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      George O. Webster Hymns

      July 12, 2013 By Geo Davis 3 Comments

      Reverend George O. Webster
      Reverend George O. Webster

      By now you’ve “met” Rev. George O. Webster, learned about this fascinating former Essex Community Church pastor’s poetic destiny, and started humming his Essex, NY hymn, “Essex-on-Champlain”. But did you know that he composed literally hundreds of additional hymns? In fact, we’re not even 100% certain how many George O. Webster hymns were written and preserved, so we’re hoping to solicit your help in creating a comprehensive catalog of his work.

      Catalog of George O. Webster Hymns

      While “Essex-on-Champlain” may be the most hallowed of George O. Webster hymn for Essex residents and visitors, it by no means represents a unique accomplishment. In fact, it didn’t even appear in this impressive directory of hymns composed by Webster, opening the possibility that Webster may have composed additional hymns that are not properly credited. We’ve taken the liberty of updating the list with “Essex-on-Champlain” and we hope you’ll let us know if we’re missing any others.

      1. America, Be­loved
      2. Are You Build­ing on the Rock?
      3. Are You Over Borne by Tri­als?
      4. Arise, Arise, a Voice Is Sound­ing
      5. Arise, Arise, for Lo, the Night Is Past
      6. Arise, Arise, for Men
      7. Army with Ban­ners Is March­ing Along, An
      8. As We March Along, We Will Sing a Song
      9. Awake, O Ye Blos­soms
      10. Away in Yon­der Forest
      11. Be Loy­al to Your Col­ors
      12. Blossoms Lift Their Sun­ny Faces
      13. Boys and Girls Re­peat
      14. Breaking Through the Clouds Above Us
      15. Call Rings Through the Land, A
      16. Can a Boy For­get His Mo­ther?
      17. Can I For­get the Debt I Owe?
      18. Captain Calls for Vol­un­teers, The
      19. Changeful May Be My Lot
      20. Clericus Hymn, The
      21. Clovers White and Clo­vers Red
      22. Come Home, Come Home
      23. Conflict Is Rag­ing of Right Against Wrong, A
      24. Cry to Arms Is Heard, The
      25. Day When Hea­ven and Earth Unite
      26. Do the Storm Clouds Ga­ther So?
      27. Earth’s Vic­tors with Gar­lands of Flow­ers
      28. Essex-on-Champlain
      29. Faith Will Keep the Sun­light Shin­ing
      30. Father, So Ho­ly
      31. Fear Not, but Trust
      32. Fill Each Swift­ly Pass­ing Day
      33. For His Dear Sake Who Car­ried
      34. For the Sum­mer’s Gold­en Hours
      35. For Your Flag and My Flag
      36. Forward, For­ward, Sol­diers of the Cross
      37. From the Gar­den of the Heart
      38. From the Hea­ven’s Opened Por­tals
      39. From the Riv­en Side of Je­sus
      40. Gates of Life, The
      41. Gird on Your Ar­mor
      42. Go Forw­ard, Go For­ward in Je­sus’ Con­quer­ing Name
      43. God Leads to Vic­to­ry
      44. God Will Take Care of Me, Why Should I Fear?
      45. God’s Will I Know Is Best for Me
      46. Going Forth to Serve for Je­sus
      47. Golden Hours Are Glid­ing On, The
      48. Guiding Hand I Clear­ly See, A
      49. Hail to the Great Cre­at­or
      50. Have We Climbed the Mount of Vi­sion?
      51. Have You Heard the Call to Bat­tle?
      52. He Took My Place
      53. Hear the Sweet Voice That Is Call­ing to Thee
      54. Hear You Not the Sav­ior’s Lov­ing Call?
      55. Holy Fa­ther, Thou, Throned on High
      56. How Won­der­ful, How Mar­vel­ous
      57. I Am Hap­py in My Sav­ior
      58. I Have a Mighty Sav­ior
      59. I Know That My Lord Watch­es o’er Me
      60. I Need Je­sus
      61. I Wan­dered on Life’s Care­less Way
