Bilhorn’s fam­i­ly name was orig­in­al­ly Pul­horn; it was changed by a judge in Ot­ta­wa, Il­li­nois, named Abra­ham Lin­coln. Pe­ter and his bro­ther formed the Eu­re­ka Wa­gon and Car­riage Works in Chi­ca­go, Il­linois. Lat­er, Pe­ter be­came in­volved in Gos­pel mu­sic, stu­dy­ing un­der George Root, George Steb­bins, and others. He wrote some 2,000 Go­spel songs in his life­time, and for a while, worked with evan­gel­ist Bil­ly Sun­day. He al­so in­vent­ed a fold­ing pump or­gan used at re­viv­als in the late 19th Cen­tu­ry, and found­ed the Bil­horn Fold­ing Or­gan Com­pa­ny in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

One of the high points in Bil­horn’s ca­reer came in 1900, when he tra­veled to Lon­don. There he con­duct­ed a 4,000 strong choir in the Crys­tal Pal­ace, and Queen Vic­tor­ia in­vit­ed him to sing in Buck­ing­ham Palace.

Bilhorn’s works in­clude:

• Crowning Glo­ry No. 1, 1888
• Crowning Glo­ry No. 2
• Soul-Win­ning Songs
• Choice Songs: Hymns of Hea­ven­ly Har­mo­ny
• Sunshine Songs
• Songs of Peace and Pow­er
• Century Gos­pel Hymns
• Songs for Male Chor­us­es
• Sacred and Se­cu­lar Se­lect­ions for La­dies’ Voic­es, 1900
• Songs and Sto­ries of Mo­ther, Child­hood and Home (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Bil­horn Bros., 1903)

• Choir Her­ald, Ap­ril 1947, pp. 174-75
• Reynolds, pp. 251-52

