
| Short Name: | I. Allan Sankey |
| Full Name: | Sankey, I. Allan (Ira Allan), 1874-1915 |
| Birth Year: | 1874 |
| Death Year: | 1915 |
Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915
Born: August 30, 1874, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Died: December 30, 1915, United States.
Son of Ira Sankey, Allen studied civil engineering and architecture at Princeton University, graduating in 1897. In 1898, he became president of the Biglow & Main music publishers in New York City. He also served as vice-president of the Leeds and Catlin Phonograph Company, and on the Advisory Board of the Greenich Bank.
His works include:
The Male Quartette, with George Stebbins
Best Endeavor Hymns, with John Clements (New York: The Biglow & Main Co., 1907)
Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Co., 1908)
Sources--
Hall, pp. 409-410
Music--
Cidenton
Go and Work!
Great Is His Mercy
Kept for Jesus
Lead Me
Lord, Send Us Forth
Never Give Up
Old Orchard
Year of Precious Blessings, A
--hymntime.com/tch
| Tunes by I. Allan Sankey (46) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A year of precious blessings] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 7 | 12357 65312 34211 |
| [Another day is over] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 5 | 34556 11765 65655 |
| [Are you living for the Savior?] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 10 | 34516 16534 51615 |
| [As Thou wilt, O Savior, lead us] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 35762 12431 65323 |
| [At the cross I was kneeling] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 10 | 55672 21714 45443 |
| [Behold the dawn is breaking] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 51176 53175 21513 |
| [Christ is come, the lost ones seeking] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 4 | 35465 11724 34766 |
| [Christians, wake, no longer sleep] | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 12 | 34557 65366 53432 |
| CIDENTON | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 6 | 54654 32676 55674 |
| [Come out into the sunshine] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 51132 21561 76556 |
| [Drifting away from the Savior] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 11 | 32312 34352 12343 |
| [Eternal life through Christ the Lord] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 33212 34551 65332 |
| [Forward, Christian soldiers, marching on our way] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 5 | 56531 65651 32343 |
| [From the early morning light] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 3 | 32211 71712 66566 |
| [Gently falls the even veil] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | |
| GOD'S LOVE (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 17211 72125 33217 |
| [Guide my footsteps, Father] | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 6 | 55113 33212 33455 |
| [How sweet to hide ourselves away] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 33323 43566 23433 |
| [I have a Friend, a loving friend] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 3 | 53243 23156 17124 |
| [I have found the place where I safe can rest] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 34565 34566 17656 |
| [I have heard Thy voice, Lord Jesus] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 6 | 34555 56512 33343 |
| [I know that He in whom I trust] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 32151 17243 25223 |
| [I will not be weary, though trials may come] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 10 | 55672 16176 75432 |
| [If kneeling at the gate of prayer] | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 33333 32632 2222 |
| [I'll sing and rejoice in my Savior's dear name] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 6 | 12333 17656 53222 |
| [I'll trust my loving Savior] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 5 | 56713 32156 21713 |
| [Lord, send us forth to preach the Word] | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 3 | 34451 61565 25655 |
| [Never be sad or desponding] | Ira A. Sankey (Composer) | 56 | 55565 45317 12165 |
| [O blessed Christ, to Thee I come] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 7 | 54655 12354 65126 |
| [O love divine, amazing love] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 8 | 53215 43253 45643 |
| [Oft times I sit and wonder] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 55671 21721 56755 |
| [O to be Kept for Jesus] | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 18 | 33333 53543 24333 |
| OLD ORCHARD | Ira Allan Sankey (Composer) | 15 | 11111 11223 54332 |
| [Only a river between us] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 3 | 32354 33243 22123 |
| [Rouse we, endeavorers, hark, hark the call] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 56713 56711 61546 |
| [Show me Thy way, O Lord and make it plain] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 13 | 54434 56324 33445 |
| [Softly now the light of day] (Sankey) | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 5 | 56671 23324 3211 |
| [Speed you Christian workers] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 5 | 12165 31121 23121 |
| [The Lord is my Keeper and this is my song] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 53211 76536 55234 |
| [There is life in Jesus' name, there is life] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 34545 65321 34545 |
| [There is One, that like a shepherd will defend our way] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 12343 21356 54355 |
| [Thou didst love me, O my Savior] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 6 | 33676 35434 51765 |
| [To the field of the world and its conflict today] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 1 | 34567 13456 65551 |
| [To you, to you the call rings out] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 5 | 53211 16165 51324 |
| [We are going forth to the world's great field] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 7 | 55112 12323 45556 |
| [We come, we come, an army strong] | I. Allan Sankey (Composer) | 2 | 51111 12351 35556 |