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Say, is your lamp burning, my brother

Author: Ellen M. H. Gates
Published in 48 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 >

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First Line:	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother
Title:	Is your lamp burning
Author:	Ellen M. H. Gates
Refrain First Line:	Let your light shine that others may see

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[Say, is you lamp burning, my brother?] (Excell)

[Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] (Williams)

[Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?] (Kirkpatrick)

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Voices of Victory (1913), p.114

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Instances (48)	First Line	Text Title	Refrain First Line	Authors	Composers	Tune Title	Tune Key	Languages	Publication Date
Beulah Songs: a choice collection of popular hymns and music, new and old. Especially adapted to camp meetings, prayer and conference meetings, family worship, and all other assemblies where Jesus... #57	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is Your Lamp Burning, Brother?			Wm. W. Bentley	[Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?]			1879
Bright Gems: for Sabbath-schools, prayer-meetings, services of song, etc. #115	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?		Is your lamp burning						1881
Calvary Echoes #d44	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1887
Children's Hosannas #d98	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother						1880
Choice Songs [No. 1] #d45	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1894
Christian Science Hymnal: a selection of spiritual songs #191	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?			Mrs. Ellen M. H. Gates					1893
Cross and Crown Hymnal (Church of the Pillar of Fire). 3rd ed. #d361	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning		Ellen M. H. Gates					1949
Gospel Gems #d135	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother						1878
Gospel Hymns No. 4 #d86	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning		D. Hayden Lloyd					1881
Gospel in Song: a new collection of "hymns and spiritual songs," for use in Sunday schools, praise meetings, prayer meetings, revival meetings, camp meetings and in other places ... #52	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?		Oh, is your lamp burning?	F. A. B.					1884
Gospel Melodies: a New Collection of Gospel Hymns and Songs #d143	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning							1890
Gospel Voices No. 3 #d109	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning							1902
Great Joy! : a new and favorite collection of hymns and music, for gospel meetings, prayer, temperance, and camp meetings, and Sunday schools #23	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?		Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?						1881
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d180	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1885
Hymns of Heavenly Harmony #d166	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	For if it were burning	Let your light shine that others may see	Peter P. Bilhorn					1910
Hymns of Praise, with Tunes: selected for use in Sunday school, prayer meeting, and home circle #178	Say, is your lamp burning my brother?			Mrs. E. M. H. Gates					1884
Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #d151	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Let your light so shine	Let your light shine that others may see						1911
International Gospel Hymns and Songs #d111	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Let your light so shine	Let your light shine that others may see	Peter P. Bilhorn					1905
International Singing Annual for Sabbath Schools #d56	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Then let our lamps be trimmed and burning							1874
New Melodies of Praise: a collection of new tunes and hymns, for the Sabbath School and praise meeting #104	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?		Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?						1877
New Silver Song #d102	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1872
Pearls of Truth in Song #d66	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning							1890
Quartette: containing Songs for the Ransomed, Songs of Love Peace and Joy, Gems of Gospel Song, Salvation Echoes, with one hundred choice selections added #399	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?	Is your lamp burning, brother?							1889
Rescue Hymns #d76	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother		Say, is your lamp burning, my brother						1896
Singing Annual for Sabbath Schools 1874 #d58	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Let your light shine	Then let our lamps trimmed be	D. Hayden Lloyd					1874
Singing Glory #d71	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Ellen M. H. Gates					1929
Songs of Love for the Bible School #d116	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother		Then trim up the lamp God has given	D. Hayden Lloyd					1874
Songs of Redemption and Praise #d90	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Let your light so shine	Let your light shine that others may see						1905
Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #d88	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Let your light so shine	Let your light shine that others may see						1906
Sunday School Hymns. New and improved ed. #d53	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1871
Temple Chimes #d220	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1888
Temple Songs (Seaside ed.) #33	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?	Is Your Lamp Burning	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?	Mrs. E. M. H. Gates					1892
Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s33	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother		Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Ellen M. H. Gates					1888
The Ark of Praise #42	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is Your Lamp Burning?			Wm. J. Kirkpatrick	[Say, is your lamp burning, my brother]			1882
The Baptist Praise Book #1250	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother!								1872
The Century Gospel Songs #d115	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother		Let your light shine that others may see	D. Hayden Lloyd					1901
The Christian Union Revival Songster #d66	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother						1892
The Gospel in Song, combining Sing the Gospel, Echoes of Eden, and Other Selected Songs and Solos #22	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?								1885
The Great Awakening: a choice collection of new and standard gospel songs #159	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?	Say, is Your Lamp Burning?			E. O. Excell	[Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?]			1886
The New Jubilee Harp, or Christian hymns and songs. a new collection of hymns and tunes for public and social worship. #469	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1888
The New Song: consisting of very choice notes of redemption, embracing new original,and also selcted songs, appropriate for prayer and revivial meetings #104	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother	Is your lamp burning		Aaron Coons					1875
The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs #127	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?			D. H. Lloyde					1887
The Revival Wave: A Book of Revival Hymns and Music #11	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?								1887
The Sacred Trio: comprising Redemption Songs, Showers of Blessing, The Joyful Sound (Word ed.) #33	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother			Ellen M. H. Gates					1892
The Silver Song #d99	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother			D. Hayden Lloyd					1870
Triumphant Songs No.1 #53	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?	Say, is Your Lamp Burning?	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?		E.O. Excell	[Say is Your Lamp Burning] Excell	A Flat Major	English	1887
Triumphant Songs No.2 #d195	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother								1889
Voices of Victory #123	Say, is your lamp burning, my brother?		Let your light shine that others may see	P. P. B.					1913

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