1. Almost I Trust­ed in Je­sus
2. Are You Build­ing on the Rock?
3. Are You Hea­vy La­den?
4. Are You in the Roy­al Ar­my?
5. Are You Rea­dy for the Bride­groom?
6. Are You Wait­ing, Are You Rea­dy?
7. Are Your Feet on the Rock, Christ Je­sus?
8. Art Thou Weak, Af­flict­ed Soul?
9. At the Door the Sav­ior’s Knock­ing
10. Be Not Wea­ry in Well Do­ing
11. Beautiful Beams of Sun­shine
12. Beggar Blind Sat by the Way, A
13. Beggar Blind, the Truth I Learned, A
14. Behold the Ar­mies of the King
15. Behold, the Lord Is Com­ing
16. Blessed As­sur­ance Je­sus Hath Said
17. Blessed Be the God and Fa­ther of Our Sav­ior
18. Blessed Je­sus, Thou Art Mine
19. But as Ma­ny as Re­ceived Him
20. By the Cross of Christ, Our Sav­ior
21. Carry Me Back to My Mo­ther’s True Love
22. Christ Is Com­ing, and All Na­tions
23. Clouds of Doubt Have Flown Away, The
24. Come, Is the Call of the Fa­ther
25. Come, Lord Je­sus, O Come Quick­ly
26. Come, Lord Je­sus, Our Guest to Be
27. Come Near to the Bed­side of Mo­ther, My Boy
28. Come Sin­ners, Come to Je­sus Now
29. Come to the Sav­ior, While He Is Call­ing
30. Come, Ye Child­ren, March Along
31. Dark and Thorny Is the De­sert
32. Days Are Quick­ly Pass­ing, The
33. Do Not Mind What Others Say
34. Down by the Ri­ver on Re­demp­tion Ground
35. Drifting Away from Christ in Thy Youth
36. Eternal Ho­ly Ghost of Love
37. Far Be­yond the Shin­ing Gate
38. Far from God, to Christ a Stran­ger
39. Far Out up­on the By­ways
40. Father and Mo­ther Pray­ing
41. Field Is Great, the Grain Is White, The
42. For God So Loved the World
43. Gather Up the Rays of Sun­shine
44. Glory Be to the Fa­ther!
45. Glory to Je­sus Who Died on the Tree
46. Happy in Je­sus, O Won­derf­ul Grace
47. Hark, the An­gels’ Voic­es Sing
48. Hast Thou Heard of God Who in Won­drous Love
49. Hast Thou Not Known, Hast Thou Not Heard?
50. Have You Been Down at the Foun­tain?
51. Have You Bur­dens Hard to Bear?
52. Have You Told Je­sus the Bur­dens You Bear?
53. He Is Call­ing Thee, My Bro­ther
54. He Is Com­ing, He Is Com­ing
55. He That Win­neth Souls Is Wise
56. He Will Bring Me Home
57. Hear the Cry­ing in the Land
58. He’s a Friend That Stick­eth Clos­er
59. He’s Able to Keep You from Fall­ing
60. His Love Is Ev­er Abid­ing
61. Ho, Ye Ran­somed, Come and Sing
62. How Won­der­ful to Know the Pow­er
63. I Am Hap­py on My Way
64. I Am Sing­ing To­day of the Cross and the Blood
65. I Am Tra­vel­ing on the Way to Glo­ry
66. I Am Wait­ing for the Morn­ing
67. I Came to Je­sus in My Sin
68. I Can Ne­ver Tell How Much He Is to Me
69. I Can Sing the Won­drous Sto­ry
70. I Can Tell You When, I Can Tell You Where
71. I Come to Thee, Dear Sav­ior
72. I Do Be­lieve with All My Soul
73. I Found It, I Found It
74. I Found Sweet Peace in Christ My Lord
75. I Had So Ma­ny Sins, and He Took Them All Away
76. I Have Heard of a Land Where Bright An­gels Dwell
77. I Have Je­sus in My Heart, and I’m Sa­tis­fied
78. I Know Not Where the Way May Lead Me
79. I Love to Sing of Je­sus
80. I Once Was a Re­bel, but Now I Am Free
81. I Shall Wear a Crown
82. I Sing of His Love Abid­ing
83. I Stood All Alone by the Way­side
84. I Walked in the Wood­land Mea­dows
85. I Wan­dered in Dark­ness and Knew Not the Light
86. I Was a Ru­ined Sin­ner
87. I Was Ly­ing at the Pool of Be­thes­da
88. I Was Stray­ing Afar from the Shel­ter­ing Fold
89. I Was Wea­ry, Lost and Stray­ing
90. I Will Be There with Je­sus
91. I Will Cast in the Depths of the Fa­thom­less Sea
92. I Will Fol­low Thee, My Sav­ior
93. I Will Meet You There in the Morn­ing Fair
94. I Will Praise My Dear Re­deem­er
95. I Will Sing the Praise­s of My Lord and Sav­ior
