1830–1924
Christopher Rubey Blackall

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 18, 1830, Al­ba­ny, New York.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 25, 1924, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

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Biography

Blackall mar­ried twice: to Eli­za Da­vis (1852) and Eu­ge­nie Am­an­da Hitch­cock (1900).

During the Am­eri­can ci­vil war, he served as a doc­tor.

Starting in 1867, he was a sec­re­ta­ry for the Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety for the North-West for ov­er eight years.

He was al­so chair­man of the Aux­il­ia­ry Board at Har­per’s Week­ly.

He wrote more than 100 Sun­day School songs.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Again with Re­joic­ing We Come To­day
  2. Awhile o’er Earth’s Mount­ains We’re Roam­ing
  3. Behold, What Man­ner of Love
  4. Best of the Se­ven! Oh, Ho­ly Day
  5. Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
  6. Busy We Would Be for Je­sus
  7. By and By
  8. Church Bell, The
  9. Come, Come, Join in the Sing­ing
  10. Come to Je­sus, Wea­ry, Trou­bled Wan­der­er
  11. Do the Right, Nev­er Fear
  12. Doing His Will
  13. Far Dist­ant in the Ag­es
  14. Fields Are All White, The
  15. Follow the Path of Je­sus
  16. Gathered by the Crys­tal Riv­er
  17. Give Me Faith to Come to Thee
  18. Glowing Bright and Plea­sant Is the Ho­ly Day
  19. God Made the World, and He Made Me
  20. Hail! Thou Glo­ri­ous Name!
  21. Hear Me, My Sav­ior
  22. Heavenly Fa­ther, Lord of All, I Would Hear
  23. Hither We Come, as a Un­ion Band
  24. I Want to Be Like Je­sus
  25. In Our Per­fect Home Above
  26. In the High­ways and Hedg­es Go Seek
  27. Jesus Is My Shep­herd, He Will Care for Me
  28. Jesus Loved the Lit­tle Child­ren
  29. Jesus Loves the Lit­tle Child­ren
  30. Labor On
  31. Let Us Help Each Oth­er
  32. Little Eyes, Lit­tle Eyes Soft­ly Close in Wor­ship Now
  33. Little Ones Come to Him
  34. Little Sun­beams We’ll Away
  35. Lo! An Ev­er Flow­ing Fount­ain
  36. Lord Wants the Boys, The
  37. Loudly Let the An­them Swell
  38. Oh, Sing Praise un­to the Lord!
  39. Our Joy­ful Notes We Glad­ly
  40. Prize Is Set Be­fore Us, The
  41. Savior Stands In­vit­ing, The
  42. Shadows Are Fall­ing, The
  43. Sweet Sab­bath School
  44. Stand on the Rock
  45. Tell Me the Sto­ries of Je­sus
  46. There Is Some Good for Each One to Do
  47. Though I Walk Through the Vale
  48. Watch Close­ly the Path­way
  49. We Are Lit­tle Sun­beams
  50. We Are the Lambs
  51. When I Walk in God’s Clear Sun­light
  52. Will the Sav­ior Hear Me?
  53. With Joy We Seek Our Sav­ior’s Face
  54. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain to Re­deem Us
  55. Would You Gain the Best in Life?

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