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Sunday School Voices, No.2

Publication Date: 1913 Publisher: Hope Pub. Co. Publication Place: Chicago, Ill. Editors: Charles H. Gabriel; Hope Pub. Co.

The Name of Jesus

Author: W. C. Martin Appears in 161 hymnals First Line: The Name of Jesus is so sweet Refrain First Line: "Jesus," O how sweet the Name Used With Tune: [The Name of Jesus is so sweet]

Author: L. H. Edmunds Appears in 187 hymnals First Line: Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior Refrain First Line: How beautiful to walk in the steps of the Savior Used With Tune: [Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior]

Christ Receiveth Sinful Men

Author: Neumeister Appears in 236 hymnals First Line: Sinners Jesus will receive Refrain First Line: Sing it o'er and over again Used With Tune: [Sinners Jesus will receive]

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Tunes

Tune authorities

LYONS

Appears in 768 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. J. Haydn Incipit: 51123 14432 51123 Used With Text: Ye Servants of God

[We plow the fields, and scatter]

Appears in 287 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann A. P. Schulz Incipit: 51155 31543 21556 Used With Text: We Plow the Fields, and Scatter

[O say can you see, by the dawn's early light]

Appears in 266 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Arnold Incipit: 53135 13213 45553 Used With Text: The Star-Spangled Banner

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

Author: E. Perronet Hymnal: SSV21913 #1 (1913) First Line: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name Refrain First Line: And crown Him, crown Him Languages: English Tune Title: DIADEM

Allegiance to Jesus

Author: Julia M. Bonner Hymnal: SSV21913 #2 (1913) First Line: Truehearted with Jesus our glorious King Refrain First Line: Allegiance Lyrics: 1 Truehearted with Jesus our glorious King, In the battle with sin fainting never, Our song of allegiance we joyfully sing, As we crown him triumphant forever. Chorus: Allegiance To Jesus, To Jesus our Savior all-glorious! Truehearted Whole hearted, Redeemed and victorious forever! 2 Wholehearted and faithful his law to fulfill, We are steadfastly on him relying; We yield him obedience, whatever his will, While his glorious banner is flying. [Chorus] 3 Allegiance to Jesus! brave, loyal and strong, We the way for his feet are preparing, As upward and onward we’re pressing along, To the nations his glory declaring. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Truehearted with Jesus our glorious King]

Sowing Seeds of Light

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: SSV21913 #3 (1913) First Line: Children of the Kingdom Refrain First Line: Sowing, sowing, sowing seeds of light Lyrics: 1 Children of the Kingdom, Sow the seeds of light; Where there’s sadness, planting gladness For a harvest bright; Waiting fields surround you, Sow the seeds of love, Comfort bringing, toil with singing, We shall reap above. Chorus: Sowing, sowing, sowing seeds of light, Springing, springing in their beauty bright; Children of the Kingdom, Hear the Master say, Reaping, reaping, in my keeping, Work for me today. 2 Working for the Master, Joy to do his will, Kindness sowing, gladness growing, His good word fulfill; Loving eyes uplifting, See a worldwide need! Truth possessing, send a blessing, Sow the gospel seed. [Chorus] 3 Go ye to all people, ‘Tis the Lord’s command; Let salvation bless the nation, Gladden ev’ry land. when the reaping angels Gather in the grain, Swell the story of his glory, Heaven’s grand refrain! [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Children of the Kingdom]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Clara H. Scott

1841 - 1897 Person Name: C. H. S. Hymnal Number: 9 Author of "Open My Eyes" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 Clara Harriett Fiske Jones Scott USA 1841-1897. Born at Elk Grove, IL, daughter of a farmer, the family moved to Chicago in 1856. Clara enrolled in the first Chicago Musical Institute, after founders, Chauncy M Cady and William Bradbury, opened it in 1858. Following her graduation from the program, she found employment at the new Lyons Girl’s Seminary (also founded in 1858) in Lyons, IA. While working there, she met Henry Clay Scott, who worked for Scott & Ovington Brothers wholesale crockery company. The two married in 1861 in McGregor, IA. They had two daughters, Medora and Mary. The family moved to Austin, IL, near Chicago in the 1870s. She become a composer, hymnwriter, and publisher. She was the first woman to publish a volume of anthems, ‘The Royal anthem book’ in 1882. Horatio Palmer, a friend, helped her publish her songs. She issued three collections of songs. In 1895 she and her husband, now an invalid, moved to Chicago. In 1897 she was returning to her friend’s house after attending a funeral in DuBuque, IA. She was driving a horse-drawn buggy with two friends, Martha Hay and D D Myers. The buggy’s hold-back strap snapped, spooking the horse, who raced forward, colliding with a coping stone, causing the buggy to roll. Clara and Martha were thrown out and both died instantly. The third lady, D D, was severly injured. Clara’s funeral was well-attended by music writers, teachers, professors, publishers, and friends. Two of her own compositions were sung by a quartet of close friends. She died at Dubuque, IA. John Perry

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal Number: 110 Author of "We Have An Anchor" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 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

H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Person Name: H. R. P. Hymnal Number: 165 Author of "Yield Not to Temptation" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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