HIMknowledgey Ministry - Revive Us Again

The following, is a chronological outline for Revive Us Again. This chronological list shows the sequence of events, important to the founding and development of America. The hymns are listed in the order they became available to American congregations. Also, included are the dates when the lyrics or music were done if other than when listed. For example, the first listed hymn, "Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee," had the words written in 1150 AD. However, it is listed in 1866 when the tune, we know, was composed and not on the year 1849 when the text was translated into English. [Legend] = m/music, t/translated, w/ words, a/adapted, ar/arranged, t/n tune-name, sp/special. The 366 hymns are listed in order in the outline, numbered 1-366 in bold type. Each of those hymn titles are also in bold Print.

1150-w/ "Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee" by Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), t/1849, m/1866.

1225-w/ "All Creatures Of Our God and King" by Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), m/1623, t/1926.

1236-Bible, divided into chapters by Cardinal Caro.

1382-John Wycliffe (1328-1384) translated the first handwritten English Bible from the Latin Vulgate.

1455-Johann Gutenberg (1397-1468), is the inventor of the printing press. The first book, printed was the 42-line Mazarin Bible at Mainz with his financier, Johannes Fust.

1492-Christopher Columbus (1445-1506) sailed from Palos, Spain on August 3rd and arrived at Bahama Island on October 12th, a voyage of 70 days.

1503-Martin Luther (1483-1546) found Ephesians 2:8-9, salvation by grace through faith and is generally credited with the Reformation bringing the world out of the Dark Ages.

1517-Luther posted his 95 theses on Wittenberg Castle door, on October 31st.

1525-William Tyndale (1494-1536) completed his English translation of the Holy Bible. Martin Luther used the same Hebrew and Greek texts to translate the Bible into German.

1529-w/m "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" by Martin Luther (1483-1546), t/1852.

1535-w/m "Good Christian Men Rejoice" from Klug's Gesangbush, t/1853.

1535-William Tyndale (1494-1536) was captured in Antwerp, Belgium and found guilty of heresy for translating the Bible into English by Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor.

1536-William Tyndale (1494-1536) was burned to death on October 6, his translation work was the basis of the King James Version of the Bible.

1536-John Calvin (1509-1564) wrote. The Institutes which were fundamental in Colonial America Protestant theology.

1539-The first English hymnal was by Myles Coverdale. Of the 41 hymns, 36 were translations from German sources. One was the first English version of "Ein feste Burg".

1547-Sternhold and Hopkins Psalter became the accepted psalm book for English worship for the rest of the 16th and then the 17th centuries.

1551-m/ "The Doxology", hymn-tune Old Hundredth by Louis Bourgeois (1510-1561) is the most popular and most widely used psalm tune, w/1674.

1551-Bible, divided into verses by Robert Stevens.

1561-w/ "O Worship The King" by William Kethe, m/1815.

1562-The Geneva Psalter was ultimately translated into more than 20 languages.

1563-John Foxe (1516-1587) had Book Of Martyrs published, it was completed in 1559.

1582-The Gregorian Calendar, adopted by Catholic countries.

1601-m/ "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), ar/1729, t/1830.

1604-King James I (1566-1625) commissioned Authentic translation of English Bible.

1607-Jamestown settlers arrived in America on May 14th.

1611-The King James Bible Authorized Version, completed in England.

1612-Ainsworth Psalter was published and was brought to America by the Pilgrims in 1620.

1620-Pilgrims left Plymouth, England on September 6 with 102 passengers and crew on Mayflower. Cape Cod sighted on November 9 and all landed at Plymouth Rock on December 16.

1620-When the Pilgrims arrived, God had the right man in the right place at the right time. Squanto, a native American, is a little-known story that teaches many lessons. He had been captured and taken to England where he was prepared by God and returned to America just in time," to be a special instrument sent of God for their good, beyond their expectation," was the way William Bradford said it on page 80 in his History of the Plymouth Settlement 1608-1650, reprinted by Mantle Ministries in 1988.

1623-m/ "All Creatures Of Our God and King" ar/from German folk tune, t/1926.

1626-w/m "We Gather Together" 1st published by Adrian Valerius, sp/1877,t/1917.

1636-October 28th, Harvard College founded.

1636-w/ "Now Thank We All Our God" by Martin Rinkert (1586-1649) was originally a table grace, m/1647, t/1858.

1636-Roger Williams (1603-1683) founded first settlement in Rhode Island at Providence.

1639-Roger Williams (1603-1683) founded first Baptist Church in America in Providence.

1640-The Bay Psalm Book is first book printed in America.

1642-The tune Greensleeves was first used with the carol "The Old Year Now Away Is Fled".

1647-m/ "Now Thank We All Our God" by Johann Cruger (1598-1662) w/1636, t/1858.

1647-First witch hanged in America in Hartford, Connecticut.

1662-w/ "Fairest Lord Jesus" m/1842 t/1850.

1665-m/ "Praise Ye The Lord, The Almighty", w/1680, t/1863.

1674-Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was born on July 17th in Southhampton, England. He is generally acclaimed as the father of English hymnody.

001 1674-w/ "The Doxology" by Thomas Ken (1637-1711), m/1551.

1680-w/ "Praise To The Lord, The Almighty" by Joachim Neander (1650-1680), m/1665, t/1863.

1681-William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker leader, founded Pennsylvania colony as a religious and political haven with charter from Charles II.

1696-Tate and Brady's New Version of the Psalms was published in London.

1700-w/ "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" by Nathan Tate (1652-1715), m/1728.

1707-w/ "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1824.

1707-w/ "We're Marching To Zion" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1867.

1707-w/ "At The Cross" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1885.

1707-On December 18th, Charles Wesley (1707-1788) was born in Epworth, England. He wrote over 6,500 hymns and along with his brother John and George Whitefield, were leaders in the Great Awakening of the 18th-Century and founders of Methodism.

1708-m/ "O God Our Help" by William Croft (1678-1727), w/1719.

1709-w/ "I Sing The Mighty Power Of God" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1906.

1718-w/ "Christ Receiveth Sinful Men" by Erdmann Neumister (1671-1756), m/1883.

002 1719-w/ "Our God, Our Help" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1708.

1719-w/ "Joy To The World", by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1836, 1st published together 1839.

1719-w/ "Jesus Shall Reign" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1793.

1724-w/ "Am I A Soldier Of The Cross?" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), m/1762.

1728-m/t/n Christmas for "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759),w/1700, ad/1815.

1729-ar/ "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), m/1601, t/1830.

1738-w/ "And Can It Be That I Should Gain?" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), youngest of 18 children, was his first hymn after his conversion, journal dated May 23, m/1825.

1738-w/ "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), m/1879.

1739-w/ "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), m/1840, ar/1856.

1739-w/ "O For A Thousand Tongues" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), written on 5-21 on first anniversary of his conversion, m/1839.

1739-w/ "Christ The Lord Is Risen Today" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), m/1741.

1741-Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) preaches his famous sermon, "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God".

1741-w/m "The Messiah" George Frederick Handel (1685-1759).

003 1741-m/ "Christ The Lord Is Risen Today", Arnold's complete Psalmist, w1739.

1745-m/ "America", probably of English origin w/1831.

1745-w/ "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" by William Williams (1717-1791), t/1771, m/1907.

1746-Princeton University, founded in New Jersey by Presbyterians.

1747-w/ "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), m/1870.

1749-w/ "Soldiers Of Christ Arise" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), m/1868.

1751-w/ "O Happy Day" by Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), m/1854.

004 1751-w/m "O Come, All Ye Faithful" by John Francis Wade (1711-1786).

1752-Gregorian Calendar, adopted by Great Britain and her colonies 170 years after catholic countries.

1755-w/ "Grace Tis A Charming Sound" vs 1-3 Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) vs 2-4 Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778), m/1875.

1757-w/ "Come Thou Almighty King" anonymous, m/1769.

1758-w/ "Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing" Robert Robinson (1735-1790), m/1813. Robinson also wrote a book, A History of Baptism and Baptists.

005 1762-m/ "Am I A Soldier Of The Cross?" by Thomas Agustine Arne (1710-1778), w/1724.

1762-w/ "A Charge To Keep I Have" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), m/1832.

1764-Brown University, founded in Rhode Island by Baptists.

1766-Rutgers University, founded in New Brunswick, New Jersey as Queens College by Dutch Reformed Church.

1769-Dartmouth College, founded by Congregationalists.

1769-Daniel Boone (1734-1820) began exploration in Kentucky.

006 1769-m/ "Come Thou Almighty King" by Felice de Giardini (1716-1796), w/1757.

1769-Anthracite coal, first used in a forge in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

1769-birth of Napoleon Bonaparte I, died 1821.

1770-m/ "O Worship The King" by Johann Michael Hayden (1737-1806), w/1561, ar1815.

1771-t/ "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" by Peter Williams (1722-1796), m/1907.

1771-w/ "There Is A Fountain" by William Cowper (1731-1800), m/1830.

1775-April 18-19 Midnight ride of Paul Revere (1735-1818) and William Dawes gave alarm of British approach to Concord.

1775-June 15, George Washington (1732-1799) was appointed commander-in-chief of Continental Army.

1775-June 17, Battle of Bunker Hill. victory for British.

1775-November 28, American Navy was founded by Congress.

1776-January 1, 13 stripe Continental Flag was raised at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1776-July 4th, Declaration Of Independence.

1776-w/ "Rock Of Ages" by Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778), m/1830.

1776-December 25, Washington crossed the Delaware, turning point of Revolutionary War.

