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This is a LARGE PRINT 1987 hymnbook with the above information on the Title Page.
This is the Title Page and the Index to the hymns in a LARGE PRINT hymnbook.
The hymns are listed alphabetically, not numerically.
The workers "evidently" compiled the hymnbook and sent it to a printing company. The cover is a thick vinyl with no title. There are no dates or other credits given.
A REVIEW OF HYMNS OLD AND NEW - 1951 EDITION:
The following article gives details about the 1951 hymnbook writers and composer's lives who were friends or workers.
NOTICE THAT THE 2x2 AUTHOR LEAVES OUT EDWARD COONEY'S (1867-1960) FIVE HYMNS:
Also see, 'Out of the Archives
- No. 10 - "Jesus Died For Sinners"
- No. 143 - "Here We Come"
- No. 318 - "As We Gather Now Together"
- No. 320 - "Lord, We Are Met Together"
- No. 322 - "Our God, Our Father, Grant Us Grace"
A hymn might be briefly described as the poetic echo of our hearts in praise or prayer to God, blended with the melody that pours forth from our lips. Someone once wrote: “It is a voice that speaks from the soul a few that may represent a life.”
The composition of a good hymn represents, or entails, much more than can be considered here, as also in the composing of a hymn that will meet the requirements of filling a useful place in a hymn book.
A hymn can sometimes, be the product of perspiration, almost as much as inspiration as one writer has suggested in the following lines:
“Tis not stringing rhyme together
In a pleasant one accord,
Not the music or the metre,
Not the happy fancies sweeter
Than a flower-bell honey-stored
“Tis the essence of existence
Rarely rising to the light,
And the songs that echo longest,
Deepest, fullest, truest, strongest,
With your life blood you will write.
“There must be the tightest tension
Ere the tone be sweet you ring,
Learning long before your teaching
Listening long before your preaching,
Suffering, before you sing.”
Not many have the gift of expressing themselves in such poetic language. It was the same person who wrote:
“And wing my words that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.”
ADMIN NOTE:
Click Here to See PICTURE of those who changed hymns - April 6, 1985 - LAKEWOOD, CA
Click Here to See NAMES of those who changed hymns and Eldon Tenniswood handwritten note - April 6, 1985 - LAKEWOOD, CA
Click Here to view Concordance for Hymns Old and New
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Click (HERE) to see the hymn on the left, "Tell Me The Story of Jesus " written by Fanny J. Crosby in the late 1800's, as it appears in a Baptist Hymnal, and then, on the right side, view the changes to Fanny's hymn made by the workers to fit their agenda.
Thank you, Jano, for this side by side contribution.
Here are comments from "GRAY" regarding the changes the workers made to Fanny's song:
And notice your Baptist hymnal gives proper credits to the author of that hymn, while the Workers' gave NONE whatsoever - the Workers plagiarize at will AND reword at will as if the hymns were written by them! And the publisher, R.J.Alan & Son has printed the plagiarisms for the Workers almost from day one of 2x2ism -- so the publisher AND the Workers display rather LOOSE moral character when it comes to copyright -- of course, Fanny J. Crosby is not here to charge any of them, and who knows who presently owns her copyrights? So evidently, unless such a copyright owner sees the plagiarism in the 2x2 hymnal and decides to prosecute both publisher and the Workers, they are SAFE from everyone save God for their theft, are they not. And that last line when you realize these things is hypocrisy in high order indeed. But what's new about that in the Workers' camp? There are MANY similar cases of the same thing in every 2x2 hymnal right back to "The Go Preachers Hymn Book."
Is it ANY wonder that the Workers discourage their followers from attending other churches? First of all, other churches teach the Biblical gospel just as the apostle Paul did, and secondly the Workers think nothing of stealing hymns, (both of which could be EASILY noticed by any 2x2 who attends another church) and thirdly the Workers ......
Hymns have apparently been sung from the earliest days in some form or another, judging by the many psalms and allusions to singing in the Scriptures. Musical instruments are also referred to as being in use before the flood.
Our hymns book (Music Edition) was first issued in 1914, with 256 hymns. Then about 1922, a supplement of 27 hymns was added. The next edition was issued in 1928, with 301 hymns and an appendix of 12 additional tunes. In 1935, another supplement of 73 hymns was added.
In 1951, a complete revision was made, because the type had become so worn and the book so bulky; this necessitated many old favorites being left out so that room might be found for new ones.
Of the many hymns submitted, a few were considered suitable, as most of them were lacking in poetic value, character, and rhythm, or were merely repetitions of thoughts already far better expressed by those who knew something of the three “R's” of poetry: RHYTHM, RHYME and REASON. When writing a hymn, one looks for a theme, thought or a text as a background to give it body or character, and then a suitable tune to express the sentiment. What would be welcomed for future editions would be soul-stirring hymns set to similarly inspired music.
Unfortunately, many of the hymns in our present edition, instead of being “tailor-made,” have had to be set to ready-made tunes.
Again, quite a few good hymns have had to be left out as they were only suitable for solo singing, whereas the need of our book is for hymns that can be sung by all the congregation in either fellowship meetings or gospel meetings.
