson W. Van DeVenter
Full Name: Van DeVenter, Judson W. (Judson Wheeler), 1855-1939
Birth Year: 1855
Death Year: 1939

Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns.

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)


Tunes by Judson W. Van DeVenter (59)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A little while to tarry here]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)2
[Alone in the world are you roaming tonight]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)353213 21412 33326
[Always in the front line]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)232123 12171 23212
[Arouse! ye men of war]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)231112 32333 45543
[Awake from your slumber, for danger is near]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)251356 55543 22444
[Can I forget the story old]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)333344 32355 65433
NETTLETONJ. W. Van De Venter (Arranger)332113 52235 65321
[Death and darkness hovered over me]J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)234554 56543 42543
[Don't answer unkindly when tempted and tried]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)233456 53234 35523
[Each step forward, forward day by day]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)234651 77677 67646
[Give me a love that knows no ill]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)434456 55434 67176
[Hear the Savior calling] (Van DeVenter)J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)233234 47654 36666
[I am going up, dear papa]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)434511 21721 71675
[I journey over mountain and desert]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)255653 65541 76545
[I never will leave my Savior]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)253231 56113 21532
[I want to know more about Jesus] (Van DeVenter)J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)254333 34565 34555
[I was a slave in the bondage of sin]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)233332 16111 55565
[I will follow Jesus where He leads me]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)334556 55354 23477
[I will go to sleep with Jesus]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)232217 66565 44443
[I will work for Jesus]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)351123 15566 54432
[If you only knew my Savior] (DeVenter)J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)255531 35534 51765
[In a weather-worn old cottage]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)213653 21317 62232
[In the Master's service]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)311767 62276 51121
SURRENDER (Weeden)J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)233432 23211 43231
[Jesus knows how much I need Him]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)233213 56556 53212
[Jesus the Master came down from above]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)2
[Lead me, O Thou blessed Jesus]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)232156 52312 35234
[Lo, the enemy advances, let the mighty men arise]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)254311 11171 25555
[My Savior is with me wherever I go] (Van DeVenter)J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)355123 33455 65554
[O I know that the blessed Redeemer]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)254333 21651 12222
[O mother, don't weep for your boy]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)253436 76511 76514
[O sinner, take heed]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)456532 44325 32347
[Over the ocean of time is a beautiful land]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)234566 56716 15551
[I am on a shining pathway]J. W. V. (Arranger)132111 77665 32123
[Onward up the highway] (Van DeVenter)J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)253123 15562 24432
[Out in the streets and byways] (DeVenter)J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)333344 32111 76566
[Over the river faces I see]J. W. Van Deventer (Composer)9132311 32344 34225
[Press on, renew the battle]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)255321 17654 44355
[Some day my earthly sun will wane]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)353343 67152 23275
[Sometime we'll stand before the judgment bar]Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter (Composer)5451133 21615 51133
TAMPAJudson Wheeler Van DeVenter (Composer)1334565 34565 55654
[The debt I owed I could not pay]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)453243 32252 13221
[The Holy Ghost has fallen]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)251127 11233 42334
[The little deeds of kindness]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)455333 15555 66555
[The loving Savior found me]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)313333 32344 44424
[The Savior calls for volunteers]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)355333 31556 22227
[The Savior found me dying]J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)255313 32442 76555
[There are foes that must be conquered]J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)2255113 21535 11321
[There are friends I recall]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)434532 11766 72176
[There came from the skies in the days long ago]J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)1553234 32112 33321
[There is only a veil interposing our view]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)234565 32117 65345
[There is work that must be done] (DeVenter)J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)232136 45321 36523
[There waits a crown beyond the skies]J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer)453211 16744 12617
[There's a form walking with me wherever I go]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)234565 32117 65345
[Though a sinner, sick and dying]J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)534513 21555 56453
[We are soldiers of the Lord] (Van DeVenter)J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)212156 71676 54322
[We're volunteers for Jesus]J. W. Van De Venter (Composer)555654 32154 44432
[When the days are dark and dreary] (Deventer)J. W. Van de Venter (Composer)334551 23321 72165
[Who will testify for Jesus?]J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer)255153 65355 77671
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