1777-June 14, 13 stars and 13 stripes flag was adopted by Congress.

1779-w/ "Amazing Grace" by John Newton (1725-1807), m/1900.

1779-w/ "Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken" by John Newton (1725-1807), m/1797.

1779-w/ "I Saw One Hanging On A Tree" by John Newton (1725-1807), m/1916.

007 1779-w/ "All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name" by Edward Perronet (1726-1792), m/1780 t/n Miles Lane by William Shrubsole (1760-1806); 1792 t/n Coronation by Oliver Holden (1765-1844); 1838 t/n "Diadem" by James Ellor (1819-1899).

1782-First complete English Bible was printed in America, issued by Robert Aitken (1735-1802), Philadelphia, approved by Congress on September 21st.

1782-w/ "Bless Be The Tie" John D. Fawcett (1740-1817), m/1845.

1783-April 19, End of Revolutionary War.

1784-Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) invented bifocals. See picture on $100.00 bill.

1784-m/ "I Sing The Mighty Power Of God" t/1833, a/1868.

1787-w/ "How Firm A Foundation" by John Rippon (1751-1836), m/1832.

1787-w/ "Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned" by Samuel Stennett (1727-1795), m/1837.

1787-Delaware, "The First State" to enter union, 12-7.

1787-Pennsylvania, "The Keystone State" 2nd to enter union, 12-12.

1787-New Jersey, "The Garden State" 3rd to enter union,12-18.

1788-Georgia, "The Empire State of the South" 4th to enter union, 1-2.

1788-Connecticut, "The Constitution State" 5th to enter union, 1-9.

1788-Massachusetts, "The Bay State" 6th to enter union, 2-6.

1788-Maryland, "The Old Line State" 7th to enter union, 4-28.

1788-South Carolina, "The Palmetto State" 8th to enter union, 5-23.

1788-New Hampshire, "The Granite State" 9th to enter union, 6-21.

1788-Virginia, "Old Dominion" the 10th state to enter union, 6-25.

1788-New York, "The Empire State" 11th to enter union, 7-26.

1789-April 30th, George Washington (1732-1799) was inaugurated first President (1789-1797) of USA in New York City. See his likeness on the $1.00 bill and $.25 piece.

1789-North Carolina, "The Tar Heel State" 12th to enter union, 11-21.

1789-w/ "O Could I Speak The Matchless Worth" by Samuel Medley (1738-1799), m/1836.

1789-First National Thanksgiving Day observed on November 26.

1790-Rhode Island, "The Ocean State" 13th to enter union, 3-29.

1790-Population of America 3,929,214 from the first U.S. Census.

1791-Vermont, "The Green Mountain State" 14th to enter union, 5-4.

1792-Kentucky, "The Bluegrass State" 15th to enter union, 6-1.

1792-On January 8th, Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was born in Medfield, Massachusetts, he is known as the Father of American Church music and American Music Education.

008 1793-m/ "Jesus Shall Reign" by John Hatton (1710-1793), w/1719.

1796-Tennessee, "The Volunteer State" 16th to enter union, 6-1.

1796-Napoleon Bonaparte I, (1769-1821) married Josephine.

1797-John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd President (1797-1801) of USA.

009 1797-m/ "Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken" by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), w/1779.

1800-Population of America, 5,308,483 from the second U.S. Census.

1800-John Chapman (1774-1845) scattered apple seeds in Ohio valley for over 50 years and became known as, "Johnny Appleseed."

1801-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd President (1801-1809) of USA. See his likeness on the $2.00 bill.

1803-w/ "Holy Bible Book Divine" by John Burton Sr. (1773-1822), m/1858

1803-Ohio, "The Buckeye State" 17th to enter union, 3-1.

1809-James Madison (1751-1836), 4th President (1809-1817) of USA.

1809-w/ "Holy, Holy, Holy" by Reginald Heber (1783-1826), m/1861.

1810-Population of America, 7,239,881 from the third U.S. Census.

1812-Louisiana, "The Pelican State" 18th to enter union, 4-30.

010 1813-a/tune-name "Nettleton" for "Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing" by John Wyeth (1770-1858), m/1728, w/1758.

011 1814-w/ "Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) m/by John Stafford Smith (1750-1836).

012 1815-a/ "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" by Weyman, m/1728, w/1700.

013 1815-m/ "O Worship The King" by Johann Michael Hayden (1737-1806), ar/by William Gardiner (1770-1853), w/1561.

1815-June 18th, Napoleon Bonaparte I (1769-1821), defeated at Waterloo by the English.

1816-American Bible Society, formed.

1816-Indiana, "The Hoosier State" 19th to enter union, 12-11.

1816-w/ "Angels From The Realms Of Glory" by James Montgomery (1771-1854), m/1867.

1816-William Batchelder Bradbury, born October 6 in York, Maine, the grandson of John Bradbury, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. William became known as the "Father of American Sunday School Music" before his death in 1868.

1817-James Monroe (1758-1831), 5th President (1817-1825) of USA

1817-Mississippi, "The Magnolia State" 20th to enter union, 12-10.

1818-Tin can, introduced in America.

1818-Illinois, "The Land Of Lincoln" 21st state to enter union, 12-3.

014 1818-w/ "Silent Night, Holy Night" Joseph Mohr (1792-1848), m/Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), the church organist, composed tune on guitar because the organ was unusable.

1819-w/ "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" Reginald Heber (1783-1826), m/1829.

1819-Alabama, "The Heart Of Dixie" 22nd State to enter union, 12-14.

1820-Maine, "The Pine Tree State" 23rd to enter union, 3-15.

1820-March 24, Frances Jane "Fanny" Crosby was born in southeast Putnam County, New York, she died in 1915.

1820-Missouri, "The Show Me State" 24th to enter union, 8-10.

1820-Population of America, 9.638,453 from the fourth U.S. Census.

015 1824-m/ "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1707.

1824-American Sunday School Union was formed.

1824-Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) his ninth symphony first performed in Vienna and he is credited with several hymn-tunes that have been adapted from his larger works.

1825-American Tract Society founded.

1825-John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President (1825-1829) of USA.

016 1825-m/ "And Can It Be That I Should Gain" by Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), w/1738

1826-w/ "Holy, Holy, Holy" by Reginald Heber (1783-1826), m/1861.

1827-m/ "Take My Life And Let It Be" tune "Hendon" by Henri Abraham Cesar Malan (1787-1864), a/1841, w/1874.

1828-w/ "When Morning Gilds The Sky" found anonymous, m/1868.

017 1829-m/ "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1819.

1829-Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th President (1829-1837) of USA. On $20.00 bill.

018 1830-m/ "Rock Of Ages" Thomas Hastings (1784-1872), w/1776.

019 1830-m/ "There Is A Fountain" t/n Cleansing Fountain by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1771.

1830-w/ "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" by Ray Palmer (1808-1887), m/1832.

1830-First American Railroad, completed, 13 miles of Baltimore and Ohio.

1830-Peter Cooper (1791-1883) completes first American-built locomotive, "The Tom Thumb".

020 1830-t/ "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by James Waddell Alexander (1804-1859), m/1601, ar/1729.

1830-Population of America, 12,000,000 from the fifth U.S. Census.

021 1831-w/ "America" by Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895), m/1745.

022 1832-m/ "A Charge To Keep I Have" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1762.

023 1832-m/ "How Firm A Foundation" by Joseph Funk (1778-1862), w/1787.

024 1832-m/ "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1830.

1833-w/ "Lead Kindly Light" on 6-16 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890), m/1865.

1833-w/m "The First Noel, The Angel Did Say," found in William Sandy's "Christmas Carols Ancient And Modern", ar/1871.

1833-t/ "I Sing The Mighty Power Of God" m/1784, a/1868.

1834-w/ "Just As I Am" by Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871), m/1849.

1834-w/ "The Solid Rock" by Edward Mote (1797-1874), m/1863.

1835-Invention of the telegraph by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872).

025 1836-m/ "O Could I Speak The Matchless Worth" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1789.

1836-m/ "Joy To The World" by George Frederick Handel (1865-1759), w/1719, t/1839.

1836-The 13-day siege by Santa Anna (1794-1876) and his army of 4-5,000, ended on March, 6. The Alamo massacre in San Antonio, Texas, included David Crockett (1786-1836) and Jim Bowie (1795-1836) and 180 others. This was the turning point in the fight for the independence of Texas. See the year 1845.

1836-w/ "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" by Dorothy Ann Thrupp (1779-1847), m/1859.

1836-Samuel Colt (1814-1862) patented his revolver.

1836-Arkansas, "The Land Of Opportunity" 25th State to enter union, 6-5.

026 1837-m/ "Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned" by Thomas Hastings (1784-1872), w/1787.

1837-Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8th President (1837-1841) of USA.

1837-Music was introduced into the public school system in Boston by Lowell Mason (1792-1872) and Horace Mann (1796-1859).

1837-Michigan, "The Wolverine State" 26th to enter union, 1-26.

1837-m/ "Stand Up For Jesus" by George James Webb (1803-1887), w/1858, a/1861

1837-On 2-5 Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) was born in Northfield, Massachusetts and became America's first world-renowned evangelist.

1838-On 7-9, Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876) was born in a log cabin in northwestern Pennsylvania. In his 1975 Christian Hall Of Fame series, Ed Reese called Bliss the second-most famous, Christian, song-writer in history. Find out for yourself about the P.P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum on Main Street, Rome, Pennsylvania, call: 570-247-7683.