One often notices hymns that are seldom sung, because of a tune that does not take vice-versa. A suitable tune considerably enhances the value of a hymn.
For the purpose of our study, we will divide the writers into two groups:
Those written by our friends and those written by people unknown to us. We will consider first the hymns set to tunes composed by the author or authoress, taking our friends first.
The first on the list is GLEN SMITH, who wrote nine hymns all to his own music: No's. 104, “In This World of Woe,” 212, “A Broken, Contrite Heart,” 214, “Just Cling,” 227, “Steady and True,” 228, Heart and Purpose,” 229, “All Through the Storm, 230, ”Lord! We Love Thy Habitation,”and 251, “In the Shadow of the Highest.”
Then, SAM JONES (1877 - 1946) who wrote a few tunes to some of his numerous hymns: No's. 126, “Let Us Draw Near to God, 225, ”I Know in Whom I Have Believed,” and 266, “Seeking For a Better Country,” and 301, “ Patiently Continue.”
HUGH ROBERTS, (1884 – 1971) a Canadian worker from Enniskillen, Ireland wrote No. 198, “Bearing Precious Seed.”
GEOFFREY BOWDLER (1900 - 1974) of Wolverhampton (England) wrote No. 155, “Fellowship.”
We shall next consider hymns written by our friends, taking their names in Alphabetical order.
WINNIE (ADAMS) CRESSWELL (1890 - 1939) wrote No. 224, “I Am Satisfied Indeed.” She was a worker in the Maritime provinces of Canada and later became Mrs. W. Cresswell and lived in Prince Edward Isle until her death.
JACK ANNAND (1891 – 1957) wrote No's. 164, “Help Me to Find Thee,” 241, “Other Sheep I Have,” 283, “Art Thou Waiting for the Day,” 316, “Ere We Part,” and 321, “Lord, Be Not Silent Unto Me.” There is some nice poetry in most of them.
Mrs. RENE BEATTIE, (1883 – 1969) a worker in New Zealand, wrote No's. 36, “My Wayward Heart,” 50, “Hast Thou Ever Proved,” 77, “The Savior Now is Seeking,” and 264, “His Way Is Best.” No. 36 was written after she and her husband, Ralph, were walking some time on the road looking for a place to hold gospel meetings. At last they got the use of a barn, and it was there that Mrs. BEATTIE sat down and penned the first two verses. She afterwards added a third, and later on, another verse (not included in the hymn that reached us), which is as follows:
“Come follow Him to Mountain height
And learn His way and will for thee.
Look past the world and keep in view
Eternity, Eternity.”
H.CLIFF BARRETT (1885 – 1955) a “friend” in Australia wrote No. 165, “As Humbly We Prepare.”
ROBERT BLAIR, (1874 - 1942) who also labored in New Zealand, was born at Otokia, near Dunedin, New Zealand. After selling some property left to him in Scotland, he started out in the work in England - - and remained about two years before going to New Zealand where he was for several years. He was for a time in Fiji, Samoa and Norfolk Isles and returned to Queensland where after eleven years, he died. He wrote No's. 185, “Come to Our Help,” 195, “Help Me, Lord,” 235, “As I Dwell on Things Eternal,” 274, “Thy Perfect Love,” and 277, “My Heart Has One Desire.” When he was in Exeter on one occasion, he pulled out a scrap of paper from his waistband and asked another worker he met there if the verse he had written on it would do for a hymn. It was No. 274, “Thy Perfect Love.”
WILLIAM C. CARROLL (born 1876 – died 1953) went forth into the harvest field in 1903. He spent the latter years of his life in Australia. He wrote No;s. 140, “My Need,” and 142, “Send Thy Light.”
BLANCHE CHAPPEL, (1884 - 1978) from Degerham, Suffolk (England), who labored for quite a time in Eastern Canada, wrote No's. 232, “Bravely Tread the Path,” and 284, “Hold Fast Thy Confidence.” Both are inspiring hymns.
JAMES CRAIG, (1888 - 1953) (brother of Jack CRAIG) wrote No's. 17, “When the Savior Calls,” 263, “It Pays to Serve Jesus,” and 334, “Life at Best is Very Brief.” He was a Chiropractor in Christchurch, New Zealand. The first verse of of No. 263 was borrowed from R.S. 457, which was composed by Eli G. Christy.
JAMES FAWCETT, (1886 - 1957) from Fermanagh, (North Ireland) who was a number of years in the States, wrote No's. 173, “My Heart O'erflows,” 215, “He Knows Our Hearts,” 221, “Once We Were Wand'ring,” and 326, “Softly the Voice of Jesus.”
HARRY FLEMING, (1888 - 1969) another U.S.A. Worker, (Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri), wrote No. 63, “Sitting At the Feet of Jesus.”
TOM HOLMES (1877 – 1930) wrote a number of hymns but never cared to show them. No. 45, “Jesus With You,” is one of them. He lived near Niagara Falls. He died in the home of one of the friends, soon after a meeting.
