1848–1907

Introduction

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Born: May 23, 1848, near Had­don­field, New Jer­sey.

Died: Oc­to­ber 13, 1907, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: Fern­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Lans­downe, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

George was the son of John Hugg and Eli­za­beth Sprole, bro­ther of New­ton Hugg, and hus­band of An­nie E. Ketch­um (mar­ried 1891).

At age 12, he be­came choir­mas­ter at the Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Ber­lin, New Jer­sey. At 14, he pub­lished his first song, Walk in the Light, which be­came ve­ry po­pu­lar.

Hugg served as choir­mas­ter of the Ta­ber­na­cle Pres­by­ter­ian Church, and the Broad and Arch Street Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. He was al­so close­ly con­nect­ed with the Har­per Me­mo­ri­al Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Phi­la­del­phia.

Works

Hugg was a pro­li­fic com­pos­er, with ov­er 2,000 works, in­clud­ing 18 books of re­vi­val and Sun­day school mu­sic, 90 song ser­vic­es for spe­cial oc­ca­sions (Christ­mas, East­er, etc.), and:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Birds on Leafy Bough Sing­ing, The
  2. Carol, Sweetl­y Car­ol, the Sav­ior Rose To­day
  3. Christ Is Ris­en!
  4. Clad in the Gos­pel Ar­mor
  5. Forward Go and Let the Strain
  6. From the Old Grey Tow­er
  7. Hallelujah, Hal­le­lu­jah, Lift the Voice
  8. Hark, I Hear My Sav­ior Say
  9. He Arose
  10. Holy, Ho­ly, Ho­ly, God of Hosts
  11. Home Com­ing of Our King, The
  12. How Sweet the Hour When Man Re­tires
  13. I Have Read of a Won­der­ful Ci­ty
  14. In the Sun­light, Bright and Glow­ing
  15. List, the Mer­ry Bells Are Ring­ing
  16. List, the Sweet­ly Chim­ing Bells
  17. Lord of Hosts, We Come Ador­ing
  18. Lord, We Come Again with Songs of Glad­ness
  19. Lowly En­tombed He Lay
  20. Make Room for the Bless­ed Phy­si­cian
  21. O, Come to the Liv­ing Stream
  22. O My Sweet Home, Je­ru­sa­lem
  23. On This Bright and Glo­ri­ous Morn­ing
  24. Onward We Come, Sing­ing with Glee
  25. Over Jor­dan, ov­er Jor­dan
  26. Praise Ye, Praise Ye, Praise Ye the Lord!
  27. Precious Love of Je­sus, The
  28. Put On, Put On, the Whole Ar­mor of God
  29. Rejoice, Re­joice, the Migh­ty King Has Come
  30. Ring Out the News
  31. Ring, Ring the Bells
  32. Risen To­day
  33. Safe on Board the Old Ship Zi­on
  34. Sing Again to Me of Je­sus
  35. Sing and Re­joice, All Ye Peo­ple
  36. Soft the Ev­en­ing Bells Are Ring­ing
  37. Song of Joy Per­vades the Air, A
  38. Song of the Ag­es
  39. Strong to Re­deem Is the Lord Who Hath Made Me
  40. There Is a Land Far, from Sor­row Free
  41. There Is Sun­light in My Soul
  42. There’s a Great Hap­py Throng
  43. Third Day, The
  44. Turning to God
  45. We’ll Nev­er Say Good-Bye
  46. When This Poor Heart Is Bur­dened with Grief
  47. When We Rise to Greet the Mas­ter in the Morn­ing
  48. With Song We Ce­le­brate the Day

Music

  1. Across the Blue
  2. Anchored
  3. Armies of God, The
  4. Beautiful Land of the Jas­per Walls
  5. Blood up­on the Door, The
  6. Callest Thou?
  7. Carcassonne
  8. Concepción
  9. Czerwona
  10. Doha
  11. Easter Bells
  12. Every Bridge Is Burned Be­hind Me
  13. Father Holds the Hand
  14. Fire Is Burn­ing, The
  15. Gathering on the Hill­tops of Glo­ry
  16. Glad An­gel Voic­es
  17. Golden Land, The
  18. Good-Bye
  19. Going Up to Zi­on
  20. Gospel Train, The
  21. I Expect to Get to Hea­ven
  22. Isle of Some­where, The
  23. Jesus Is Ris­en!
  24. Jesus Nev­er Leaves the Ship
  25. Kelowna
  26. Light Di­vine
  27. Manipur
  28. Manteca
  29. Marble Arch
  30. Morning, The
  31. No, Not One!
  32. Ōta
  33. Our Ral­ly Song
  34. Put on Thy Beau­ti­ful Robes
  35. Round the Pier
  36. Satisfied
  37. Scattering Pre­cious Seed
  38. Take Off the Old Coat
  39. Testing Time, The
  40. To Vic­to­ry!
  41. Tompkins
  42. Walking the Gold­en Streets
  43. When Je­sus Comes to Reign
  44. Worthy the Lamb