1838-m/ "For The Beauty Of The Earth" by Conrad Kocher (1786-1872), w/1864, ad/1861.

1838-m/ "As With Gladness Men Of Old" by Conrad Kocher (1786-1872), w/1858, a/1861.

027 1839-a/t/n "Antioch" first appeared with "Joy To The World" in Masons Modern Psalmist 1839 w/1719, m/1742

028 1839-m/ "O For A Thousand Tongues" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1739.

1839-m/ "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" t/n St. Denio (sometimes called "Joanna"), w/1867, a/1911.

1839-Horace Mann (1796-1859) founded the first state-supported Normal Music School in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1839-Abner Doubleday (1819-1893) invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York.

1839-Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) discovered method for vulcanizing rubber.

1839-Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) brought photography process, learned from Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre (1789-1851) in Paris, France to America where he and Dr. John W. Draper made the first daguerreotype portraits.

1840-m/ "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), ar/1856.

1840-population of America, 17,000,000 from the sixth U.S. Census.

1840-On 8-28 Ira David Sankey (1840-1908) was born in Edinburgh, Pennsylvania and as part of the Moody & Sankey Evangelistic Team was most influential as a singer, song leader, musician, composer and publisher in the last quarter of the 19th-Century.

1841-a/t/n "Hendon"-"Take My Life And Let It Be" brought to America by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), m/1827, w/1874.

1841-William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), 9th President (1841) of USA.

1841-w/ "Nearer My God To Thee" by Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805-1848), m/1856.

1841-John Tyler (1790-1862), 10th President (1841-1845) of USA.

1842-m/ "Fairest Lord Jesus" tunename "Crusader Hymn", w/1662, t/1850.

1842-First Christmas tree was set up in America at Williamsburg, VA.

1842-w/ "Sweet Hour Of Prayer" by William W. Walford (1772-1850), m/1861.

1844-Gasoline engine, patented by Stuart Perry of New York on May 25.

1844-Baptist Church split into northern and southern conventions over issue of slavery.

1844-w/ "Come Ye Thankful People Come" by Henry Alford (1810-1871), m/1861.

1844-May 24th, first telegraph message was sent by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), "What hath God wrought?" from Washington to Baltimore.

1845-James Knox Polk (1795-1849), 11th President (1845-1849) of USA.

1845-Florida, "The Sunshine State" 27th to enter union, 3-3.

1845-Texas, "The Lone Star State" 28th to enter union, 12-29.

029 1845-m/ "Bless Be The Tie" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1782.

1845-Methodist Episcopal Church split into northern and southern conventions over issue of slavery.

1847-American Medical Association founded in Philadelphia.

1847-w/ "Abide With Me" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), m/1861.

1848-On 1-24 James Wilson Marshall (1810-1885) discovered gold in California above Sutter's fort.

1848-Wisconsin, "The Badger State" 30th to enter union, 5-29.

1849-Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President (1849-1850) of USA.

1849-w/ "Faith Of Our Fathers" by William Frederick Faber(1814-1863), m/1864.

1849-t/ "Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee" by Edward Caswell (1814-1878), w/1150, m/1866.

030 1849-m/ "Just As I Am" by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1834.

1849-w/ "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" by Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876), m/1850. This is one of the first carol-hymns written in America.

1850-Population of America, 23,191,876 from the seventh U.S. Census, the first listing all names.

031 1850-m/ "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" by Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900), w/1849.

1850-Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th President (1850-1853) of USA.

032 1850-t/ "Fairest Lord Jesus" by Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900), w/1662, m/1842.

1850-California, "The Golden State" 31st to enter the union, 9-9.

1850-Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) was converted on 11-20.

033 1850- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" traditional.

1851-YMCA was introduced to America in Boston.

1851-w/ "Crown Him With Many Crowns" by Matthew Bridges (1800-1894), m/1868.

1852-The book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriett Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) became stage play.

1852-w/ "Jesus Calls Us" by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), m/1887.

034 1852-t/ "A Mighty Fortress" by Frederick Henry Hedge (1805-1890), w/1529.

1852-First through train from the east arrived in Chicago.

1853-Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), 14th President (1853-1857) of USA.

035 1853-t/ "Good Christian Men Rejoice" by John Mason Neale (1818-1866), w/m1535.

1853-m/ "Who Is On The Lord's Side?" by Luise Reichardt (1779-1826), w/1877.

1854-t/ "When Morning Gilds The Skies" by Edward Caswell (1814-1878), w/1828, m/1868.

036 1854-m/ "O Happy Day" by Edward Francis Rimbault (1816-1876), w/1751.

1855-Niagara Falls suspension bridge opened, built over gorge by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869).

1855-Elmira, New York, Female College was founded, first institution for women to grant academic degrees.

1855-w/ "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" by Joseph Medlicott Scriven (1819-1886), m/1868, sp/1875.

037 1855-w/ "O How I Love Jesus" by Frederick Whitfield (1829-1904), m/19th-Century.

1856-w/ "More Love To Thee, O Christ" by Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (1818-1878), m/1869.

038 1856-m/ "Nearer My God To Thee" by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), w/1841.

039 1856-ar/ "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" by William Hayman Cummings (1831-1915), w/1739, m/1840.

040 1856-w/ "When He Cometh" by William Orcutt Cushing (1823-1902), m/by George Frederick Root (1820-1895).

041 1856-w/ "Ring The Bells Of Heaven" by William Orcutt Cushing (1823-1902), m/by George Frederick Root (1820-1895).

1857-James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President (1857-1861) of USA.

1857-William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) held music convention in Rome, Pennsylvania at the request of J.G. Towner and P.P. Bliss (1838-1876) was discovered.

1858-Matthew Brady (1823-1896) established photography studios in New York City and Washington, D.C. capturing the American Civil War in photographs, used by Ken Burns for his now-famous 1991 documentary.

1858-YWCA, organized in New York.

1858-George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897) invented sleeping car, first used on the Chicago & Alton railroad.

1858-Minnesota, "The Gopher State", 32nd to enter the union, 5-11.

042 1858-t/ "Now Thank We All Our God" by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878), w/1636, m/1647.

043 1858-m/ "Holy Bible Book Divine" by William B. Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1803.

1858-w/ "Stand Up For Jesus" by George Duffield Jr. (1818-1888), m/1837, a/1861.

1858-w/ "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus" by George Duffield Jr. (1818-1888), m/1901.

1858-t/ "Christ Receiveth Sinful Men" by Emma Frances Bevan (1827-1909), w/1718, m/1883.

044 1858-w/ "As With Gladness Men Of Old" by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898), m/1838, a/1861.

1859-Indian Head penny, first minted.

045 1859-m/ "Sweet Hour Of Prayer" by William B. Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1842.

1859-w/ "Jesus Loves Me" by Anna Bartlett Warner(1824-1915), m/1861.

1859-Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) introduced theory of evolution to the world.

1859-Oregon, "The Beaver State" 33rd state to enter union, 2-14.

046 1859-m/ "Savior, Like A Shepherd, Lead Us" by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1836.

1860-Population of America, 31,400,000 from the eighth U.S. Census, the second with birth origins.

1860-On 4-3, the Pony Express started carrying mail from St. Joe, Missouri to Sacramento, California in 10 days (meeting in the middle).

1860-w/ "I Am Praying For You" Samuel O'Malley Clough (1837-1910), m/1874.

047 1861-m/ "Come Ye Thankful People Come" George Job Elvey (1816-1893), w/1844.

048 1861-m/ "Abide With Me" William Henry Monk (1823-1899), w/1847.

049 1861-m/ "Holy, Holy, Holy" John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876), w/1826.

1861-On 2-18 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) became President of Confederacy.

050 1861- "Stand Up For Jesus" a/by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1858, m/1837.

1861-Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President (1861-1865) of USA. See his likeness on the $5.00 bill and 1-cent piece.

1861-United States Army numbers 13,024, including officers.

1861-Kansas, "The Sunflower State" 34th to enter union, 3-23.

1861-Civil War began on 4-12 with attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. On 4-15, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers for 3 months service.

1861-8-5-first U.S. income tax, levied 3% of income over $800.00.

1861-a/ "As With Gladness Men Of Old" by William Henry Monk (1823-1889), m/1838, w/1858.

1861-a/ "For The Beauty Of The Earth" by William Henry Monk (1823-1889), w/1864.

1861-Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) said, "I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book!".

051 1861-m/ "Jesus Loves Me" by William Batchelder Bradbury in 1861 with w/1859 first appeared together in "Golden Sower" in 1862.

052 1862-w/ "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), m/19th-Century by William Steffe (1830-1890).

1862-President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) delivered Emancipation Proclamation on September 23.

053 1863-w/ "We Three Kings of Orient Are" by John H. Hopkins Jr. (1820-1891).

1863-West Virginia "The Mountain State", 35th to enter union.

1863-July 1-3, the battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War.

1863-On 11-19, President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) delivered his Gettysburg Address.

1863-w/ "I've Found A Friend" by James Grindlay Small (1817-1888), m/1878

1863-w/ "He Leadeth Me" by Joseph Henry Gilmore (1834-1918), m/1864

1863-w/ "My Jesus, I Love Thee" by William Ralph Featherstone (1846-1873), m/1876.

054 1863-w/ "Revive Us Again" by William Patton Mackay (1839-1885), m/1815.

055 1863-m/ "The Solid Rock" by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1834.

056 1863-t/ "Praise To The Lord, The Almighty" by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878) w/1680, m/1665.

057 1864- "Jesus Loves The Little Children" m/by George Frederick Root (1820-1895).