WILLIE HUGHES, (1880 – 1966) New Zealand, Australia, and Canada and went in the “work” in 1906, wrote No's. 62, “Lord, I Desire to Come,” 66, “God's Salvation,” 114, “Why Should I Walk,” and 116, “Why Not.”
CHARLES HULTGREN (1869 -1944) was a chiropractor in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) – now dead. He write No. 20, “The Way of God.”
ADAM HUTCHINSON (1873 - 1925) was born in Lauder, Berwickshire (England). For a time, ADAM worked with his father as a blacksmith and then went out as a colporteur under the FAITH MISSION until he met GEORGE WALKER and his companion. He came to Carnteel in 1903 and was a pioneer of the work in India, where he died of smallpox in 1925. He wrote Hymn No's. 199, “How Real to Know,” 237, “Jesus Trod the Pathway,” and 330, “Upon a Lonely Mount.”
JAMES JARDINE (1885 – 1969 - Scotland) went into the work in 1905. JAMES JARDINE labored for sometime in Germany, as well as, in the States for a number of years. He has quite a few hymns to his credit. The following are: Nos. 3, “Jesus Came From Heaven,” 6, “Jesus Calls Us O'er the Tumult,” 27, “From Heaven's Glory,” 28, “Faintly the Shadows,” 51, “We Are Fading,” 61, “Jesus is Still the Same,” 76, “Let Us Pause Amid Life's Pleasures,” 98, “Oh, What Shall it Profit?,” 105, “Hear the Voices of Jesus,” 161, “See the Savior in Compassion,” 184, “Approved of God,” 222, “Fret Not Thy Soul,” 233, “Let Us Consider Jesus,” 244, “Unerring One,” 269, “God is Here,” 279, “The Sweetest Story,” 315, “Sweet, Sweet Release,” 324, “Constrained by Love,” and 333, “When Life is Ended.”
SAM JONES (1877 – 1946) The next one is our old and esteemed friend, SAM JONES , who was born in Portadown, Northern Ireland in 1877. He went forth to preach in 1902 and in 1908, went to South Australia. He went to West Australia about 1909 and from there to Tasmania, where he spent about twenty years. He had not been home for thirty years, when he came back to England in 1938. He returned to Australia and eventually went to East Rockingham, the first village he set foot on after landing at Fremantle, and where soon after, his companion left him, being discouraged. Sam let him have what little money he had and went on alone. Getting worn out with the journey, he took shelter in an empty house. The next day, he found himself so weak that he could not walk and he stayed there for 18 days, and he might have died there, had not some gypsies found him and given him some food. It was about this time he wrote the hymn, “I Cannot Now God Back.” He loved to study nature, as also the Scriptures, and it was on Sunday, April 14th, 1946, that he went out for his usual morning walk and did not return, having collapsed and died of heart failure. He had suffered from heart trouble for a long time. Some Two-by-Two's call him, “The Sweet Psalmist of Israel” because of the number of hymns he wrote.
The following is a list of hymns found in this 1951 book:
No's: “16, The Savior is Calling,” “18, I Hear Him Call,” “19, We Love the Perfect Way,” “21, God's time is Now, “30, The Tender Shepherd's Voice,” “34, The Voice of Jesus Calls,” “39, Come Ye Weary Ones to Jesus,” “41, Do Not Fear to Follow Jesus,” “46, Incline Your Ear,” “47, The Savior is Calling,” “49, Lead Me On,” “ 52, Tell Me Again,” “53, Lay Down Your Burden,” “55, Passing By,” “57, There is a Way,” “60, Where Will You Dwell Eternally?” “65, Teach Our Days to Number,” “67, There is Rest,” “71, How Clear the Call of Jesus,” “74, Bow Down Thine Ear,” “75, God in Tender Love,” “79, My Heart Was Sad,” “84, Kindly Entreating,” “85, I Am Coming,” “87, Do Not Resist,” “89, Behold the King of Love,” “93, Oh, Hasten to Jesus,” “97, God is Now Speaking,” “99, The Voice of God is Calling,” “106, God Will Bring,” “124, Low At They Throne,” “126, Let Us Draw Near to God,” “129, My Heart's Deep Need,” “130, Lowly At Thy Feet,” “133, Oh, For a Closer Walk With God,” “135, All My Springs Arise in Jesus,” “136, My Soul's Desire,” “137, Prayer is a Mighty Source,” “138, The Heart of God is Always Grieved,” “139, I Need Thy Grace,” “141, Low Before Thy Throne,” “146, Father, in Thy Mercy,” “147, Teach Us How to Pray,” “150, Oh, Help Us, Lord,” “151, In Deep Distress,” “157, I'm Satisfied in Jesus Now,” “159, Praying Always,” 166, I Love the Perfect Way,” “168, Calvary,” “170, I Am Now a Child of God,” “171, Not Redeemed With God,” “176, In Lowliness the Savior Came,” “177, Long My Eager Heart, “179, At Thy Feet I Fall,” “182, My Savior Speaks,” “186, Search Me, Oh God,” “190, Savior Hear My Heartfelt Prayer,” “192, Gracious Redeemer,” “196, Jesus Calls Me,” “197, No Reputation,” “201, I Have Overcome the World,” “207, When Sore Afflictions Press,” “216, My Savior, How I Love Thy Name,” “217, My Savior Bids Me Sing His Praise,” “220, My Life is Hid,” “225, I Know in Whom I Have Believed,” “226, I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” “234, Evermore Consider Jesus,” “238, All The Way,” “243, My Refuge and Hope,” “248, Where All is Peaceful,” “249, How Fresh and Green,” “250, Love Supreme,” “254, The Truth of God,” “255, God's Word is So Pure,” “256, How Precious is the Word,” “257, As You Journey Home With Jesus,” “266, Seeking For a Better Country,” “267, Mine the Privilege to Labor,” “271, Clad in Your Armor,” “273, God is Longing,” “292, Savior Keep Me True,” “295, How Blessed Are the Undefiled,” “300, Pressing On,” “301, Patiently Continue,” “302, Time is Passing,” “303, A Little While,” “314, Abide in Him,” “325, Jesus, My Shepherd Is,” and “331, Rejoicing in the Lord.”
