Samuel Johnson, 1822-82, “Father, in Thy mysterious” (188) Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828-1904, “God be with you” (365) Joseph H. Gilmore, 1834-1918, “He leadeth me” (478) Phillips Brooks, 1835-93, “O little town of Bethlehem” (84) Recent American Hymns Washington Gladden, 1836-1918, “O Master, let me walk” (223) Frederick L. Hosmer, 1840-1929, “Not always on the mount” (98) Mary Lathbury, 1841-1913, “Day is dying in the west” (31) “Break Thou the bread of Life” (288) Frank Mason North, 1850-1936, “Where cross the crowded” (222) M. Woolsey Stryker, 1851-1929, “Almighty Lord, with one” (390) Henry van Dyke, 1852-1933, “Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee” (10) Louis F. Benson, 1855-1930, “O sing a song of Bethlehem” (92) Maltbie D. Babcock, 1858-1901, “This is my Father’s world” (48) Katherine Lee Bates, 1859-1929, “O beautiful for spacious” (343) Milton S. Littlefield, 1864-1934, “O Son of man, thou” (373) Jay T. Stocking, 1870-1936, “O Master Workman” (93) Wm. M. Vories, 1880—, “Let there be light, Lord God” (353) Harry Webb Farrington, 1880-1931, “I know not how that” (99) W. Russel Bowie, 1882—, “Lord, through changing days” (402) Howard Arnold Walter, 1884-1918, “I would be true” (207) Earl Marlatt, 1892—, “‘Are ye able,’ said the Master” (392) 11. Gospel Songs. During the latter part of the 19th century there came into use, both in the United States and in England, a type of religious song known as the Gospel Song. Less dignified than the chorales or the English hymns, these songs made a popular appeal and were widely used in prayer meetings and revivals. The words of the typical Gospel Song are usually simple and easily remembered and concern themselves largely with the individual’s salvation. The personal pronouns “I” and “my” predominate. The tunes are rhythmic and catchy and always have a refrain added. Their harmonies are largely built on the simple tonic, dominant, and subdominant chords. The masses of the people readily learned to sing these tunes and experienced a thrill in singing them which the use of the more stately and solid hymns failed to effect. The great bulk of these songs were produced in America during the latter half of the 19th century and were found extremely useful in large mass meetings. The evangelistic work of Moody and Sankey during the 1870’s, 1880’s, and 1890’s brought the Gospel Songs into special prominence and the Salvation Army has made them known in nearly every country in the world. Collections of Gospel Songs sold by the millions of copies and every denomination was affected, to a greater or lesser extent, by this type of singing.