1864-m/ "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" by John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905), w/1872.

058 1864-m/ "Faith Of Our Fathers" by Henri Frederick Hemy (1818-1888), w/1849.

059 1864-m/ "He Leadeth Me" by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868), w/1863.

1864- "In God We Trust," first appeared on two-cent piece.

1864-w/ "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne" by Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott (1836-1897), m/1876.

1864-Nevada, "The Silver State" 36th to enter union, 10-31.

1864-m/ "The Church's One Foundation" by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), w/1866.

060 1864-w/m "Shall We Gather At The River?" by Robert Lowry (1826-1899) who succeeded William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) as editor of "Sunday School Song Collections" for Biglow and Main.

061 1864-w/ "For The Beauty Of The Earth" by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1835-1917), m/1838, original title, Sacrifice Of Praise, a/1861.

1864-a/ "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" by Edward Hodges (1796-1867), m/1824 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, first performed in Vienna, w/1907.

1864-w/ "Onward Christian Soldiers" by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924), m/1871.

1865-Civil War ended with surrender of General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) on 4-9.

1865-President Lincoln was shot on 4-14 and died at 7:22 a.m. on 4-15.

1865-Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President (1865-1869) of USA.

1865-w/ "Day By Day" by Carolina V. Sandell Berg (1832-1903), m/1872.

062 1865-w/ "What Child Is This?" William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898), m/1642.

1865-w/ "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" by Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), m/1868.

063 1865-m/ "Lead, Kindly Light" by John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876), w/1833.

064 1866-m/ "Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee" by John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876), w/1150, t/1849.

065 1866-w/ "The Church's One Foundation" by Samuel John Stone (1839-1900), m/1864.

1866-Transatlantic cable was completed between America and England by Cyrus W. Field (1819-1892) and Peter Cooper (1791-1883).

1866-w/ "I Love To Tell The Story" by Arabella Katherine Hankey (1834-1911), m/1869.

1866-w/ "Tell Me The Old Story" by Arabella Katherine Hankey (1834-1911), m/1867).

066 1867-m/ "Tell Me The Old, Old Story" by William Howard Doane (1832-1915), w/1866 by Arabella Katherine Hankey (1834-1911).

1867-Nebraska, "The Cornhusker State" 37th to enter union, 3-1.

067 1867-m/ "We're Marching To Zion" by Robert Lowry (1826-1899), w/1707.

068 1867-m/ "Angels From The Realms Of Glory" by Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879), w/1816.

1867-w/ "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" by Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908), m/1839, a/1911.

069 1868-m/ "Soldiers Of Christ, Arise" by George Elvey t/n "Diademata", originally composed for "Crown Him With Many Crowns", w/1749.

070 1868-m/ "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" by Lewis Henry Redner (1830-1908), w/1865.

1868-Typewriter patented, by Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890). Sold rights for $12,000.00 in 1873 to Remington Firearms Company.

1868-Refrigerator car, invented by William Davis of Detroit. First shipment of fresh meat from Chicago to Boston, delivered in September of 1869.

1868-May 30th, first observation of Decoration or Memorial Day as designated by the Grand Army of the Republic 1868-November 28th John Ralston Clements was born in Newry, Ireland, died 1-9-1946.

071 1868-m/ "Crown Him With Many Crowns" by George Job Elvey (1816-1893), w/1851.

072 1868-w/ "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915)

1868-w/ "Jesus Saves" by Priscilla Jane Owens (1829-1907), m/1882.

073 1868-w/m "Yield Not To Temptation" by Horatio Richmond Palmer (1834-1907)

074 1868-m/ "When Morning Gilds The Sky" by Joseph Barnby (1838-1896), t/1854, w/1828.

1868-w/ "The Ninety And Nine" by Elizabeth Cecilia Douglas Clephane (1830-1869), m/1874.

1868-w/ "Beneath The Cross Of Jesus" by Elizabeth Cecilia Douglas Clephane (1830-1869), m/1881.

075 1868-w/ "Jesus Paid It All" by Elvina Mabel Reynolds Hall (1820-1889) m/by John Thomas Grape (1835-1915).

1868-m/ "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" by Charles Crozat Converse (1832-1918), w/1855, sp/1875.

076 1868-a/t/n "Ellacombe" "I Sing The Mighty Power Of God" m/1784, t/1833.

077 1868- "There Is A Balm In Gilead" appeared in the upstate New York Revivalist.

1869-Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), 18th President (1869-1877) of USA, this was his comment, "The Bible is the sheet-anchor of our liberties!".

078 1869-m/ "I Love To Tell The Story" by William Gustavus Fischer (1835-1912), w/1866 by Arabella Katherine Hankey (1834-1911).

1869-May 10, the golden spike was driven at Promontory Point, Utah, completing the transcontinental railroad by Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.

079 1869-w/m "Whosoever Will" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

080 1869-w/ "Praise Him! Praise Him!" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) m/by Chester G. Allen (1838-1878).

081 1869-w/ "The Cleansing Wave" by Phoebe Worrall Palmer (1807-1874) m/Phoebe Palmer Knapp (1839-1908). Her husband, Joseph Fairchild Knapp (1832-1891) was one of the founders of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

082 1869-w/ "Near The Cross" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William H. Doane (1832-1915), tune, "Near The Cross" written first, Fanny wrote the text to fit the tune!

083 1869-m/ "More Love To Thee, O Christ" by William Howard Doane (1832-1915), w/1856.

084 1869-w/m "Sound The Battle Cry" by William Fiske Sherwin (1826-1888), a Baptist, chosen by the Methodists to be their music director at the famous Lake Chautauqua Assembly in New York.

085 1869-w/ "Holy Is The Lord" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868).

1870-Population of America, 38,500,000 from the ninth U.S. Census.

1870-United States Weather Bureau was established.

086 1870-w/m "Jesus Loves Even Me" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

087 1870-w/ "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

088 1870-w/ "Rescue The Perishing" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

1870-w/ "Take The Name Of Jesus With You" Lydia Odell Baxter (1809-1874), m/1871.

089 1870-m/ "Love Divine All Loves Excelling" John Zundel (1815-1882), w/1747.

090 1871-ar/ "The First Noel, The Angel Did Say" by John Stainer (1840-1901) w/m1833.

091 1871-w/m "Almost Persuaded" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

092 1871-w/m "Let The Lower Lights Be Burning" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

093 1871-w/m "Hold The Fort" Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

094 1871-m/ "Take The Name Of Jesus With You" by William Howard Doane (1832-1915), w/1870.

095 1871-m/ "Onward, Christian Soldiers" by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), w/1864.

096 1871-w/ "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me" by Dr. Edward Hopper (1816-1888).

1871-October 8th, Chicago fire broke out and raged for 24 hours, causing property loss of $200,000,000.00.

097 1872-w/ "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), m/1864.

098 1872-m/ "Day By Day" Oscar Ahnfelt (1813-1882), w/1865.

1872-Montgomery Ward and Company, first mail order house, opened in Chicago.

1872-Yellowstone National Park, established by act of Congress on 3-1.

099 1872-w/ "Whiter Than Snow" by James L. Nicholson (1828-1876), m/ by William Gustavus Fischer (1835-1912).

100 1872-w/ "I Need Thee Every Hour" by Annie Sherwood Hawks (1835-1918), written in April, m/by Dr. Robert Lowry and was first sung in November at a meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Association in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1872-w/ "Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind" by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), m/1887.

1873-Remington Fire Arms Company began manufacture of typewriters.

101 1873-w/ "Blessed Assurance" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/ by Phoebe Palmer Knapp (1839-1908), tune brought to Fanny and she was asked what does it say?

102 1873-w/m "Dare To Be A Daniel" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

103 1873-w/ "Only A Step" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

104 1873-w/m "Once For All" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

105 1873-w/ "The Rock That Is Higher Than I" by Erastus Johnson (1826-1909), m/ by William Gustavus Fischer (1835-1912).

106 1873-w/m "More Holiness Give Me" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

107 1873-w/ "I Gave My Life For Thee" by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), m/Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

1873-w/ "It Is Well With My Soul" by Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1881), m/1876.

108 1874-m/ "The Ninety And Nine" by Ira David Sankey (1840-1908), w/1868. Sankey prayed for a tune and composed this melody as he sang the lyrics to close a service.

1874-w/ "Bringing In The Sheaves" by Knowles Shaw (1834-1878), m/1880.

1874-Tennis was introduced in America from England.

109 1874-w/ "Master The Tempest Is Raging" by Mary Ann Baker (1831-1921), m/by Horatio Richmond Palmer (1834-1907).

110 1874-w/m "Christ Arose" by Robert Lowry (1826-1899).

111 1874-w/ "Close To Thee" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by Silas J. Vail (1818-1884).

112 1874-w/m "Only Trust Him" by John Hart Stockton (1813-1877).

113 1874-m/ "I Am Praying For You" by Ira David Sankey (1840-1908), w/1860.

1874-w/ "Like A River Glorious" by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), m/1876.

114 1874-w/ "Take My Life And Let It Be" by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) on February 4th, m/1827, a/1841.

115 1874-w/m "Hallelujah, Tis Done" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

116 1874-w/m "Wonderful Words Of Life" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

1874-a/ "Crown Him With Many Crowns" Godfrey Thring (1823-1903) added two stanzas, w/1851, m/1868.

1874-Patent for barbed wire was granted to Joseph Farwell Glidden (1813-1906), manufacture increased to 80,500,000 pounds by 1880.

