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Beulah Songs #57
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning, Brother? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1879
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Is Your Lamp Burning?
Say, is your lamp burning, my brother
Author: Ellen M. H. GatesPublished in 65 hymnals
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Author: Ellen M. H. Gates
Gates, Ellen, née Huntingdon, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is the author of several popular pieces in the American Mission and Sunday School hymn-books. Of these the following have passed from the American books into Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos:—
1. Come home, come home, you are weary at heart. Invitation.
2. I am now a child of God. Saved through Jesus.
3. I will sing you a song of that beautiful land. Concerning Heaven.
4. O the clanging bells of time. Yearning for Heaven.
5. Say, is your lamp burning, my brother. Watching and Waiting.
Concerning her poem which is used as a hymn in America, "If you cannot on the ocean" (Duty), Duffield says her account of its origin is as follows:—"The lines were written upo… Go to person page >Instances
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Bright Gems #115
Display Title: The Burning Lamp First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1881
Bright Gems #115
Calvary Echoes #d44
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1887
Calvary Echoes #d44
Children's Hosannas #d98
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1880
Children's Hosannas #d98
Choice Songs [No. 1] #d45
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1894
Choice Songs [No. 1] #d45
Christian Hymns No. 1 #86
Display Title: Is your lamp burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian] Date: 1899
Christian Hymns No. 1 #86
Christian Science Hymnal #191
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Author: Mrs. Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1893
Christian Science Hymnal #191
Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. #d361
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1949
Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. #d361
Dortch's Gospel Voices #419
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1902
Dortch's Gospel Voices #419
Gospel Gems #d135
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1878
Gospel Gems #d135
Gospel Hymns No. 4 #81
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: D. H. Lloyde Date: 1881
Gospel Hymns No. 4 #81
Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #217
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Date: 1894
Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #217
Gospel in Song #52
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: F. A. B. Date: 1884
Gospel in Song #52
Gospel Melodies #d143
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1890
Gospel Melodies #d143
Great Joy! #23
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning, Brother? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1881
Great Joy! #23
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d180
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1885
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d180
Hymns of Heavenly Harmony #264
Display Title: For If it Were Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1910
Hymns of Heavenly Harmony #264
Hymns of His Grace #73
Display Title: For if it Were Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1907
Hymns of His Grace #73
Hymns of Praise with Tunes #178
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning my brother?] Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Date: 1884
Hymns of Praise with Tunes #178
Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #194
Display Title: Let Your Light So Shine First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1911
Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #194
Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 #24
Display Title: For If It Were Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1943
Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 #24
International Gospel Hymns and Songs #51
Display Title: Let your light so shine First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1905
International Gospel Hymns and Songs #51
International Singing Annual for Sabbath Schools #d56
Display Title: Then let our lamps be trimmed and burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1874
International Singing Annual for Sabbath Schools #d56
New Melodies of Praise #104
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Date: 1877
New Melodies of Praise #104
New Silver Song #d102
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1872
New Silver Song #d102
Pearls of Truth in Song #80
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1890
Pearls of Truth in Song #80
Peerless Hymns #d182
Display Title: Lift your lamp higher First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, O Christian Date: 1899
Peerless Hymns #d182
Quartette #399
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning, Brother? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1889
Quartette #399
Redemption Songs #33
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Scripture: Matthew 5:16 Date: 1889
Redemption Songs #33
Rescue Hymns #d76
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1896
Rescue Hymns #d76
Sacred Songs & Solos #365
Display Title: Is your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say is your lamp burning, my brother! Tune Title: [Say is your lamp burning, my brother!] Author: Ellen H. Gates Date: 1880
Sacred Songs & Solos #365
Sacred Songs and Solos #365
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say is your lamp burning, my brother! Tune Title: [Say is your lamp burning my brother] Author: Ellen H. Gates Scripture: Matthew 5:16 Date: 1890
Sacred Songs and Solos #365
Sacred Trio #33
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Scripture: Matthew 5:16 Date: 1889
Sacred Trio #33
Sermons in Song No. 2 #76
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian] Date: 1899
Sermons in Song No. 2 #76
Singing Annual for Sabbath Schools 1874 #d58
Display Title: Let your light shine First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Author: D. Hayden Lloyd Date: 1874
Singing Annual for Sabbath Schools 1874 #d58
Singing Glory #d71
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1929
Singing Glory #d71
Songs of Love for the Bible School #d116
Display Title: Then trim up the lamp God has given First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Author: D. Hayden Lloyd Date: 1874
Songs of Love for the Bible School #d116
Songs of Redemption and Praise #d90
Display Title: Let your light so shine First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1905
Songs of Redemption and Praise #d90
Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #23
Display Title: Let Your Light So Shine First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1906
Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #23
Sunday School Hymns. New and improved ed. #d53
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1871
Sunday School Hymns. New and improved ed. #d53
Sunday School Songs #42
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, O Christian Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, O Christian] Date: 1880
Sunday School Songs #42
Temple Chimes #d220
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1888
Temple Chimes #d220
Temple Songs #33
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Date: 1892
Temple Songs #33
Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s33
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Date: 1888
Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s33
The Ark of Praise #42
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Date: 1882
The Ark of Praise #42
The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d420
Display Title: Lift your lamp higher First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, O Christian Date: 1904
The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d420
The Baptist Praise Book #1250
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother! First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother! Date: 1872
The Baptist Praise Book #1250
The Century Gospel Songs #101
Display Title: Let Your Light So Shine First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1901
The Century Gospel Songs #101
The Christian Union Revival Songster #d66
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Date: 1892
The Christian Union Revival Songster #d66
The Cyber Hymnal #3075
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: Ellen Marie Huntington Gates Source: Gospel Hymns No. 4, by Ira D. Sankey et al. (New York: Biglow & Main, 1881), alt.
The Cyber Hymnal #3075
The Gospel in Song #22
Display Title: Say, is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1885
The Gospel in Song #22
The Great Awakening #159
Display Title: Say, is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1886
The Great Awakening #159
The Lesser Hymnal #d278
Display Title: Lift your lamp higher First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, O Christian Date: 1875
The Lesser Hymnal #d278
The New Jubilee Harp #469
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1885
The New Jubilee Harp #469
The New Jubilee Harp #469
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1888
The New Jubilee Harp #469
The New Song #104
Display Title: Is your lamp burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Author: Aaron Coons Date: 1875
The New Song #104
The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs #127
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: D. H. Lloyde Date: 1887
The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs #127
The Quartet #372
Display Title: Is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: Anon. Date: 1884
The Quartet #372
The Revival Wave #11
Display Title: Say, is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1887
The Revival Wave #11
The Sacred Trio #33
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Author: Mrs. E. M. H. Gates Date: 1892
The Sacred Trio #33
The Silver Song #d99
Display Title: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Author: D. Hayden Lloyd Date: 1870
The Silver Song #d99
Triumphant Songs No.1 #53
Display Title: Say, is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1887
Triumphant Songs No.1 #53
Triumphant Songs No.2 #175
Display Title: Say, is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother] Date: 1889
Triumphant Songs No.2 #175
Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #61
Display Title: Say, is Your Lamp Burning? First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Date: 1890
Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #61
Voices of Victory #123
Display Title: For If it Were Burning First Line: Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? Tune Title: [Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] Author: P. P. B. Date: 1913
Voices of Victory #123
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