      62. I Will Tell the Won­drous Sto­ry of Re­deem­ing Love
      63. I Would Go Where Je­sus Sends Me
      64. Idly Stand­ing in the Mar­ket
      65. If Christ Should Come to Me
      66. If Je­sus Will Make Me a Bless­ing To­day
      67. If the Clouds Are Dark and Drea­ry
      68. If the Way Leads Down
      69. If the Way Seems Hard with the March
      70. If You Can Smile
      71. If You Can­not Cross the Place
      72. If You Will Just Be Hap­py
      73. If You Would Walk in the Nar­row Way
      74. I’m Re­deemed with a Price
      75. In Ev­ery Hour of Tri­al
      76. In My Heart He Set the Mu­sic Ring­ing
      77. In My Heart There Swells a Song
      78. In the Great World Field
      79. Is It Well with My Soul
      80. Jesus Gave Him­self for Me
      81. Jesus Is a Friend of Mine
      82. Jesus Loves Us
      83. Jesus Set the Mu­sic Ring­ing
      84. Jesus Took the Lit­tle Ones
      85. Jesus, Who Knows and Cares
      86. Just a Ray of Sun­shine
      87. Just a Whis­pered Pray­er
      88. Keep in Touch with Je­sus
      89. Keep the Joy-Note Ring­ing
      90. King of the Ag­es
      91. Let a Song of Praise from Our Hearts Up­raise
      92. Let the Child­ren of the King
      93. Let the Glo­ry Crowned Ban­ner of Je­sus To­day
      94. Let the Nat­ions Hear the News of Full Sal­va­tion
      95. Let Us Cheer and Help Each Other
      96. Let Us Now the Heart’s Door
      97. Let Us Run Our Race
      98. Let Us Sing for Joy
      99. Let Your Life Be Set
      100. Life Is a Book
      101. Life Is a Friend­ly Road
      102. Lift To­day Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
      103. Lift Up Your Heads, Lift Up Your Heads
      104. Listen to the Strain
      105. Lo the Ro­sy Gleam of the Morn’s First Beam
      106. Long Years I Had Wan­dered
      107. Lord Is Call­ing for Men to Serve Him, The
      108. Lord of Life Is Vic­tor Now, The
      109. Lord, Teach Us to Pray
      110. Love Led Him to Cal­va­ry
      111. Love Led the Sav­ior, in Days Long Ago
      112. Love of Christ the Sav­ior, The
      113. Lovingly, Ten­der­ly, Tell the Sweet Sto­ry
      114. Make Your Life a Means of Bless­ing
      115. Manger, a Mo­ther, a Ba­by So Fair, A
      116. Many, Ma­ny Years Ago
      117. Many May Strive
      118. March Forth for the King
      119. Men of Our Amer­i­ca, The
      120. Mighty God, the King of Life Im­mor­tal, The
      121. Mighty Hosts of Sin and Wrong, The
      122. Morning Breaks, I Face the Way Ahead, The
      123. My Heart Is Aglow with a Love Light Di­vine
      124. Now, in the Pride of the Strength of Thy Youth
      125. O, Fall­en Bro­ther, Heed the Call
      126. O Gift Di­vine, God’s Bound­less Love Re­veal­ing
      127. O Ho­ly Spir­it, Breathe up­on Us Now
      128. O Je­sus, Lad of Naz­a­reth
      129. O My Bro­ther, Worn
      130. O Pre­cious Word of Je­sus
      131. O Sav­ior Dear, My Heart O’er­flows with Glad­ness
      132. On Life’s Path­way as We Jour­ney
      133. Onward Chris­tian Soldiers, Ev­ery Voice Sing
      134. Our Eyes Have Seen the Mul­ti­tude
      135. Our Fa­thers’ God, to Thee
      136. Out in the Fields with God
      137. Out of the Heart Are the Is­sues of Life
      138. Perfume Lad­en Breez­es Bring a Mes­sage, The
      139. Perhaps Your Feet May Chance to Tread
      140. Pilgrim Band, a Throng, A
      141. Praise God for His Word
      142. Praise the Ev­er Liv­ing Lord
      143. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord
      144. Prayer Is the Key That Will Open the Door
      145. Prize Is Set Be­fore Me, A
      146. Prize Is the Hea­ven­ly, The
