1842–?

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 24, 1842.

Biography

Barnes lived in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Lit­tle is known of his per­son­al life, ex­cept that he had sis­ters named Lil­lie and Del­la.

His writ­ing ca­reer, de­di­cat­ed to Chris­tian and tem­per­ance sub­jects, ran 1865–93.

The New­ber­ry Lib­ra­ry in Chi­ca­go has a col­lect­ion of his dia­ries, po­et­ry, mu­sic and news­pa­per clip­pings.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All That in the Lord Be­lieve
  2. Are You Com­ing to the Light?
  3. Always Abound­ing
  4. Amid These Cares and Sor­rows
  5. Are We Sow­ing with a Rea­dy Hand?
  6. As Here We Come to Praise and Wor­ship
  7. As I Drift with the Tide
  8. As I Know with Pre­cious Blood
  9. As We Be­lieve in the Gos­pel Way
  10. As We Walk the Pil­grim’s
  11. At the Fad­ing of the Si­lent Night
  12. Band of Dear Child­ren, A
  13. Bear Aloft the Roy­al Ban­ner
  14. Bells of the Joy­ous Morn, The
  15. Bless the Lord, My Soul
  16. Brothers in the Gos­pel Field
  17. Calling, Still Call­ing, Christ Pleads Above
  18. Christian, The
  19. Christians in the Gos­pel Field
  20. City of God, with Its Ri­ver of Life
  21. Day by Day We Jour­ney Here
  22. Day Will Soon Be Past, The
  23. Early Will I Wake, and Heed the Call
  24. Enter His Gates the Gra­cious Lord to Meet
  25. Eye Hath Not Seen the Ci­ty of the King
  26. Father in Hea­ven, Thou Hast Free­ly Given
  27. Finding in Je­sus a Pre­sent Help
  28. Follow Je­sus, at the Call
  29. For the Bless­ings That We Share
  30. For the Gos­pel Word
  31. For the Sav­ior Who Has Ran­somed
  32. From God and His Pre­cepts
  33. From the Wilds of Sin
  34. Give Praise to God, Who Rules the Earth and Sky
  35. Gospel, the Gos­pel, The
  36. Gospel Tid­ings, Glad and Free
  37. He Pleads That All Who Wan­der Far
  38. Hear as You Wan­der Where Ma­ny Are Lost
  39. Hear the Child­ren Sing of Our Fa­ther’s Care
  40. Hear the Sil­ver Trum­pets
  41. Hear the Words of Je­sus
  42. Heavenly Man­sions Mid Ed­en Lands
  43. Here as You Jour­ney, and the Days Go By
  44. Here in the House of the Lord
  45. How Ma­ny To­day Are Re­ject­ing the Lord?
  46. I Am a Youth­ful Chris­tian
  47. I Be­lieve in Je­sus and His Word
  48. I Do Re­pent of Ev­ery Sin
  49. I Have a Friend in Je­sus
  50. I Have a Lit­tle Gar­den
  51. I Heard Them Tell of the Sav­ior’s Love
  52. I Know Who Came to Die for Me
  53. I Love to Come to the Sun­day School
  54. I Sing at Morn­ing Light
  55. I Was Lost Amid the Gloomy Hedg­es
  56. I Will Praise the Lord To­day
  57. I Will Sing of Je­sus
  58. I Will Sing When Morn­ing Com­eth
  59. If the Cup of Life That You Hold To­day
  60. If You Love, as My Dis­ci­ples
  61. I’m Watch­ing on the Shore
  62. In Je­sus, as the On­ly Son
  63. In the Gos­pel’s Sweet Old Sto­ry
  64. In Times of Af­flict­ion
  65. It Came to Me from Courts Above
  66. Jesus Is Lift­ing the Cross He Bore
  67. Jesus Is the Child of Glo­ry
  68. Jesus Left the Realms of Glo­ry
  69. Jesus Loves the Child­ren
  70. Jesus Loves the Lit­tle Ones
  71. Jesus Reigns, in All His Glo­ry
  72. Jesus Still In­vites You
  73. Just a Lit­tle While Shall I Wres­tle Here
  74. Let Not Your Hearts Be Trou­bled
  75. Let the Path Be Bright
  76. Let Us Sing the Love of Je­sus
  77. Life Is Full of Evil, Bro­ther
  78. Light Is Here, the Bless­ed Light, The
