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[Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins Incipit: 53343 32671 22335 Used With Text: Speak Kindly
[Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]
Speak Kindly
Author: S. Trevor Francis Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Speak kindly, for our days are all too few Used With Tune: [Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]
Speak Kindly
Speak Kindly
Author: S. Trevor Francis Hymnal: Favorite Sacred Songs #26 (1912) First Line: Speak kindly, for our days are all too few Languages: English Tune Title: [Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]
Speak Kindly
Speak Kindly
Author: S. Trevor Francis Hymnal: The Gospel Choir No. 2 #100 (1895) First Line: Speak kindly, for our days are all too few Languages: English Tune Title: [Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]
Speak Kindly
Speak Kindly
Author: S. Trevor Francis Hymnal: Royal Hymnal #182 (1898) First Line: Speak kindly, for our days are all too few Languages: English Tune Title: [Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]
Speak Kindly
George C. Stebbins
1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[Speak kindly, for our days are all too few]" in Royal Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey.
At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England.
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George C. Stebbins
S. Trevor Francis
1834 - 1925 Author of "Speak Kindly" in Royal Hymnal Francis, Samuel Trevor, son of an artist, was born at Cheshunt, Herts, in 1835, and is a merchant in London. He has written numerous hymns, which have been printed in various religious newspapers and periodicals during the past 30 years. Of these hymns the following are in the Enlarged London Hymn Book, 1873:—
1. Blessed, blessed Jesus. Pressing Onward.
2. Gracious Saviour, grant Thy word. Lent.
3. Home, home of light and glory. Heaven Desired.
4. I am waiting for the dawning. Heaven Anticipated.
5. Jesus, we remember Thee. Passiontide.
6. O child of sorrow, weary, distressed. Salvation in Jesus only.
7. O Jesus, how great is Thy mercy. Salvation in Jesus.
8. Safe to land, no shadows darken. Death and Burial. Printed in Word and Work.
9. The pearly gates are open. Heaven. In W. Carter's Gospel Hymn Book, 1863.
10. We are pilgrims far from our fatherland. Heaven Desired.
Of these hymns Nos. 1, 2, 4-7 first appeared in the Enlarged London Hymn Book, 1873. Mr. Francis also published in 1891 Gems from the Revised Version with Poems.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
S. Trevor Francis
