1858–1918
Benjamin Manly Chase

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 1, 1858, Al­ton, Il­li­nois (Find­agrave) or Stur­gis, Mi­chi­gan (Per­kins In­st­itu­tion scrap­book—see be­low).

Died: October 6, 1918, Brook­lyn, New York.

Buried: Lake View Ce­me­te­ry, Cleve­land, Ohio.

Biography

Chase was the son of Man­ly Chase and He­len Aman­da Clark, and hus­band of Blanche Wil­der (or­gan­ist at the Edge­wood Re­formed Church, Brook­lyn).

He orig­in­al­ly worked for the Stan­dard Oil Com­pa­ny in Cleve­land, Ohio. How­ev­er, he went blind around age 30, and moved to Brook­lyn, New York about 1890.

In Brook­lyn, he was te­nor so­lo­ist at the Old First Re­formed Church, Se­venth Ave­nue and Car­roll Street, for 22 years. He al­so sang at con­certs, and was known as the blind ten­or of Brook­lyn.

In addition, Chase com­posed an­thems, and for a long time, was mu­si­cal di­rec­tor of the Bo­rough Park Chor­al So­ci­ety.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. He Cares for Me
  2. I Love My Je­sus
  3. I’m Sing­ing Too
  4. Lift Up the Na­tion’s Ban­ner
  5. Little Mis­sions
  6. Little Ser­vants
  7. Lord Is Near, The
  8. Loving Obe­di­ence
  9. My Heart Is God’s
  10. Sabbath Day
  11. Savior’s Call, The
  12. Song of Thanks­giv­ing
  13. Songs of Praise

Music

  1. Are You Fight­ing for the Mas­ter?
  2. Childhood and the Lil­ies
  3. Children, Hark! A Bat­tle Song!
  4. God Bless the Home
  5. Gone the Buds of Spring
  6. İskenderun
  7. Jesus, Ho­ly, Un­de­filed
  8. Like An­gels’ Hearts
  9. Little Feet May Find the Path­way
  10. Little Flow­er­et
  11. Little Hands, Work Away
  12. One More Year of Bless­ing
  13. Room for All (adap­ter)
  14. Since I Am the Sav­ior’s Lamb
  15. There Is a Friend for Child­ren
  16. Thou That Once, on Mo­ther’s Knee
  17. Thou Who Wast Once a Child
  18. We Will Fol­low Thee

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Chase (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),