The four numbers underlined have already been referred to in the section dealing with hymns with words and tunes combined.
JACK LEACH (Unknown) who lived in Shropshire, England, wrote No. 110, “ Patiently Continue.”
MARY LINDLEY (1903 – 1979) professed in some of Willie Webb's meetings in his early days in the States, and was herself in the work for a number of years there. She wrote No's, 306, “Only One Life to Live,” and 307, “Not My Will But Thine.”
ROBERT MARSHALL (1899 – 1961) He was born in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland and after a short time in the work in Ireland, went to several countries in Europe. While in Italy, he wrote No. 191, “Let Not My Soul Be Filled.”
JOHN MARTIN (1876 – 1976) Went into the work in 1916 from his home in Co. Sligo, Ireland and for a few years, was in the work in Ireland before going to Scotland. He was writing hymns before he went into the work. Although we have only two of his in this issue – No's 149, “O Blessed Lord, We Plead Again,” was considered by many Two-by-Two's, to be the best and one of the most useful hymns in the book, because they felt it embraced so much that is dear to the heart of “GOD'S CHILDREN.”
CHARLIE MORGAN (1875 -1950) from England died in the States and wrote No. 278, “How Sweet the Thought.”
MARY MCGREGOR (1884 – 1970) Came from Bonnie, Scotland. She wrote No's, 153, “An Offering I Would Bring,” 210, “Jesus Lives in Me,” 258, “I've Vowed to Be True,” 285, “When First We Heard the Message,” 310, “Only One Life,” and 329, “So Strange it Seems and Wondrous.”
According to the author of this article, (Possibly Bert Pattison???) No. 153 was written after hearing JACK CARROLL
JAMES PATRICK (1872 - 1960) from Scotland, wrote No. 148, “Watch and Pray.”
GLADYS PORTEOUS, (1897 – 1999) a worker in the States, write No's 82, “Christ For Me,” and 90, “Who is He, the King of Kings?” According to the Two-by-Two author of this article, the former is a useful hymn in missions. It was written before she went out in the work in 1923 on the thoughts of JACK CARROLL , who spoke of Jesus living, dying, and interceding and coming again for us. Some years later, when laid aside with illness, she wrote No. 90 on the message of JACK CARROLL regarding the Kingdom of God.
MABEL PRYOR, born in 1900, a U.S.A. Worker, wrote No. 33, “There is a Kingdom.”
EUSTANCE RADFORD (1880 – 1949) He wrote No. 262, “In Times of Deepest Darkness,” after the death of his beloved wife. Conventions were held at his home in Australia for a number of years.
TOM ROBERTS (1904 – 1975) was an Irishman who labored in the United States and wrote hymn No. 287, “Dear Lord, When Dark and Stormy.”
MRS. MAY SHULTZ (nee Carroll - 1902) of Melbourne, Australia wrote No's 203, “Increase Our Faith,” 219, “Hidden,” 280, “Lord, We Rest in Peace Abiding,” and 290, “Dear Savior, Let Thy Peace.”
SANDY SCOTT (1886 -1968) He wrote several hymns. The No's are 68, “Footprints of My Savior,” 73, “Only One Step,” 101, “O Weary Soul,” 127, “Apart With Thee,” 167, “Dear Savior, Lead Me,” 188, “When Storms Are Raging,” 242, “The Heart of My Savior is Tender, “245, “In Christ There is No East or West,” 304, “Christ is Coming,” 323, “Dear Savior, Leave Me Not Alone,” 327, “Never Let Your Courage Falter,” and 335, “Called Home to Rest.” No. 245 has sometimes been mistaken for a similar hymn by John Oxen.
ROBERT SKERITT was born in Ireland in 1875 in the early days and wrote No. 80, “Come Let Us Follow Jesus.”
MRS. (Mabel) REID SMITH was also in the work for a time. She wrote No's 286, “'Tis Not in Vain,” and 332, “Loose Not Thine Hold.” According to the Two-by-Two author of this article, No. 332 was written in the hope of helping one that she heard was fighting a losing battle.