  79. Light That Is in Je­sus
  80. Like the Pro­di­gal of Old
  81. Little Al­lie
  82. Live to Serve the Mas­ter
  83. Living for Je­sus, Ear­nest and Faith­ful
  84. Living for the Mas­ter, Hap­py in His Ser­vice
  85. Lo! A Foun­tain Stands
  86. Lo from the Throne of His Glo­ry
  87. Lord, For­give My Sins
  88. Lord Is Good to All His Child­ren, The
  89. Lord Is My Re­fuge, The
  90. Many Man­sions Far Above
  91. Much That Is of Tri­bu­la­tion
  92. My Soul Was Long a Stran­ger
  93. Night Has Passed Away, The
  94. O Bless the Lord, My Soul
  95. O Let Us Love Our Bro­thers
  96. O Sing to the Lord a Glad New Song
  97. O the Gos­pel Word Is a Word of Grace
  98. O the Lord Is Rich in Mer­cy
  99. O the Robes in Yon­der Hea­ven
  100. O the Won­drous Name in the Gos­pel Word
  101. O We Love to Work
  102. O’er the Birth of Christ
  103. Oh, There’s a Won­drous Sto­ry
  104. On His Throne of Light and Glo­ry
  105. Once Again, Once Again
  106. Once There Wan­dered o’er the Earth
  107. Onward, Bro­thers, One and All
  108. Open the Win­dows of the Soul
  109. Our Ad­vo­cate Is Je­sus
  110. Our Fa­ther, in Hea­ven
  111. Our Mis­sion
  112. Pleasant Are the Pearls of Praise
  113. Praise of Lit­tle Voic­es
  114. Praise the Lord for All
  115. Promises of Je­sus, The
  116. Remember the Sab­bath Day
  117. Rugged Path, A
  118. Sabbath Bells
  119. See the Child­ren of Our Care and Love
  120. See the Star in Yon­der Hea­vens
  121. Send the Gos­pel o’er the Wave
  122. Sharing So Free­ly the Gifts of the Lord
  123. Shine Forth from Be­tween the Che­ru­bim
  124. Singing of Je­sus
  125. Soldiers of Je­sus in Bat­tle
  126. Sons of God, as Here You Tar­ry
  127. Sorrow Here Is Not a Stran­ger
  128. Sound the Trum­pet
  129. Stormy Winds Are Oft Ap­pear­ing
  130. Sweet Is the Call of the Gos­pel
  131. Take the Word and Sow It Well
  132. Tent and Man­sion
  133. That Home Where An­gels Dwell
  134. That Je­sus Left His Home Above
  135. There Is a Great Re­joic­ing
  136. There Is a King of Glo­ry
  137. There Is a Land with Pas­tures Ev­er­green
  138. There Is Com­ing a Day
  139. There Is Great Re­joic­ing ’Mid the Ho­ly An­gels
  140. There Is Joy Among the An­gels
  141. They Sing of the Sav­ior Above
  142. Through All the De­vi­ous Ways
  143. ’Tis Mine to Walk in the Nar­row Way
  144. ’Tis Oft That We Stand at the Couch
  145. To God, in Realms Above, ’Tis Sweet to Pray
  146. To Work for Je­sus and His Cause
  147. Today the Lord Is Call­ing
  148. Trust God as a Child of His Love
  149. Trust in God, My Bro­ther
  150. Vessel Is Out in the Tem­pest, The
  151. We All Have a Fa­ther in Hea­ven
  152. We Are Wan­der­ing Home
  153. We as Child­ren Come to Je­sus
  154. We Live to Serve the Mas­ter
  155. We Shall See Him in the Bet­ter Land
  156. We Will Come as Lit­tle Ones
  157. We Work, as Ser­vants of Je­sus
  158. We’re a Hap­py Lit­tle Band
  159. What Is Best That We Should Have
  160. What Is Like a Liv­ing Germ
  161. When Life Is Full of Toil and Care
  162. When the Har­vest Comes
  163. When Thorns, and Not Ros­es
  164. When Your Heart Is Wea­ry
  165. Who Left His Home in Hea­ven
  166. With Hearts and with Voic­es
  167. Within Thy Courts, O Lord
  168. Words of This Life, The
  169. Work, and Let the Mas­ter See
  170. Workers in the Gos­pel Field

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