96. I Will Walk the Streets of Glo­ry By and By
97. If o’er Your Way Dark Clouds Arise
98. If We Al­ways Go to Je­sus When the Bil­lows Roll
99. If You Would Know the Peace of God
100. If Your Heart Is Right
101. If Your Heart Is Sad
102. I’m Hap­py in the Love of Je­sus
103. I’m Home­ward Bound
104. I’m on My Way to Zi­on’s Hill
105. I’m Sa­tis­fied with Je­sus
106. In My Heart a Song Is Swell­ing Like a Mighty Sea
107. In My Heart Lives a Song That I Sing All Day Long
108. In My Mem­o­ry There Ling­er Thoughts of Mo­ther
109. In the Be­gin­ning of Our Re­demp­tion
110. In the Land of Stran­gers
111. In the Land of Won­drous Beau­ty
112. In the Sweet Days of My Child­hood
113. Jesus Died for You and Me, Is It
114. Jesus Re­deems Me from Ev­ery Sin
115. Jesus Saves Me To­day
116. Jesus Stands Rea­dy to Par­don
117. Kiss Me, Mo­ther, Kiss Me Gent­ly
118. Lead Me Till I Reach That Ci­ty
119. Let Me Ev­er, Lord, Love and Keep Thy Word
120. Let Us Give Praise un­to Our King
121. Life Ev­er­last­ing He Of­fers to Thee
122. Life Ev­erl­ast­ing Is Of­fered to All
123. Lift Up Your Voic­es, O Lord Let Them Ring
124. Lift Your Eyes and Look on Je­sus
125. Like the Love of God, the Fa­ther
126. Listen, Bro­ther, While We Sing of the Sav­ior
127. Living Wa­ter O How Sweet
128. Living Wa­ter Pure and Free
129. Lonely Lov­ing Mot­her Waits, A
130. Long Ago the Sav­ior Sought Us
131. Look Where You Step, Young Man of To­day
132. Lord, Ac­cord­ing to Thy Lov­ing Kind­ness
133. Lord Has Washed Away My Sin, The
134. Lord, Save Me
135. Lord, This Is What We Need
136. Lord’s My Light and Li­ber­ty, The
137. Lord’s Our Rock, in Him We Hide, The
138. Love Sur­pass­ing Hu­man Love
139. Man Whose Trans­gress­ions Are Par­doned, The
140. Master Is Come and Call­eth for Thee, The
141. Master Is Com­ing, He’s Com­ing Again, The
142. Messiah’s Call Rings Out to One and All
143. Mine the Crown and King­dom Is
144. More and More I Long for Je­sus
145. My Boy, You Are Near­ing Life’s Man­hood
146. My Heart Was Not Right in My Dear Sav­ior’s Sight
147. My Sav­ior Con­trol­leth My Ev­ery Way
148. My Soul Is Re­deemed by the Blood of the Lamb
149. Nobly Our Flag Is Wav­ing
150. Not To­night, So Ma­ny Say
151. Nothing for Je­sus No Place in Your Heart
152. O Bro­ther, Which Side of the Lord Will You Stand?
153. O, Don’t You Want to Work for Je­sus?
154. O Hear the Sweet Bells Ring­ing
155. O House of Ma­ny Mans­ions
156. O Sing the Glad News of Je­sus
157. O Tell Me the Sto­ry of Je­sus
158. O Trust the Sav­ior, Let Come What May
159. O What Are You Do­ing for Je­sus?
160. O Who Is This For­giv­eth Sin?
161. O Why Do You Car­ry Your Bur­den Alone?
162. O Ye Who Have Heard the Gos­pel
163. Oh! My Bro­ther, Art Thou Drift­ing?
164. Oh, the Best Friend to Have Is Je­sus
165. Oh, What a Sav­ior, He’s Plead­ing for You
166. Oh, What Will You Do in the Sol­emn Day?
167. Oh, Ye Who Are Bound by the Fet­ters
168. On Cal­va­ry He Took the Sin­ner’s Place
169. One Night as I Lay Dream­ing
170. Out up­on the Moun­tain Stray­ing
171. Over the Noise of Bat­tle
172. Over the Ri­ver, Not Far Away
173. Pilgrims of Earth, as Ye Sow Ye Shall Reap
174. Praise to the Fa­ther, Blest
175. Precious Mo­ther, I Am Go­ing
176. Prepare to Meet Thy God
177. Remember from Whence Thou Art Fall­en
178. Rouse, Ye Chris­tians
179. Salvation! O Sing the Glad Sto­ry
180. Saved by Grace, O Won­der­ful Sto­ry
181. Saved by Grace Through Faith Alone
182. Savior Hath Said That No Tears Shall Be Shed, The
183. Savior in Love Is Call­ing, The
184. Savior Is My All in All, The
185. Savior Shed His Pre­cious Blood on Cal­va­ry, The