117 1875-sp/ "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" was substituted for another number, shortly before publication of "Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876) and Ira David Sankey (1840-1908). This was the first hymnbook to use the two words "Gospel Hymns" together. Sankey later commented that this last hymn to go into the book became one of the first in favor, w/1855, m/1868.

1875-Christmas Cards were introduced to America.

118 1875-w/ "All The Way My Savior Leads Me" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by Robert Lowry (1826-1899).

119 1875-w/ "Beulah Land" by Edgar Page Stites (1836-1921), m/by John Robson Sweney (1837-1899).

1875-w/ "Satisfied" by Clara Tear Williams (1858-1937), m/1881, a/1910.

120 1875-w/ "Draw Me Nearer" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

121 1875-w/m "Saved To The Uttermost" by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

122 1875-w/m "The Light Of The World Is Jesus" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

123 1875-w/m "The Lord Is In His Holy Temple" by George Frederick Root (1820-1895).

124 1875-w/m "Hallelujah, What A Savior!" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876).

125 1875-w/ "To God Be The Glory" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

126 1875-m/ "Grace! Tis A Charming Sound" by Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), w/1755.

1876-Was the United States Of America Declaration Of Independence Centennial Year.

1876-w/ "God Of Our Fathers" by Daniel Crane Roberts (1841-1907) was produced and intended for the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, m/1892.

127 1876-m/ "My Jesus, I Love Thee" Adoniram Judson Gordon (1836-1895), w/1864.

128 1876-m/ "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne" by Timothy Richard (1826-1910), w/1864.

1876-March 10, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) transmitted first phone call, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you."

1876-June 25th, General George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) and his entire 7th Calvary detachment of over 200 men were massacred at the Little Big Horn River in Montana by Sitting Bull (1831-1890) and the Sioux Indians tribes.

1876-Colorado, "The Centennial State" 38th to enter union, 8-1.

129 1876-w/ "There'll Be No Dark Valley" by William Orcutt Cushing (1823-1902), m/Ira David Sankey (1840-1908).

1876-w/ "A Child Of The King" by Harriet Eugenia Peck Buell (1834-1910), m/1877.

130 1876-m/ "Like A River Glorious" by James Mountain (1844-1933), w/1874.

131 1876-w/ "Trusting Jesus" by Edgar Page Stites(1836-1921); these words first appeared in a newspaper where Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) saw them and gave them to his singing evangelist asking him to compose music for them. Ira David Sankey (1840-1908) said he would if Moody would vouch for their doctrine. Moody said he would!

132 1876-w/ "Will Jesus Find Us Watching?" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

133 1876-w/ "Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

134 1876-m/ "It Is Well With My Soul" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876), w/1873.

1876-w/ "My Redeemer" by Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876), m/1877.

135 1876-w/m "Nothing But The Blood" by Robert Lowry (1826-1899).

1877-Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893), 19th President (1877-1881) of USA.

136 1877-w/ "Sweet By And By" by S.F. Bennett, m/by J.P. Webster.

1877-Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) invents the phonograph and microphone.

137 1877-w/ "Who Is On The Lord's Side?" Frances R. Havergal (1836-1879), m/1853.

138 1877-m/ "My Redeemer" by James McGranahan (1840-1907), w/1876 by P. P. Bliss.

139 1877-m/ "A Child Of The King" by Rev. John Bunnell Sumner (1838-1918), w/1876.

140 1877-w/ "Break Thou The Bread Of Life" verses1-2 by Mary A. Lathbury (1841-1913), verses 3-4 by Alexander Groves in 1913, m/by William Fiske Sherwin (1826-1888).

141 1877-w/ "Ye Must Be Born Again" by William True Sleeper (1819-1904), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

142 1877-w/ "Hiding In Thee" William Orcutt Cushing (1823-1902), m/ by Ira David Sankey (1840-1908).

143 1877-sp/ "We Gather Together" by Edward Kremser (1838-1914) w/1626.

144 1877-w/ "Day Is Dying In The West" by Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1841-1913), m/by William Fiske Sherwin (1826-1888), written at Chautauqua Assembly on Lake Chautauqua, New York.

145 1878-m/ "I've Found A Friend" by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945), w/1863.

1878-Manufacturing began on photographic dry-plate, invented by George Eastman (1854-1932).

146 1878-w/m "Are You Washed In The Blood?" by Elisha A. Hoffman (1839-1929).

147 1878-w/ "Christ Returneth" by H.L. Turner (19th-Century) a/by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

148 1878-w/m "Verily, Verily I Say Unto You" by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

149 1878-w/ "Glory To His Name" by Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929), m/by John Hart Stockton (1813-1877).

150 1878-w/m "Why Do You Wait, Dear Brother?" by George F. Root (1820-1895).

151 1878-w/ "Have You Any Room For Jesus?" a/by Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by C.C. Williams ( -1882).

152 1878-w/ "Must I Go Empty Handed?" by Charles Carroll Luther (1847-1924), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945) in Providence, Rhode Island.

153 1878-w/ "There Is A Green Hill Far Away" by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

1878-w/ "Breathe On Me, Breath Of God" by Edwin Hatch (1835-1889), m/1888.

1878-First telephone exchange was opened in New Haven, Connecticut with 21 subscribers.

1879-F.W. Woolworth opened first five and ten-cent store in Utica, New York.

154 1879-m/ "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul" Joseph Parry (1841-1903), t/n Aberystwyth, w/1738.

1879-Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) invented incandescent light.

1880-Population of America, 50,000,000 from the tenth U.S. Census.

155 1880-w/m "Softly And Tenderly" by Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909). In 1899, while D.L. Moody was on his death bed, Thompson paid him a visit and Moody said, "Will, I would rather have written 'Softly and Tenderly' than anything I have been able to do in my whole life".

156 1880-m/ "Bringing In The Sheaves" by George A. Minor (1845-1904), w/1874.

1880-Salvation Army was founded by William Booth (1829-1912) began in America.

157 1880-w/ "Tell Me The Story Of Jesus" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by John Robson Sweney (1837-1899).

158 1880-w/ "Follow On" by William Orcutt Cushing (1823-1902), m/Robert Lowry (1826-1899).

159 1880-w/ "Tis The Blessed Hour Of Prayer" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

1880-w/ "Hold Thou My Hand" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).

1880-w/ "A Shelter In The Time Of Storm" by Vernon John Charlesworth (1839-1915), m/1885.

1881-James Abram Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President (1881) of USA.

1881-Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886), 21st President (1881-1885) of USA.

160 1881-m/ "Beneath The Cross Of Jesus" by Frederick C. Maker (1844-1927), w/1868 by Miss Elizabeth Cecelia Douglas Clephane (1830-1869).

1881-American outlaw, Billy The Kid, (William H. Bonney) (1859-1881) was shot by Sheriff Pat Garret (1850-1908). The Kid was born in New York City and became a big-time cattle rustler in Lincoln County, New Mexico and was hunted for 3 years until caught!

1881-American Red Cross was organized by Clara Barton (1821-1912); she set up a supply service, during the American Civil War and headed up the Red Cross until 1904!

161 1881-w/ "Let Him In" by Jonathan Bush Atchinson (1840- ), m/ Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921).

1881-Dr. Rev. Francis Edward Clark (1851-1927) founded Young People's Society Of Christian Endeavor in Portland, Maine on February 2.

1881-m/ "Satisfied" by Ralph Erskine Hudson (1843-1901) w/1875, a/1910.

162 1882-m/ "Jesus Saves" by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921), w/1868.

1882-First Labor Day Parade was held in New York City.

1882-w/ "Take Time To Be Holy" by William Dunn Longstaff (1822-1894), m/1890).

163 1882-w/ "Redeemed" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

164 1882-w/ "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" by Louisa M.R. Stead (1850-1917), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

1882-m/ "America The Beautiful" by Samuel Augustus Ward (1847-1903), w/1893, a/1912 sp/1900.

1882-w/ "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" by George Matheson (1842-1902), m/1885.

165 1882-w/ "We Have An Anchor" by Priscilla Jane Owens (1829-1907), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

166 1882-w/ "I'll Live For Him" by Ralph Erskine Hudson (1843-1901), m/ C.R. Dunbar (19th-Century).

167 1882-w/ "Hallelujah For The Cross" by Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), m/by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

168 1883-m/ "Christ Receiveth Sinful Men" by James McGranahan (1840-1907), w/1718 by Erdmann Neumeister (1671-1756).

1883-Standard Time established in America with four time zones.

169 1883-w/ "I Know Whom I Have Believed" by Major Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

170 1883-w/ "Jesus Is Calling" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

171 1883-w/ "There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings" by Major Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

172 1883-w/ "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" by Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), m/by William Gould Tomer (1833-1896).

173 1884-w/m "Since I Have Been Redeemed" by Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921).

174 1885-w/ "The Banner Of The Cross" by Major Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

1885-Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), becomes 22nd President (1885-1889) of USA.

175 1885-m/ "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" by Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912).

1885-American Telephone & Telegraph Company was founded.

1885-w/ "How Great Thou Art" by Carl Boberg (1859-1940), m/1891, t/1949.

176 1885-m/ "A Shelter In The Time Of Storm" by Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), w/1880.

177 1885-t/ "Away In A Manger" from "Little Children's Book", authorized by the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America.

178 1885-m/ "At The Cross" by Ralph E. Hudson (1843-1901), w/1707.

179 1885-w/ "In The Secret Of His Presence" by Ellen Lakshmi Goreh (1853- ), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

1885-The Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. was dedicated on February 21, the Cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848 and completed on December 6, 1884.