      147. Proud Gird Your Ar­mor On
      148. Ranks of Joy­ous Youth, The
      149. Rocky Tomb Is Ri­ven, The
      150. See the Mighty Youth­ful Ar­my
      151. Seeking a King Who Was Born in a Man­ger
      152. Shadows of Ev­en­ing Around Me, The
      153. Shout Aloud Your Hal­le­lu­jahs
      154. Since Je­sus, the Son of the High­est
      155. Sing a Lit­tle Song
      156. Sinner, the Sav­ior Is Call­ing to Thee
      157. So Ma­ny Are Hea­vi­ly La­den
      158. Some Days Are Dark, Some Days Are Fair
      159. Someone Is Need­ing a Bless­ing To­day
      160. Sometimes I Catch a Vi­sion Fair
      161. Speak to Me Now, My Sav­ior
      162. Stand in the Place of God’s Choos­ing
      163. Strong Right Hand of Him Who Rules the World, The
      164. Sweetest Songs Now Are Lift­ing
      165. Tempests of Temp­ta­tion, The
      166. There Are Hearts Whose Sor­est Need
      167. There Are the Words of Je­sus
      168. There Is a Name of Won­drous Might
      169. There Is a Place Called Cal­va­ry
      170. There Is Glad­ness, There Is Glo­ry
      171. There Is One Who Und­er­stands
      172. There Is Par­don Free
      173. There Is So Much of Trou­ble
      174. There Is Work for All to Do
      175. There’s a Call for Men
      176. There’s a Voice Full of Ten­der En­trea­ty
      177. There’s Joy in the Ser­vice of Je­sus
      178. They That Be­lieve in the Lord Shall Live
      179. This Day We Call Our Mo­ther’s Day
      180. This Day We Re­mem­ber the Deeds
      181. This Shall Be Theme and Song
      182. Thou God of the Mo­thers
      183. Though Tem­pests of Temp­ta­tion Sweep
      184. Though Tri­als Throng My Earth­ly Way
      185. Though You May Not Do for Je­sus
      186. Thro’ the Land a Call Is Sound­ing
      187. Thy Ser­vants, Lord, Be­fore Thee Stand
      188. Tiny Lit­tle Tots Are We
      189. To All the World, the Son of God
      190. To Trust in Our Fa­ther from Day to Day
      191. Trusting the Pro­mis­es Pre­cious
      192. Underneath the Ban­ner of Our Sav­ior
      193. Victor Comes with King­ly Tread, The
      194. Victory May De­pend on You, The
      195. We Are Com­rades of the Cross
      196. We Know That God Is on the Throne
      197. We Love Our Coun­try’s Flag
      198. We May Jour­ney with Re­joic­ing
      199. We Praise the Con­quer­ing Might of Christ
      200. We Send the Word to Af­ri­ca
      201. We Sing To­day as Well
      202. We Will Strive to Do
      203. We’d Like to Sing
      204. What Does the Mas­ter Ex­pect of Me?
      205. When at Last the Strife Is End­ed
      206. When Bur­dens Are Press­ing
      207. When Cares and Toils Are Press­ing
      208. When I Was Sink­ing in Des­pair
      209. When in His Beau­ty My Sav­ior I See
      210. When Sin Is In­vit­ing
      211. When the Clouds Have Hid the Skies of Blue
      212. When the Clouds Their Dark­ness
      213. When the Days Are Dark
      214. When the Sha­dows Deep­en
      215. When the Sha­dows Ga­ther Dark
      216. When the Temp­ter Calls You
      217. When the Youth of Our Land
      218. When to the Sav­ior You Come
      219. Whene’er the Sha­dows Ga­ther
      220. Where the Bless­ed Sav­ior Leads Me
      221. Wherever the Path­way
      222. Why Go We Mourn­ing All the Day
      223. With a Firm and Lov­ing Hand
      224. With Loy­al Hearts We Come Again
      225. With Souls Aflame for Deeds of Fame
      226. World Is Full of Sin, The
      227. Ye Sol­diers of the Liv­ing God
      228. You Ask What Makes Me Hap­py the Whole Day Long?
      229. You May Ban­ish Care and Sad­ness
      230. Youth Is the Speed­ing