MILNE STOUFFER (1887 – 1923) He wrote No. 123, “We Come Apart,” and No. 183, “O, Lamb of God.”
- According to the Two-by-Two author of this article, Milne Stouffer was born and lived in Ontario, Canada, and in his early days, was a shoemaker when he “decided.” He later went in the work and continued there for several years in Canada and the U.S.A. His health failed, and for a time, he worked in Wisconsin, hoping to regain his health. Later, he came to his father's home in Ontario and after some time, went with him to the extreme North on a trapping expedition. He had to make the rounds of traps, which are often set on the banks of rivers and streams. It was thought that while doing this, he had crossed a river and fallen through the ice at some soft spot, as it was near Spring, and as far as is known, his body was never found. He had a poetic nature, and loved to get away alone. Milne and his companion had been a long time looking for an opening for a mission once, and they were told of a very religious man who they went to see, but he would have nothing to do with them. They went back on the road and took off their boots to ease their feet and found them to be bleeding and soon afterwards, he wrote Hymn 183.
JOHN SULLIVAN (1875 – 1924) He was born in Dunnaway, Co. Cork, Ireland. For some time he was a schoolteacher in Co. Tipperary, where he heard and readily embraced the “truth.” He went into the work in 1900. He is the author of No. 13, “Lord Jesus Lead.”
ROY TAYLOR (1903 – 1960) He was a young worker in the States when he wrote No. 181, “God is Faithful.”
THOMAS M. TURNER (1878 – 1959) He came from Northern Ireland. He was a schoolteacher in Co. Galway, when he heard the “truth.” He went into the work in 1900 in Ireland and then was one of the first to go to Australia. He wrote hymn No's 202, “Where Others Conquered,” 236, “Approved and Faithful,” and 265, “He Waits for Thee.” At a convention, someone said that “The Approval of God” would be a good subject for a hymn......within a short time during the convention, hymn No. 236 was produced and sung according to the author of this article.
ALEC WALKER (1888 – 1967) He married Queenie Higgins of Avoa and was in the work for a time, in New South Wales. He wrote No. 72, “Is There No Light?”
MRS. VIOLET WEBSTER , one of the friends in Melbourne, Australia wrote No. 32, “For You He Is Calling.”
WILLIAM WEIR (1882 – 1969) He wrote No. 152, “A Living Offering.” He came from Scotland and was in Sweden for a number of years. He went into the work in 1903.
ELMA (WIEBE) MILTON born in 1907, wrote No 81, “The Psalm of Youth,” when she was home after her mother's death and anxious about her younger sister, who was still a teenager, had professed, and she knew that her sister would leave home and have to face life's battles on her own so she wrote the hymn to help her. She also wrote No. 160, “Pray for the Peace of the City,” and No. 288, “If We But Knew the Cost.”
JAMES WRIGHT (1888 – 1962) Came from a village near Debenham, Suffolk, England. He was in England before going to Canada. He wrote No. 156, “Oh, Teach Me How to Love,” and No. 193, “Wait On the Lord.”
Last but not least, Hymn 131, which is a paraphrase of Psalm 61, written by King David.
MUSIC
We now come to the composer of tunes, which will possibly be more interesting, especially to musicians. It is unfortunate that we come so very short in music and have to depend so largely on other people's tunes to supply the need, though it is possible there is talent amongst us if only exercised. Out of the 298 tunes in the book, we have only 31 composed by “friends.”
It will be noticed in going through the list that many of the best tunes were written by Doctors of Music. It is surprising how many were originally some tune; and some hymn tunes, like songs are apt to be “sung to death.” Many hymns find an early grave because of unsuitable tunes.
We were unable to obtain some tunes because of copyright difficulties. The owner of copyright of some hymns wrote, “These tunes are married to the words and cannot be divorced.” Some composers also arranged with their publishers, forbidding them to use the tune to other words than those they were written for. In some cases, we were informed, “This copyright remains in force for 50 years after the death of the writer.” The difficulty will be more appreciated when it is considered that there are about 180 tunes in the book that have been copyrighted, although many are now free because of the time limit expiring.
Some owners were very liberal in granting free permission, while a number charged for them, it may be mentioned, however, that our publishers were very fortunate in getting a number of U.S.A. Copyrights by trading in exchange, some of their hymn tunes, and they readily gave us permission to use any of theirs whether bought or exchanged.
We will now consider the names of the various composers and the origin of tunes. As far as have been traced, dealing first with the tunes by our “friends” in alphabetical order, with the exception of those already mentioned who wrote both words and music, namely:
- GEOFFREY BOWDLER – No. 155
- SAM JONES – No's. 126, 225, 250 and 266
- HUGH ROBERTS – No. 198
- GLEN SMITH– No's 104, 212, 214, 218, 227, 228, 229, 230, and 231.
The first on the list is MRS. ANDERSON of Durban, South Africa, who wrote No. 73.
