[Room at the cross for a trembling soul]

[Room at the cross for a trembling soul]

Composer: William B. Blake
Published in 29 hymnals


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Composer: William B. Blake

William Burdine Blake, 1852-1938. William B. Blake, Sr., was born January 21, 1852, in London, Ohio; went to Virginia in the early 1870s and became connected with the music publishing house of the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and remaining with this firm until 1889, when he moved to Ronceverte. He married Miss Alice Mary Horne, of Augusta county, Virginia, a daughter of Strother P. and Sarah Home. (Strother P. Horne was a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil war.) To this union were born seven children: Charles Stanley Blake, Bessie Mabel, William B,. Jr.. Henry St. John, Robert Russell, Mary Ellen and Edward Lester. At Ronceverte, Mr. Blake, Sr., associated himself in partnership with J. W. Hess in the publication of the Ronceverte News, a… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Room at the cross for a trembling soul]
Composer: William B. Blake
Meter: 9.6.9.6 with refrain
Incipit: 56532 12165 56573
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #12214
Text: Room At The Cross
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #12214

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Timeless Truths #174

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