      via George Orlia Webster. hymntime.com (with addition of Essex-on-Champlain)

      Help Catalog All George O. Webster Hymns

      Please use the comments below to add any additional Webster hymns that may have been overlooked in this post. Thank you.

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      About Geo Davis

      Geo Davis (aka virtualDavis) is a writer, storyteller and unabashed flâneur. He taught and coached at Santa Fe Preparatory School and The American School of Paris, co-founded Maison Margaux: "Paris à la parisienne" in Faubourg Saint-Germain, and owns Adobe Oasis in Santa Fe, NM with his bride.

      Geo chronicles adventures (and misadventures) of rehabilitating an historic Essex home at Rosslyn Redux: Reawakening a home, a dream and ourselves; blogs about doodling and other esoterica at virtualDavis.com; posts sometimes unnerving, occasionally euphoric, and always pollyanna "midlife mashups" at 40x41.com; waxes nautical at Sailing Errant; and delves into matters of parenting, babylandia, and childfreedom at Why No Kids? He meanders on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube and Flickr.

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      1. Mary Hartman says

        June 1, 2015 at 6:37 pm

        I am G.O. Webster’s grand daughter – Mary Caroline (Palmer) Hartman. Born in Battle Creek, MI in 1939 to Lawrence and Mabel (Webster) Palmer. I am now widowed and reside in Texas. There is an old song book in my possession – “Spiritual Melodies” published by Pilgrim Publishing House in 1942 that contains four hymns you are missing on your list. These are songs with lyrics and music written by George.
        Praise His Name
        Jesus is Leading Me On
        I Met the Christ
        My Guide Will Bring Me Home

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        • George Davis says

          June 3, 2015 at 8:48 am

          Wonderful. Thank you for connecting and sharing these four hymns. We are HUGE fans of your grandfather in Essex, NY!

          Reply
      2. Teri Canty says

        December 30, 2018 at 4:43 pm

        I have found a piece, mostly known as a descant (or an obbligato) with Silent Night. The two were blended in an arrangement by Anita Smisek. I believe the original hymn may have been known by the title “O Night of Holy Memory”. The text is attributed to George Webster and the music to Ira Wilson. Here are the lyrics:

        Neath the silent stars the town is sleeping.
        Shepherds on the hills their watch are keeping
        Flocks are safe within the fold, secure from danger, want or cold.
        Silent, silent night, Holy, Holy night,
        Sleep in peace, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in peace.

        O’er the moonlit plains were angels winging.
        From the realms afar glad tidings bringing
        See their robes of glistening gold, reflecting a celestial light.
        Silent, silent night. Holy, holy night
        Christ, the Saviour, Christ, the Saviour is born, Christ is born.

        Now the dawn grows near the town is waking.
        Magi on the hills their goal approaching.
        Their gifts are safe within their arms, their hearts have found the loving light
        Glorious, glorious night. Heavenly host sing alleluia
        Jesus is born.

        I haven’t found a music setting for JUST this text; it is always blended with Silent Night. If you have any luck locating the original setting, I’d love to know about it.

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