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Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined

Publication Date: 1882 Publisher: Will L. Thompson & Co. Publication Place: East Liverpool, Ohio Editors: J. Calvin Bushey; Will L. Thompson & Co.

Savior, Like a Shepherd

Appears in 1,140 hymnals First Line: Savior, like a shepherd lead us Used With Tune: [Savior, like a shepherd lead us]

The Lord's Prayer

Appears in 731 hymnals First Line: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name Used With Tune: [Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name]

Author: Will L. Thompson Appears in 865 hymnals First Line: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Refrain First Line: Come home, come home Used With Tune: [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling]

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Tunes

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[Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling]

Appears in 557 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Will L. Thompson Incipit: 32117 12166 51113 Used With Text: For You and For Me

[Blessed be the fountain of blood]

Appears in 90 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. S. Perkins Incipit: 33323 34553 22343 Used With Text: Whiter Than Snow

[Savior, like a shepherd lead us]

Appears in 492 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William B. Bradbury Incipit: 33323 45153 23465 Used With Text: Savior, Like a Shepherd

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Little Children Should Love Jesus

Author: Mrs. Annie E. Thomson Hymnal: SG121880 #3 (1882) Languages: English Tune Title: [Little children should love Jesus]

In the Shelter of the Rock

Author: Frank M. Davis Hymnal: SG121880 #4 (1882) First Line: In the shelter of the rock let me rest Refrain First Line: Let me rest, Let me rest Languages: English Tune Title: [In the shelter of the rock let me rest]

Angels, Sing On!

Author: F. W. Faber Hymnal: SG121880 #5 (1882) First Line: Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling Refrain First Line: Angels, sing on! your faithful watches keeping Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling]

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People

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Hymnal Number: 64 Author of "Whiter Than Snow" in Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

Will L. Thompson

1847 - 1909 Hymnal Number: 26 Author of "Lead Me Gently Home, Father" in Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Liverpool, Ohio. Died: September 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an early attempt to sell his songs to a commercial publisher, Thompson started his own publishing company. He later expanded, opening a store to sell pianos, organs and sheet music. Both a lyricist and composer, he ensured he would always remember words or melodies that came to him at odd times: "No matter where I am, at home or hotel, at the store or traveling, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem worthy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this way I never lose it." Thompson took ill during a tour of Europe, and his family cut short their travels to return home. He died a few weeks later. Music-- 1.Jesus Is All the World to Me 2.Lead Me Gently Home, Father 3.Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling 4.There’s a Great Day Coming --hymntime.com/tch ================================== Various biographical sketches and newspaper articles about Thompson are available in the DNAH Archives.

William B. Bradbury

1816 - 1868 Hymnal Number: 41 Composer of "[Savior, like a shepherd lead us]" in Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life. John Perry

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