FRANK BRUCE wrote No. 192. he was born in 1878 at Banff in Scotland. He professed through Alex Pearce in Durban in 1918, where he was working as a fitter and turner for the South Africa Railways and later for BOUAQ. He died in 1949.
Mrs. CHARLES COOMBS (nee L. MIDDLETON) living in Australia, wrote No. 216.
F.H. GEUE who is an Australian, wrote No. 197.
ARTHUR HESELWOOD, who wrote No. 166, was born in New York in 1872. He heard the “truth” in Lincolnshire, when he was a schoolmaster. Soon after, he and his wife went forth into the work, and he continued until a year or two before his death in 1953.
JOE MACADAN wrote No. 310. He was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England in 1870. he was apprenticed to carpentry and came to London in 1895. Later, he went to Durgan, South Africa to build government houses, and there met FRANK BRUCE in the Philharmonic Orchestra. As a young man, he was very musical and formed a band and toured the country. Both FRANK and he had great talent in music and harmony, as we see in the tunes they composed. JOE heard the “truth” in an open air meeting in 1908. His last days were spent in Canvery Isles, where he died in 1947. His wife was living there when the tidal floods came in 1953 and was rescued. She died in 1954.
LUCIE MANNING, who was been in the work in Tasmania and Australia a number of years, wrote tunes No's. 186 and 217. Her father, JAMES MANNING, went out to New Zealand from Co. Wickow about 1917 with his brother, NED, who, for a time, had been in the work in Ireland and New Zealand.
MRS. F. LLOYD, of Catarine, Rhodesia, is a sister of MRS. ANDERSON, the first referred to. She wrote the tune for No. 174.
The author (PROBABLY (?) BERT PATTISON) of this article now describes his own efforts:
“I will now tell you a little of my own efforts. My first attempt was for John Martin's Hymn No. 149, which he wrote to the tune of “Rowan Tree.” When I first saw it, I did not care for the setting and the time. At one convention, John told us we should have the cheek of a spider who gets into King's palaces – so I had the cheek to send my effort to JOHN. He replied, “Your tune doesn't come within a Sabbath day's journey of the “Rowan Tree.” However, I kept on like BRUCE'S spider, in spite of failure and had the cheek again to write a few that found their way into the book. The following are the numbers: 160, 164, 193, and 279."
We might now mention this hymn of JOHN MARTIN'S, No. 149, which was set to a tune composed by D.E. ROBERTS, a Welshman who was in the work for sometime. Both tunes are included.
Our esteemed brother and helper, ANDREW ROBB , is the writer of No. 163.
ETHEL ROEHL, a worker in Pennsylvania, USA, wrote No. 120: some prefer the old tune as found in R.S. 384, but in Great Briton, it was considered unsuitable.
GLEN SMITH, besides writing music for most of his own hymns, wrote the tune for J. FAWCETT'S No. 215.
(NOTE: R.S. = Redemption Songs)
- - -COMMENTS- - -
HYMNS OLD AND NEW
Know how the 2x2s tend to change hymn words? Well, Isaac Watts famous hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" has a line that says:
Forbid it Lord that I should boast, Save in the cross of Christ my God....
Which has been changed, of course, in the 1987 hymn book to "Christ my Lord". [number 6] But did you know that the 2x2 old hymnbooks had the original words "Christ my God?"!!! [number 15 of the 1951 Hymns Old and New]
_______--you're sharp! Yes, it has been pointed out before that Isaac Watt's hymn has been changed. The Forward Press carried this news a while back. I have wished for a long time that someone would undertake to compare each of the hymns in the book (1) written by outsiders with the text the author wrote originally and note the changes. And (2) written by insiders from the text of the 1951 hymnbook to the 1987 version. I feel sure some interesting things would likely turn up.
For instance, look at these words which were in hymns that were OMITTED from the 1987 book:
- 34: "He suffered in the sinners' stead." (they don’t believe in doctrineof substitutionary atonement)
- 38: "They who believe on His name shall rejoice." (they don't believe that believing is enough)
- 99: "His great salvation and life eternal He offers free to all." (they don't believe its free--has to be earned)
- 102: "Who died that we might live, who lives that we might with Him reign." (they believe he lived to be an example, rather than a substitute)
- 204: "Thou savest those that on thee call." (object to present tense of word "savest"--they believe one can't know they are saved until death)
- 239: (Cease Not) The last verse refers to the Trinity and the chorus reads: "I will not cease to worship Him, my Saviour and my God." They do not accept the triune God)
- 275: "His forever, only His, Who the Lord and me shall part?" (They don't believe in eternal security)
- 279: "Or "blood-shelter'd" safe, confide thee in the glory of His grace." (They don't believe in eternal security)
- 296: "That nothing can untwine Thy life from mine." (Reference to eternal security)
- No 40 Old book: "By His Blood I now am saved"
- No 45 New book: "By His Blood I am redeemed." (they don't believe we can know if saved NOW). They had to change the words in another line to make it fit too!
- No. 165 Old book/389 New book, first verse completely left out which contains the phrase, "...and save us by His grace."
