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)

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