John H. Sammis

Short Name: John H. Sammis
Full Name: Sammis, John H. (John Henry), 1846-1919
Birth Year: 1846
Death Year: 1919

John H. Sammis was born in Brooklyn. He moved to Logansport, Indiana when ye was 22, where he was converted to Christianity. He was active in the Y.M.C.A., serving as secretary for the Terre Haute Association and later becoming State Secretary. After this, he studied at Lane and McCormack seminaries and was ordained in the Presbyterian church at Glidden, Iowa. He also pastored churches in Indianapolis, Grand Haven, MI, Red Wing and St. Paul, Minn. In 1909 he became associated with the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He wrote more that 100 hymns.

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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Texts by John H. Sammis (100)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
“A little while,”—be brave, be strongJ. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Aia hele kakou, Me ka Haku, IesuJ. H. Sammis, 1846-1919 (Author)Hawaiian2
Al andar con Jesús en su fúlgida luzJohn H. Sammis (Author)Spanish2
Am I a soldier of the crossJ. H. Sammis (Author (Chorus))English1
إن تبعنا الحبيب حاملين الصليبJohn H. Sammis (Author)Arabic1
إن تبعنا يسوع نحو تلك الربوعJohn H. Sammis (Author)Arabic0
Awake, awake, no longer dwellJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
Awanto ti ulepJohn H. Sammis (Author)Tagalog1
Be strong, my soul, to will and doJ. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Be up, my soul, and doingJ. H. Sammis (Author)English5
Boatman, my spirit is yearningRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English2
By grace redeemed through Thy blood, O LordRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English3
By Thine eye, O God, all seeingJ. H. Sammis (Author)English4
By Thy blood and by Thy meritJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
Când umblăm cu DomnulJohn H. Sammis (Author)Romanian1
Com Jesus vou andar, Sua Palavra guardarJohn H. Sammis (Author)Portuguese1
Come, Holy Spirit, and anewJ. H. Sammis (Author)English3
Come, thou apart and rest awhileRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English2
Cuando andamos con DiosJohn H. Sammis (Author)Spanish2
Cuando andemos con Dios escuchando su vozJ. H. Sammis (Author)Spanish4
當我與主同行 (Dāng wǒ yǔ zhǔ tóngxíng)John H. Sammis (Author)Chinese1
Em Jesus confiar, suas leis observarJohn H. Sammis (Author)Portuguese3
Father, heavenly Father, Unto Thee we cryJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
Father in Thy love draw near usRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Father, my feeble faith takes holdJ. H. Sammis (Author)1
Friend saloonist, I'm a-thinkin'John Henry Sammis (Author)English1
Gba t’a b’Oluwarin ninu ‘mole oro reJohn H. Sammis (Author)Yoruba1
Gnadengrund, mein bestes TeilJ. H. Sammis (Author)German2
Go tell it to Jesus, go tell him thy woeRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English3
Great things the Lord has done for meJ. H. Sammis (Author)English3
Ha az Úrral járunkJohn H. Sammis (Author)Hungarian1
Have you heard of the wonderful story?J. H. Sammis (Author)English2
I am going home in the good old wayJohn Henry Sammis (Author)English2
I have found the living fountainRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
I have toiled for gold in the heat and coldJ. H. Sammis (Author)2
Is thy cruse of comfort failing?J. H. S. (Alterer)English1
Ist der Herr unser HortJohn H. Sammis (Author)German1
It is written in the Book, Hallelujah!J. H. Sammis (Author)English7
It's all of Grace; though marred by sinJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
Jesus is mine and I am His, I'll share with Him in gloryRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Let Jesus have His wayJ. H. Sammis (Author)English3
Let us live while we live, for the good we can doJ. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Lord, hear our prayer (Sammis)J. H. Sammis (Author)1
Mahvesevotsė JesusJohn H. Sammis (Author)Cheyenne1
More precious than the rubyJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
My boy, the wide world is before youRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English3
My weary soul for rest and shelterJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
Naar vi vandrer med GudJ. H. Sammis (Author)Norwegian1
நம் ஆண்டவரின் (Nam āṇṭavariṉ)John H. Sammis (Author)Tamil1
Namwandama BwanaJohn H. Sammis (Author)Swahili0
No other name but Christ our LordJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
No songs are like the Lord's songsRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Now to the Lord our God upraiseJ. H. Sammis (Author)English1
O du, der auf dem breiten WegJohn Henry Sammis (Author)German0
O how blest is the man unto whom He hath saidJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
O soldiers of Jesus, arm, arm and awayJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
O some things are settled, fast settled for meJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
O soul on worldly pleasures bentRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English2
O that will be a joyful timeJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
O where will you be when eternity dawnsJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
O wonderful, wonderful graceRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English4
Of all the woes recorded By seer or prophet dreadJ. H. Sammis (Author)English1
On Calvary my Savior diedJ. H. Sammis (Author)English9
Once afar from home I wanderedJ. H. Sammis (Author)1
Para andar con JesúsJohn Sammis (Author)Spanish5
Pardon in Jesus, my brotherJ. H. Sammis (Author)English6
Plead with the God of loveJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
Pray, Christian, pray Always and never faintJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
Quando andamos na luz e tomamos a cruzJohn H. Sammis (Author)Portuguese1
Saith Christ unto His ownRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Saved by grace alone, God's own Word believingJ. H. Sammis (Author)English18
Savior, but for love like ThineJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
Sieh im heil'gen BibelbuchJ. H. Sammis (Author)German1
Soldiers of the Living GodRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
The life I lived was low and meanJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
There are friends beloved in gloryRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English2
There is only one way to get right with GodJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
Thou blessed Lord Jesus, my treasure divineJ. H. Sammis (Author)English2
To thee, who from the narrow roadRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English17
Today, today the Father waitsRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Trust and obey, for there's no other way (Chorus)J. H. Sammis (Author)English3
വേദ വെളിച്ചത്തില്‍, നാഥന്‍ പാതെ പോകില്‍ (Vēda veḷiccattil, nāthan pāte pēākil)John H. Sammis (Author)Malayalam1
Was braucht mein Herz voll Sorge sein?J. H. Sammis (Author)German2
Wayward feet are homeward turningJohn H. Sammis (Author)English1
We all like sheep have gone astray, We've turned us each to his own wayJ. H. Sammis (Author)English6
We are one with the Son, reckoned holy as HeJ. H. Sammis (Author)1
We know not yet what we shall be, Though now the sons of GodRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English2
Wenn auf Jesum wir schau'nJohn H. Sammis (Author)German0
Wenn wir wandeln in HerrnJohn H. Sammis (Author)German0
Wenn wir wandeln mit GottJohn H. Sammis (Author)German0
Wer dem Heiland gehörtRev. J. H. Sammis (Author)German1
Wer dem Heiland still lauschtJ. H. Sammis (Author)German1
What a change that will beJ. H. Sammis (Author)English1
What were we when mercy found usJohn Henry Sammis (Author)English3
When the night comes on and the work is doneRev. J. H. Simmis (Author)English6
When we walk with the LordJohn Henry Sammis (Author)English486
Who is like unto Jehovah?Rev. J. H. Sammis (Author)English1
Why should I charge my soul with careJ. H. Sammis (Author)English42
Wie hirtenlos, in Sturmesweh'nJohn Henry Sammis (Author)German0
Ye sons of men to you we bringJohn Henry Sammis (Author)English3
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