There are other interesting things one can note from the changes made to the 1987 hymnbook. The omissions are sometimes telling.
It is shocking to many to learn the high percentage of hymns written by OUTSIDERS in the hymnbook--for some have been told all the hymns were written by friends or workers.
Hymns written by workers or friends:
- 1987 hymn book = 28% (114 hymns out of 412)
- 1951 hymn book = 43% (143 out of 335)--by my calculations!!
- The Hymnbook and Hymn Author lists are coded so that one can easily tell which is which:
- Authors List: Each author's name that is in all capital letters is a 2x2 hymn
- Hymnbook: Hymns with a copyright symbol on the page = 2x2 hymn
Did you know the numbers for Cooney's 4 hymns are the only ones on the Hymn Author list that are left BLANK??!!
No credit given to the author--not even his name! I wrote R. L. Allan (publisher of Hymns Old and New in Scotland) about this omission, (who must have forwarded my letter).
Ken Paginton (Back Row - 4th from left) replied to me on 2/24/92: "With regard to the four hymns--179, 182, 183, 184, these were written by E. Cooney in the early part of this century...With regard to the Authors List of Hymns Old & New for various private reasons the name is not given for those 4 hymns and this should be respected".
Patricia Roberts, author of the 2 books about Edward Cooney, said Ken contacted her for permission to reprint Edward Cooney's hymns in the latest version of the Hymns Old and New.
Regarding Leaflets, were you Westerners (USA) aware that the East did not use the Leaflets? Found this out when we moved from California to Mississippi!
Now, _____, I KNOW this is a whole lot more facts than you bargained for when you posted your notes on "When I Survey..."! I recall when I first noticed that also. I was reclining in my bathtub, with a Christian radio station going! They were singing (you guessed it!) "When I survey the wondrous cross..." I heard them sing "Christ my God". I sat straight up and said, "WHAT??" Got out, dried myself off and grabbed my hymnbook to make sure what it said! Then I looked that hymn up in other hymnal versions...
Oh--one more thing that many find surprising--the hymn so many of us professed while it was being sung, "Just as I am..." was written by an outsider! Books that give the backgrounds and stories about hymn authors say the author was severely handicapped, and was so grateful that the Lord accepted her JUST AS I AM... 2/97
One lady who was raised in the fellowship and who left after many years of professing told me she KNEW that Jesus was God. I wondered how she could and she told me that because of hymn number 239 in the old hymn book she just knew! In the fourth verse of #239 it says:
"Cease not to worship the Father and Son,The Holy Spirit, and *these Three are One,* ….
This is one hymn that has been removed from the new 1987 hymn book. I believe it is because the workers do NOT accept the Trinity (one God in three persons) and so they removed it. This hymn was actually written by James Fawcett, a worker, who was later put out of the work for strange ideas (he was probably RIGHT ON!)
Anyway, at least one of the friends understood who Christ is based on James’ hymn in the old book! 2/97
"I'll shout and sing" was changed too!
Too enthusiastic... (people like me MUST be restrained you know!) 2/97
Number 35 in the 1987 book begins with "God has always laboured human lives to win…" So I was very surprised to hear on Christian radio the same melody but the wonderful uplifting words: "Count your many blessings, count them one by one…" Different words! Same melody! 2/97
Hymn number 35 in Hymns Old and New gives us clues about salvation as believed by the workers:
"God's salvation is the Christ within, Giving daily victory over sin.."
Any comments?
---- The hymn you mentioned points to our own efforts in obtaining salvation and discounts Christ’s total sacrifice for our sins. Christ did not die so that WE could obtain victory over our sin. He died to TAKE OUR SIN upon HIMSELF.----
>>>The hymn is supposed to be about salvation! Salvation doesn't have to be renewed on a daily basis.
Salvation is given once--eternal life isn't given one day, snatched away the next, withheld because we had a bad thought or did a bad deed one minute, then given back when we think a good thought or do a good thing.
This is the 2x2 logic that it is "works-based salvation" i.e. be good enough & you can earn your own salvation. At that rate, Christ didn't have to die on the cross for us because we could do enough good things to earn it for ourselves. It is a free, unmerited gift--we are saved by grace though faith. As far as anyone being unfair by insinuating something is wrong with that line--I don't think it's a matter of insinuation. As far as I can see & according to my scripture, that line of thinking is clearly wrong. As my proof text I'll use Galatians 5:1-4 which paraphrased says if we add anything to Christ we make Him of no effect and we are fallen from grace. 2/97
***The first thing I do when someone calls attention to hymn words, is to look and see if the hymn was written by an insider or outsider.
AND THE ANSWER IS: Hymn 35 was written by Willie Hughes, who went in the work in 1906, laboring in NZ, Canada and Australia.***
Did you know that a lot of the hymns are Christian hymns and the words have been changed somewhat or changed completely?
This is actually one of the first things that caused me to wonder!
A long story, but basically I began hearing the hymns of other churches and wondered:
- If *our* Hymns Old and New is exclusively *ours* why, oh why, are these other churches singing them?
- And how come some of the words are not quite the same?
