Christian Song #135b
Tune Title: MARSHALL First Line: Thou say'st, Take up thy cross Composer: Rev. G. Jarvis Geer Date: 1926
Christian Song #135b

Born: February 24, 1821, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Died: March 16, 1885, New York.
Buried: Saint Paul’s Churchyard, Manhattan, New York.
Geer graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1842), and the General Theological Seminary, New York (1845). He served as Rector of Christ Church, Ballston Spa, New York; Associate Rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York (1859); and Rector of St. Timothy’s, New York (1866). He was the first president of the Free Church Guild of New York, and a member of the General Convention of 1874. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia University, and of D.D. from Union in 1862. His works include:
Tune-Book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1848, with Bishop Bedell & Dr… Go to person page >| Title: | MARSHALL (Geer) |
| Composer: | George Jarvis Geer (1870) |
| Meter: | 6.6.8.6 |
| Incipit: | 55161 53334 23555 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
Thou say'st, "Take up thy cross,
O man, and follow me;"
The night is black, the feet are slack,
Yet we would follow Thee.
My Starred Hymns