180 1885-w/ "Bring Them In" by Alexcenah Thomas (19th-Century), m/ by William Augustine Ogden (1841-1897).

181 1885-w/m "Where He Leads I'll Follow" by William Augustine Ogden (1841-1897).

1886-On October 28th the Statue Of Liberty, gift from the people of France, was dedicated on Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor.

182 1886-w/ "I Will Sing The Wondrous Story" by Francis Harold Rowley (1854-1952), m/by Peter Philip Bilhorn (1865-1936) at the First Baptist Church, North Adams, Massachusetts.

183 1886-w/m "Go Ye Into All The World" by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

184 1886-w/m "Seeking The Lost" by William Augustine Ogden (1841-1897).

185 1886-w/m "Standing On The Promises" by Russell Kelso Carter (1849-1928).

1886-After 4 years of warfare in Arizona and New Mexico, Apache Chief Geronimo (1829-1909) was captured on 9-4, ending last important Indian War in America He spent his last 23 years at Fort Sill, Oklahoma as a prosperous Christian farmer.

1886-John Ralston Clements (1868-1946) was preached into the Kingdom Of God by Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) in evangelistic services in Binghamton, New York, the last Saturday of December in the First Baptist Church, on Chenango Street.

1887-September 15-18, the hundredth anniversary of formation of the Constitution of the United States, celebrated in Philadelphia.

186 1887-w/ "Trust And Obey" by John Henry Sammis (1846-1919), m/by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

187 1887-w/m "Look And Live" by William Augustine Ogden (1841-1897).

188 1887-w/ "More About Jesus" by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920), m/ by John Robson Sweney (1837-1899).

189 1887-w/ "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" by Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929), m/by Anthony Johnson Showalter (1858-1924).

190 1887-w/ "Jesus I Come" by William True Sleeper (1819-1904), m/ George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

191 1887-w/ "Anywhere With Jesus" 1-3 by Jessie Hunter Brown Pounds (1861-1921), verse 4 by Helen Cadbury Alexander Dixon (1877-1969), m/by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

192 1887-m/ "Jesus Calls Us" by William Herbert Jude (1851-1922), w/1852.

193 1887-w/ "Sunshine In The Soul" by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920), m/by John Robson Sweney (1837-1899).

194 1887-m/ "Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind" by Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927), w/1872.

195 1887-w/m "He Is Able To Deliver Thee" by William Augustine Ogden (1841-1897).

196 1887-w/ "When The Mists Have Rolled Away" by Annie Herbert (19th-Century), m/by Ira David Sankey (1840-1908).

197 1887-w/ "Lead On O King Eternal" Ernest Warburton Shurtleff (1862-1917), m/1835 by Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879).

198 1887-w/m "Sweet Peace, The Gift Of God's Love" by Peter Philip Bilhorn (1865-1936).

199 1887-w/m "When They Ring The Golden Bells" by Daniel de Marbelle (1818-1903). The writer and composer of this hymn is listed as the "most unusual hymn story" of the 4,700 hymns, listed on the internet in cyber hymnal. He worked on a whaling ship in the early 1800's, then joined the American Navy and served during the Mexican War (1847). After that, he toured America as a musician and actor with an opera company, later organizing his own theatrical troupe. At the invitation of James Anthony Bailey (1847-1906) (of Barnum (1810-1891), P.T. (Phineas Taylor) and Bailey fame), he became the very first circus clown. Later, he managed his own circus but lost everything in a fire while touring Canada. Then, he helped Buffalo Bill, (William Frederick Cody 1846-1917) set up his famous Wild West Show. He could play almost any instrument, and wrote many songs. He was a ventriloquist, organized a brass band and claimed he could make an eloquent speech on any subject without preparation! The royalties from all his songs were stolen from him, and he died penniless, near starvation!

200 1888-m/ "Breathe On Me, Breath Of God" by Robert Jackson (1842-1914), w/1878.

1888-March 11-14, "Great blizzard of '88'" on Atlantic Coast.

201 1888-w/ "Blessed Be The Name" by William Henry Clark (1854- ), m/ar by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921) and Ralph Erskine Hudson (1843-1901).

202 1888-w/ "Tell It To Jesus" by Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), m/by Edmund Simon Lorenz (1854-1922).

203 1888-w/ "True-Hearted, Whole-Hearted" by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

1888-Eastman Company put the Kodak film-roll camera on market.

1888-On July 1, the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, celebrated by Union and Confederate veterans.

1889-Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), 23rd President (1889-1893) of USA.

1889-May 31st, Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood.

1889-North Dakota, "The Peace Garden State" 39th to enter union on 11-2.

1889-South Dakota, "The Mount Rushmore State" 40th to enter union on 11-2.

1889-Montana, "The Treasure State" 41st to enter union on 11-8.

1889-Washington, "The Evergreen State" 42nd to enter union on 11-11.

204 1890-w/m "Throw Out The Life Line" by Edward Smith Ufford (1851-1929) /ar by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

205 1890-m/ "Take Time To Be Holy" by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945), w/1882.

1890-Population of America, 62,947,714 from the eleventh U.S. Census.

206 1890-w/ "The Haven Of Rest" by Henry Lake Gilmore (1836-1920), m/by George D. Moore (19th-Century).

1890-w/ "Saved By Grace" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/1894.

207 1890-w/ "The Comforter Has Come" by Frank Bottome (1823-1894), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

208 1890-w/ "Stepping In The Light" by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920).

209 1890-w/m "Send The Light" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

210 1890-w/ "He Hideth My Soul" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

1890-Idaho, "The Gem State" 43rd to enter union on 7-3.

1890-Wyoming, "The Equality State" 44th to enter union on 7-10.

1890-Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull (1831-1890) was arrested and killed in skirmish with U.S. Troops on 12-15.

1891-Whitcomb L. Judson (18??-1909) patented the zipper.

1891-Basketball, invented by YMCA instructor Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) in Springfield, Massachusetts.

211 1891-w/ "Faith Is The Victory" by John Henry Yates (1837-1900), m/ by Ira David Sankey (1840-1908).

212 1891-w/ "Christ Liveth In Me" by Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by James McGranahan (1840-1907).

213 1891-w/ "My Faith Has Found A Resting Place" by Lidie H. Edmunds (1849-1889), m/ar by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

214 1891-m/ "Let Us Crown Him" by James McGranahan (1840-1907), w/1779.

215 1891-w/ "Why Not Now?" by Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by Charles C. Case (1843-1918).

216 1891-w/m "What A Wonderful Savior" by Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929).

217 1891-w/ "My Savior First Of All" by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), m/by John Robson Sweney (1837-1899).

218 1891-m/ "How Great Thou Art" Swedish folk melody, w/1885, t/1949.

219 1892-m/ "God Of Our Fathers" by George William Warren (1828-1902), w/1876.

220 1892-w/m "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" by James Milton Black.

221 1892-w/m "Look To The Lamb Of God" by James Milton Black (1856-1938).

1892-Telephone-connection was completed between New York and Chicago.

222 1892-w/m "Lord, I'm Coming Home" by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

1892-m/ "Higher Ground" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932), w/1898.

1893-Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 24th President (1893-1897) of USA.

1893-w/ "America The Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), m/1882, a/1912.

1893-March 1-October 30, World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, celebrated the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America.

1893-April, Henry Ford (1863-1947) wheeled first automobile from workshop for initial road test.

223 1893-w/ "Moment By Moment" by Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901), m/by May Whittle Moody (1870-1963). On August 29th, 1894, May Whittle, the daughter of Evangelist Major Daniel Webster Whittle, married Will R. Moody, son of Evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody. They had six children!

1893-Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) produced the kinetoscope, making motion pictures possible.

224 1894-m/ "Saved By Grace" by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945), w/1890.

1894-On June 28th, Labor Day was made a legal holiday by Act of Congress, first Monday of September.

225 1894-w/m "I Must Tell Jesus" by Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929).

226 1895-w/ "At Calvary" by William Reed Newell (1868-1956), m/by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

227 1895-w/m "Open My Eyes That I May See" by Clara H. Scott (1841-1897).

1895-First auto race was held in America, sponsored by the Chicago Times. Held on Thanksgiving Day. Distance 54 miles. Average speed 7.5 mph. J.Frank Duryea (1869-1967) winner in a Duryea automobile! Packard later bought out Duryea!

1896-Utah, "The Beehive State" 45th to enter union on 1-4.

228 1896-w/m "We've A Story To Tell To The Nations" by Henry Ernest Nichol (1862-1926).

229 1896-w/ "Under His Wings" by William Orcutt Cushing (1823-1902), m/by Ira David Sankey (1840-1908).

230 1896-w/ "No, Not One" by Johnson Oatman Jr. (1856-1922), m/by George Crawford. Hugg (1848-1907).

231 1896-w/ "I Surrender All" by Judson Wheeler VanDeVenter (1855-1939), m/by Winfield Scott Weeden (1847-1908).

232 1896-w/ "I Belong To The King" by Ida Lillard Reed Smith (1865-1951), m/by J. Lincoln Hall (1866-1930).

233 1896-w/ "I Am Resolved" by Baptist minister, Palmer Hartsough (1844-1932), m/by James Henry Fillmore (1849-1936).

1896-Ballington Booth (1859-1940) broke away from the Salvation Army and founded the Volunteers of America.

1896-William Ashley (Billy) Sunday (1863-1935) began career as an evangelist.

1897-William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President (1897-1901) of USA.

1897-First Subway in America completed in Boston.

234 1897-w/ "No Night There" by John Ralston Clements (1868-1946), m/by Hart Pease Danks (1834-1903).