- And how come I know the tune but the words are totally different?
I thought the workers wouldn't have ANYTHING to do with OTHER churches so how CAN *we* be singing ANY of the same hymns?!!!" Really, I was very surprised! 9/96
The workers asked us to destroy our 1951 edition of Hymns Old and New when the 1987 edition came out. But we didn’t—couldn’t see the reason for doing so but lots of the friends did follow the workers suggestion. 2/97
Another experience while in college occurred when I talked with a Baptist roommate. I sure wish I knew then what I know now! One evening I was humming a hymn when she chimed in and started singing the words. Say what? These were PROFESSING hymns. Nothing WORLDLY like "Amazing Grace." Hymns that certainly no NON-PROFESSING person could ever know! Hymns which I believed WORKERS wrote. I was flabbergasted. I asked her how she knew the words.
She said, "Well, _____, they’re in our hymnal." No way! No Way! The following Sunday she brought one back to our dorm room from her church. We went through her hymnal and my "Old & New" and as I called out the titles, she responded, "Got it!" There were ones I named and she knew without even opening her hymnal. Not only did she know the titles, she would sing the entire first verse and chorus without looking them up! We sang together. Today, we know the true history of this WAY and know that these hymns were, indeed, taken from other religions. At that time, however, I was just sure the Baptists somehow stole those hymns from the WORKERS. It never even occurred to me that it is, in fact, the opposite.
Sam Jones was a worker who wrote many of the hymns found in Hymns Old & New.
Yes, sad indeed that the music of the friends is sad and speaks of needing to earn God's love. . . . . How these people can take a song speaking of how God takes us "Just As I Am…." and turn it into a funeral dirge is beyond me.....and it is very sad. 1/97
One of our family members likes to tell us when we get into discussions of what the beliefs of the 2x2 group are, that they are clearly represented in the"hymns old and new." Of course, the truth about that is that the hymns are a hodge-podge of salvation by grace and salvation by works. 10/96
What I would fault is the abuse of the hymns written by another to teach/support their message....etc.... 10/96
My mother has requested the following information be put on the list to be answered by anyone who can help...
She says..."regarding the changes in the hymn book, we were told that the'copyright' on some hymns had expired, and they therefore had to be removed. We were also told that changes were made to hymns because of copyright problems. Is any of this true? What is the real story?"
She is also very concerned about the fact that even though some hymn lines were changed, they were still presented in the hymn book with the original author/composer details...this she sees as a complete deceit and also a very serious issue - the Christian men who originally wrote these hymns are now having credited to them words they never wrote, and meanings they never meant.
I know the issue of hymn changes has been brought up before, but can anyone give Mum details of what the publishers/workers have said about the above issues? 2/97
I remember looking through a small index card box 12 years ago or so which contained a card on each of the hymns and exactly which changes were made in each one, musically or word-wise. Jonathan Wright (ROW 2 - 4th from left) had it, he is a CA worker who did lots of work on the new hymnbook project. They published a hand-out too of all of the musical changes, there were over 75 changes to melody or rhythm (most of them good, but some for the worse in my opinion) -- I have mine still, but it doesn't list the changed words at all.
I remember helping to "smuggle" the new Spanish hymnbooks into Mexico.Their hymnbook was printed in Canada and bound in California, but never copyrighted. It uses some tunes such as "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow" and "Each Step I Take" which have never been in our book and are still in copyright by their authors/composers -- whether by permission or not I don't know, but I doubt it – it doesn't say so. The books have "No se vende" clearly printed on the first page, which means "Not to be sold", which they aren't. They are just given out free to the Latin American friends (and presumably to those in Spain), which I guess is a way to not have to bother with copyrights. Even though it is legal to take books down and give them out, we knew we would be hassled by the border guards who wouldn't believe that we weren't going to sell them, since we had hundreds to deliver. So we hid several boxes of them under the floor of an old van, along with a whole piano, believe it or not, which we had taken to pieces. We were going to give it to one of the families there, so again that was legal, though again the guards would have caused trouble if they had found it, thinking surely we intended to sell it. We got away with it all, convinced that the Lord had helped us to sneak in our contraband. 2/97
At the back of the hymn book there is a Topical Index. It is not in alphabetical order, but just take a look. You will NOT find the topic of SALVATION--at least not under that particular word. 2/97
Here is my revised hymn of #9 to the tune of "Jesus Came From Heaven Revealing:
IRVINE CAME FROM KILSYTH:
Irvine came from Kilsyth, Scotland, to the Emerald Isle of green.
All his "truth" to us declaring, revelation now he'd seen.
ch: We had followed, always followed workers steps, whate'er befall
Looking always to the workers; they had conquered one and all.
Deepest darkness is prevailing in the "truth" on every side.
Many now have left the meetings; in the outside world abide.
Information now has surfaced that the pris'ner might go free, More and more will hear the warning and will have their chance to flee.
Satan's pow'r is what the workers say has made us weak and sway.
We believe in information of the history of the way.
To the tune of #9 in Hymns Old & New - - Scott - - November 26, 1997