186. Savior Stands Wait­ing and Knocks at Thy Door, The
187. Say, Is Your Lamp Burn­ing, My Bro­ther?
188. Savior Now Is Stand­ing Outside, The
189. Savior’s Hand Is Knock­ing, The
190. Seeking for Je­sus in Beth­le­hem
191. She Would Wipe Away My Tear­drops
192. Should the Mas­ter Call Me Home To­day
193. Since I Have Found My Je­sus Dear
194. Sing, O My Soul, Re­peat the Old­en Sto­ry
195. Smile, Smile When You’re Feel­ing Blue
196. So Near to the King­dom, Yet What Dost Thou Lack?
197. Some Day When My Toil­ing and Tri­als Are O’er
198. Somebody Cares
199. Son of God Hath Pow­er on Earth, The
200. Sweet, Sweet Old St­ory, Oft Has Been Told
201. Take Me, Make Me
202. There Are Op­por­tun­ities in Each Bu­sy Day
203. There Are Sheep Astray from the Mas­ter’s Fold
204. There Came to My Heart a Sweet Mes­sage of Love
205. There Comes to My Heart One Sweet Strain
206. There Is a Full Sal­va­tion, and That Is What We Need
207. There Is a Sec­ret Tried and True
208. There Is Love, True Love, in the Heav’n­ly Home
209. There Is Sun­shine in the Val­ley
210. There Is Work That We Can Do
211. There Was an Old De­can­ter
212. There Was No Hope With­in My Heart
213. There’ll Be No Dark Ri­ver for Me to Cross
214. There’s a Church in the Val­ley by the Wild­wood
215. There’s a Home Be­yond This Vale
216. There’s a Joy for Ev­ery Sor­row
217. There’s a Land Where Sor­row and Sin Are Ne­ver Known
218. There’s a Pre­cious Pro­mise in His Ho­ly Word
219. There’s a Pro­mise Re­cord­ed in God’s Ho­ly Word
220. There’s No Hope Be­yond the Grave
221. There’s No One to Go to but Je­sus
222. There’s Pow­er in the Blood
223. There’s Some­one Who Knows When the Waves Roll High
224. This Is the Gold­en Seed Time
225. Thou Art Drift­ing Down Life’s Ri­ver
226. Though the Way Seems Dark Be­fore You
227. Though We Are Lit­tle and Do Not Mean Much
228. Thy Sins I Bore on Cal­va­ry’s Tree
229. ’Tis Sweet to Kneel in Hum­ble Pray­er
230. Traveler Wea­ry on Life’s Rug­ged Way
231. ’Twas for Me the Christ of God
232. ’Twas in the Days of Care­less Youth
233. ’Twas Je­sus, My Sav­ior
234. Voice of Him That Cri­eth in the Wild­er­ness, The
235. We Are Com­ing to Thee for Help, O Lord
236. We Are Lit­tle Child­ren, Ser­vants of the Lord
237. We Are Lit­tle Sun­beams Shin­ing Bright
238. We Are March­ing Along with Our Ban­ner
239. We Know Not How Soon His Re­turn Will Be
240. We’re a Hap­py Chris­tian Band, March­ing
241. What a Com­pas­sion­ate Sav­ior Is He
242. What Are You Do­ing for Je­sus?
243. What Can Wash Away My Guilty Stain
244. What Will You Now Do with Je­sus?
245. When Days Are Dull and Drea­ry
246. When I Awake in the Morn­ing Light
247. When I Hear the Grand Old Sto­ry, Oft­en Told
248. When I Re­call the Love That Je­sus Had for Me
249. When I Was Drift­ing Out up­on the Sea
250. When My Sav­ior I Shall See
251. When My Soul Is Sore Dis­tressed
252. When the Pow­er Fell on Me
253. When We Came to the Lord
254. When Wea­ry and Faint­ing and Rea­dy
255. When You Are Wea­ry and Bur­dened with Care
256. When You See a Fel­low Hedgi­ng
257. Wheresoever We May Go in This World of Sin and Woe
258. While the She­pherds Watched Their Flock of Sheep
259. Who Is Ten­der­ly Call­ing You Home
260. Why Do I Hesi­t­ate?
261. Why Not Help Some­bo­dy Along
262. Will You Meet Me in the Home­land ?
263. Wondrous Gift, of God to Earth
264. Ye Shall Be Bap­tized with the Ho­ly Ghost
265. You Have Heard the Gos­pel Mes­sage

1. Almost
2. Best Friend to Have Is Je­sus, The
3. I Will Sing the Won­drous Sto­ry
4. Living Where the Heal­ing Wa­ters Flow
5. My Name in Mo­ther’s Pray­er
6. Redemption
7. Sweet Peace, the Gift of God’s Love