235 1897-w/ "Sunlight" by Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter (1855-1939), m/by Winfield Scott Weeden (1847-1908).

236 1897-w/ "Count Your Blessings" by Johnson Oatman Jr. (1856-1926), m/by Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921).

237 1897-w/ "Will There Be Any Stars In My In My Crown?" by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920), m/by John Robson Sweney (1837-1899).

238 1897-w/ "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere" by Jessie Hunter Brown Pounds (1861-1921), m/by John Sylvester Fearis (1867-1932).

239 1897-w/ "O To Be Like Thee" by Thomas Obediah Chisholm (1866-1960), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

240 1897-w/m "God Leads Us Along" by George A. Young (19th-Century).

241 1898-w/ "Higher Ground" by Johnson Oatman Jr. (1856-1922), m/1892.

1898-April 22nd, Spanish American War began.

242 1898-w/ "Face To Face" by Carrie E. Breck (1855-1934), m/by Grant Colfax Tullar (1869-1950).

243 1898-w/m "Oh, It Is Wonderful" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

244 1898-w/m "Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart" by Leila Naylor Morris (1862-1929).

245 1898-w/m "Nearer, Still Nearer" by Leila Naylor Morris (Mrs. C.H.) (1862-1929).

246 1898-w/ "When We All Get To Heaven" by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920), m/by Emily Divine Wilson (1865-1942).

247 1899-w/ "Heavenly Sunlight" by Henry Jeffreys Zelley (1859-1942), m/ by George Harrison Cook (died-1948). Cook composed music first and asked Zelley for words.

1899-First long distance automobile trip made in May from Cleveland to New York, the result of a challenge to make it in less than 50 hours from the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper. Alexander Winton (1860-1932) automobile manufacturer, accompanied by a reporter, made the 707.4 miles in 47 hours and 34 minutes. The average "speed" was 14.87 mph. A Centennial run was completed in 1999.

248 1899-w/ "Wonderful Peace" by W. D. Cornell (19th-Century), m/by W.G. Cooper(19th-Century).

249 1899 w/m "Power In The Blood" by Lewis Edgar Jones (1865-1936).

250 1899-w/ "Still Sweeter Every Day" by W.C. Martin (19th-Century), m/by Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946).

251 1899-w/ "You May Have The Joy Bells" by J. Edwin Ruark (19th-Century), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

252 1899-m/ "Ship Ahoy" by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

253 1899-w/ "I'll Be A Sunbeam" by Nellie Talbot (19th-Century), m/by Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921).

254 1900-m/ "Amazing Grace" Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921), w/1779.

1900-Population of America 75,994,575.

1900-There were 8,000 automobiles in America. That is one for every 9,500 persons and there were only 144 miles of hard roads in America!

255 1900-w/m "O That Will Be Glory" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

256 1900-w/m "Is Your All On The Altar?" by Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929).

257 1900-w/ "How Tedious And Tasteless The Hours" by John Newton (1725-1807), m/by Lewis Edson (1748-1820).

258 1900-w/ "Alumni Song" by John Ralston Clements (1868-1946),m/t/n "Materna" 1882.

259 1900-sp/ "America The Beautiful" m/1882, w/1893, a/1912.

1901-Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President (1901-1909) of USA.

260 1901-m/ "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus" by Adam Geibel (1855-1933), w/1858.

261 1901-w/ "Somebody Did A Golden Deed" by John Ralston Clements (1868-1946), m/by Winfield Scott Weeden (1847-1908).

262 1901-w/ "Nor Silver Nor Gold" by James Martin Gray (1851-1935), m/ by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

263 1901-w/ "The Name Of Jesus Is So Sweet" by W.C. Martin (19th-Century), m/by Edmund Simon Lorenz (1854-1942).

1901-w/ "This Is My Father's World" by Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858-1901), m/1915.

264 1901-w/ "Does Jesus Care?" by Frank E. Graeff (1860-1919), m/by J. Lincoln Hall (1866-1930).

265 1901-w/m "Near To The Heart Of God" by Cleland Boyd McAfee (1866-1944).

266 1902-w/m "He Is So Precious To Me" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

267 1902-w/ "My Anchor Holds" by W.C. Martin (19th-Century), m/by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

268 1902-w/ "Saved By The Blood" by S.J. Henderson(19th-Century), m/ by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

269 1902-w/ "When Love Shines In" by Carrie E. Breck (1855-1934), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

270 1903-w/ "Never Give Up" by Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1820-1915), m/by Ira Allen Sankey (1874-1915).

271 1903-w/m "Make Me A Channel Of Blessing" by Harper G. Smyth (1873-1945).

1903-First successful transcontinental automobile trip completed in New York City on August 1, started in San Francisco 69 days earlier on May 23.

1903-Ford Motor Company, formed.

1903-First complete story in motion pictures, produced by Edison Studios, "The Great Train Robbery."

1903-On December, 17th Orville (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) made first successful Airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville, 120 feet in 12 seconds and Wilbur, 852 feet in 59 seconds.

272 1904-w/m "Jesus Is All The World To Me" by Will L. Thompson (1847-1909).

273 1904-w/ "God Will Take Care Of You" by Civilla Durfee Martin (1866-1948), m/by William Stillman Martin (1862-1935).

274 1905-w/ "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" by Civilla Durfee Martin (1866-1948), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

275 1905-w/ "There's A Song In The Air" by Josiah G. Holland (1819-1881), m/by Karl P. Harrington (1861-1953) t/n Christmas Song.

276 1905-w/m "He Lifted Me" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

277 1905-w/m "My Savior's Love" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

278 1905-w/m "Nothing Between" by Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933), ar/by F. A. Clark (19th-Century).

279 1905-w/ "Only A Sinner" by James Martin Gray (1851-1935), m/by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919). Gray was the Dean and Towner was the Director of Music at Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL.

1906-On April 18-19 earthquake and fire destroyed two thirds of San Francisco.

280 1906-w/m "More Like The Master" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

281 1906-w/ "The Way Of The Cross Leads Home" by Jessie Hunter Brown Pounds (1861-1921), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

282 1907-w/ "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" by Henry van Dyke (1852-1933), m/1824 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), a/1864.

283 1907-w/m "The Stranger Of Galilee" by Lelia Naylor Morris (1862-1929).

1907-Oklahoma, "The Sooner State" 46th to enter the union on 11-6.

284 1907-w/ "As A Volunteer" by W.S. Brown (19th-Century) m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

285 1907-w/ "Have Thine Own Way Lord" by Adelaide Addison Pollard (1862-1934), m/by George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).

286 1907-w/ "Just When I Need Him Most" by William Charles Poole (1875-1949), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932). This was Poole's first attempt at writing a hymn-text and his most famous!

287 1907-w/m ar/ "Go Tell It On The Mountain" by John Wesley Work Jr. (1872-1925) took this traditional spiritual and arranged it for the Fisk University Jubilee Singers and published it in "Folk Songs Of The American Negro".

288 1907- "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" First appeared in this form in Frederick J. Work's, "Folk Songs Of The American Negro."

289 1907-m/ "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" John Hughes (1873-1932), w/1745.

290 1908-w/m "If Jesus Goes With Me I'll Go" by Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946).

291 1908-w/m "Constantly Abiding" by Anne S. Murphy ( -1942). Phil Kerr, author of, "Music In Evangelism," in 1939, visited Mrs. Murphy shortly before her death and reported, "she maintained unusual serenity and inward peace, actually putting into practice the message of her song."

292 1908-w/m "Thy Word Have I Hid In My Heart" a/by Ernest O. Sellers (1869-1952).

1908-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was established.

1908-Henry Ford's 4-cylinder, Model T was available for $850.50.

1909-William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President (1909-1913) of USA.

1909-In August, the United States Mint replaced the Indian Head penny with the Lincoln.

293 1909-w/ "Make Me A Blessing" by Ira Bishop Wilson (1880-1950), m/ George Stark Schuler (1882-1973).

1910-Population of America, 91,972,266 from the twelfth U.S. Census.

1910-Boy Scouts Of America was started in Washington, DC on February 8 by William D. Boyce (1858-1929).

1910-On June 24, radio equipment was required for ocean steamers.

294 1910-w/m "A New Name In Glory" by Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946).

295 1910-w/ "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin" by Julia Harriette Johnson (1849-1919), m/by Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).

296 1910-w/ "Is It The Crowning Day?" by Henry Ostrom ( -1941), m/ by Charles Howard Marsh (1886-1956). Immediately after graduating from High School, Marsh was invited by Dr. John Wilbur Chapman to be pianist at the Winona Lake Chautauqua and Bible Conference in Indiana.

297 1910-w/ "One Day" by John Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918), m/by Charles Howard Marsh (1886-1956).

298 1910-w/m "He Keeps Me Singing" by Luther Burgess Bridges (1884-1948) written shortly after his wife and three sons were burned to death in a fire while he was away conducting evangelistic services.

299 1910-a/ "Satisfied" in Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal w/1875, m/1881.

300 1910-w/ "My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me" by Rev. W.C. Martin (19th-Century), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

301 1911-w/m "Dwelling In Beulah Land" by Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946).

302 1911-a/ "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" in Welsh Folk Song Journal, w/1867, m/1839.

303 1911-w/m "Speak, My Lord" by George Bennard (1873-1958).

304 1912-w/m "Pentecostal Power" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

1912-New Mexico, "The Land Of Enchantment" 47th State to enter union on 1-6.

1912-Arizona, "The Grand Canyon State" 48th to enter union on 2-14.

1912-On March 12, The Girl Scouts Of America, founded by Juliette Gordon Low.

1912-On April 15, 1500 lost their lives in the sinking of the Titanic.

305 1912-w/m "What If It Were Today?" by Lelia Naylor Morris (1862-1929).

306 1912-w/m "Sweeter As The Years Go By" by Mrs. Lelia Naylor Morris (1862-1929).

307 1912-w/ "I Would Be Like Jesus" by James Rowe (1865-1933), m/by Bentley DeForest Ackley (1872-1958), t/n Spring Hill named after location in Bradford County, Pennsylvania which was Ackley's birthplace. Ackley received honorary Doctor of Sacred Music Degree from Bob Jones University.

308 1912-w/m "In The Garden" by Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946).

309 1912-w/ "Love Lifted Me" by James Rowe (1865-1933), m/by Howard E. Smith (1863-1918).

310 1912-w/ "In The Service Of The King" by Alfred Henry Ackley (1887-1960), m/by Bentley DeForest Ackley (1872-1958), B.D. Ackley was the secretary-pianist with the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver Evangelistic Team from 1907-1915.

1913-Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President (1913-1921) of USA.

1913-July 1-5, Civil War Veterans gathered for the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

311 1913-w/m "The Old Rugged Cross" by George Bennard (1873-1958). For many years this hymn was acknowledged to be America's favorite gospel song. Bennard was converted while attending a Salvation Army meeting in Lucas, Iowa in the 1880's. Later, he and his wife became workers in the Salvation Army and after several years, resigned and became an evangelist, during which time he wrote this hymn. A 12-foot wooden cross at Reed City, Michigan memorializes his contribution to American hymnody.

312 1913-w/ "Brighten The Corner Where You Are" by Ina Mae Duley Ogdon (1872-1964), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

313 1913-w/m "He Is Coming Again" by Mabel Johnston Camp (1871-1937).

314 1913-w/ "The Touch Of His Hand On Mine" by Jessie Hunter Brown Pounds (1861-1921), m/by Henry P. Morton ( - ).

1914-On June 28, World War One began with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

315 1914-w/ "Give Me A Passion For Souls" by Herbert George Tovey (1888-1972), m/by Foss Luke Fellers (1887-1924) who taught music at Moody Bible Institute 1910-1924.

316 1914-w/ "He Included Me" by Johnson Oatman Jr.(1856-1922), m/by Hampton Haygood Sewell (1875-1937).

317 1914-w/ "Since Jesus Came Into My Heart" by Rufus Henry McDaniel (1850-1940), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932). McDaniel penned these words as an expression of faith, following the death of his son! This song was introduced in the Billy Sunday Evangelistic campaign in Philadelphia in 1915, by Gabriel and Homer Rodeheaver.

318 1914-w/ "The Old-Fashioned Way" by Mrs. Civilla Durfee Martin (1866-1948), m/by William Stillman Martin (1862-1935).

319 1915-m/ "This Is My Father's World" by Franklin Lawrence Sheppard(1852-1930), w/1901.

320 1915-w/m "Ivory Palaces" by Henry Barraclough (1891-1983), he served as pianist for Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman in evangelistic campaigns and this hymn was written at the Presbyterian conference grounds in Montreat, North Carolina. Later, Billy Graham's home was on a nearby mountain!

1915-On May 15th the British Cunard Liner Lusitania was sunk by German submarine off Irish coast! 1,198 lives were lost of which 124 were Americans.

321 1915-w/ "I Walk With The King" by James Rowe (1865-1933), m/by Bentley DeForest Ackley (1872-1958).

322 1916-a/ "Angels We Have Heard On High" appeared in "Carols Old And New", edited by Charles L. Hutchins, w/1862 tra. by James Chadwick (1813-1882), m/arr. By Edwin Shippen Barnes (1887-1958).

323 1916-w/ "That Beautiful Name" by Jean Perry (1865-1935), m/by Mabel Johnston Camp (1871-1937).

324 1916-w/ "He Ransomed Me" by Julia Harriette Johnson (1849-1919), m/by J.W. Henderson ( - ).

325 1916-w/ "I Have Been Born Again" by Rev. Rufus Henry McDaniel (1850-1940), m/by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Jr. (1856-1932).

326 1916-m/ "I Saw One Hanging On A Tree" Edwin O. Excell (1851-1921), w/1779.

1917-t/ "We Gather Together" by Theodore Baker (1851-1934), sp/1877, w/m 1626.

327 1917-w/ "Living For Jesus" by Thomas Obediah Chisholm (1866-1960), m/by Carl Harold Lowden (1883-1963). Lowden had composed the music for another text in 1915 and used it at a Children's Day service. Recognizing that the tune was worthy of stronger words, he sent it to Chisholm, suggesting the title, "Living For Jesus".

328 1917-w/m "The Bible Stands" by Haldor Lillenas (1885-1959).

329 1917-w/m "The Love Of God" by Frederick Martin Lehman (1868-1953).

330 1917-w/m "The Gospel Train" by Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946).

331 1918-w/ "It Is Glory Just To Walk With Him" by Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (1895-1985), m/by Haldor Lillenas (1885-1959).

332 1918-w/m "Wonderful Grace Of Jesus" by Haldor Lillenas (1885-1959).

333 1918-w/ "Saved! Saved! Saved!" by Oswald Jeffray Smith (1889-1986), m/by Roger M. Hickman (1888-1968). Smith is regarded as one of the greatest missionary statesmen and evangelists of the 20th-Century. He founded the Peoples' Church in Toronto, Canada and was the pastor until 1959.

334 1918-w/ "He's A Wonderful Savior To Me" by Virgil P. Brock (1887-1978), m/by Blanche Kerr Brock (1888-1858).

1920-Population of America, 105,716,620 from fourteenth U.S. Census.

335 1920-w/m "Get God's Sunshine" by Robert Harkness (1880-1961).

336 1920-w/ "Love Found A Way" by Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (1895-1985), m/by Harry Dixon Loes (1892-1965).

337 1920-w/ "Believe On The Lord Jesus Christ" by Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (1895-1985), m/by Harry D. Clarke (1888-1957).

1921-Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923), 29th President (1921-1923) of USA.

338 1921-w/m "Only Believe" by Paul Rader (1879-1938).

339 1921-w/ "Lead Me To Calvary" by Jennie Evelyn Hussey (1874-1958), m/by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921).

340 1921-w/ "Down From His Glory" by William E. Booth-Clibborn (1893-1969) m/Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917).

341 1921-w/m "Old-Time Power" by Paul Rader (1879-1938).

342 1922-w/m "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" by Helen Howarth Lemmel (1864-1961).

343 1922-w/ "I'd Rather Have Jesus" by Rhea F. Miller (1894-1966), m/by George Beverly Shea (1909- ).

344 1922-w/ "Blessed Redeemer" by Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (1895-1985), m/by Harry Dixon Loes (1892-1965).

345 1922-w/m "The Old-Fashioned Meeting" by Herbert Buffum (1879-1939).

346 1922-w/m "When The Shadows Flee Away" by Robert Harkness (1880-1961).

347 1923-w/ "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" by Thomas Obediah Chisholm (1866-1960), m/by William Marion Runyan (1870-1957).

348 1923-w/ "Cling To The Promises" by Elizabeth B. Miller ( - ), m/by George Stark Schuler (1882-1973).

1923-Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th President (1923-1929) of USA.

349 1923-w/ "Till The Whole World Knows" by Alfred Henry Ackley (1887-1960), m/by Bentley DeForest Ackley (1872-1958).

350 1923-w/m "Why Do I Sing About Jesus?" by Albert Allen Ketchum (1894- ).

351 1924-w/m "Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know" by Lela Long ( - ).

352 1924-w/m "In My Heart There Rings A Melody" by Elton M. Roth (1891-1951).

353 1925-w/m "Why Should He Love Me So?" by Robert Harkness (1880-1961).

354 1925-w/m "Teach Me To Pray" by Albert Simpson Reitz (1879-1966).

355 1925-w/ "My Hope Is In Thee" by Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen

(1895-1985), m/by George Stark Schuler (1882-1973).

356 1925-w/m "Send A Great Revival In My Soul" by Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886-1952).

357 1926-w/m "Whispering Hope" by Septimus Winner (1827-1902).

358 1926-sp/ "All Creatures Of Our God And King" tr/by William Henry Draper (1855-1933), w/1225, m/1623.

359 1926-w/m "Some Bright Morning" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932).

360 1926-w/m "My Home, Sweet Home" by Napoleon B. Vandall (1896-1970).

361 1927-w/m "Jesus Never Fails" by Arthur A. Luther (1891-1960).

362 1927-w/m "Fishers Of Men" by Harry D. Clark (1888-1957).

363 1927-w/m "It's All Different Now" by Mrs. H.S. Lehman ( - ).

364 1927-w/ "Not Dreaming" by Rodney (Gipsy) Smith (1860-1947). While resting in a corner of a railway compartment and reflecting on all the wonderful events of a recent evangelistic campaign, he overheard some teenagers say, "Oh, he's only dreaming." Soon after, he gave this song to the world! m/by Ensign Edwin Young (1895- ). Gipsy died aboard the Queen Mary, just three hours out of New York on what some say was his 45th crossing of the Atlantic and his funeral was on August 8, 1947, in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York City, New York.

365 1927-w/m "On The Victory Side" by Walter J. Main ( - ).

366 1927-w/m "My Sins Are Blotted Out, I Know" by Merrill E. Dunlop (1905-2002).