1845-1924

A Cumberland Presbyterian minister, Dale received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1876, and was ordained by the Nashville Presbytery at Franklin, Tennessee, the next year. In addition to his ministerial duties, he wrote and published song books, other books, and tracts, including:

• Last Words; or, Spirit Whispers, 1878
• Children’s Hosannas, 1880
• The Anxious Seat; or, A Plea for Altar Exercises, 1884
• The Gospel Shower, 1885
• The Baptism of Christ, 1886
• The Bugle Blast, a prohibition campaign song book, 1887
• Gospel Melodies, with Charles Pollock & David Dortch (Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1890)
• Times of Refreshing, 1893
• Mrs. Nannie Preston; or, The Truth Sought and Found, 1894
• Life’s Railway to Heaven, 1894
• Children’s Hosannas, No. 2, 1895
• Times of Refreshing, 20th Century edition, 1901
• Hymns of Calvary, 1904
• The Difference in Creedal Statement, 1904
• Cumberland Songs, 1907
• Cumberland Hymns, 1908
• Sound the Battle Cry, 1909
• Bible Readings on Baptism 1910
• Cumberland Hymns, centenary edition, 1910
• The Harp of Glory, 1911
• Supplement to the Harp of Glory, 1912
• The Songs of Zion, 1914

• Findagrave, accessed 17 Jan 2018

1. Amid the Fury of the Blast
2. Are You Marching on to Glory?
3. Ask, for the Father Is Ready to Hear
4. Baptist by the Jordan Stood, The
5. Behold the Lamb of God
6. By and By
7. Christians, Up! Our Lord Is Calling
8. Cling Close to the Rock
9. Closer to Thee, O Blessed Redeemer
10. Don’t You Hear the Harps of Glory?
11. Door Was Once Opened to Sinners Lost, A
12. Faith of Our Fathers, Dear the Names
13. Far from My Home in This Strange Land
14. Full Oft I’ve Heard This Gentle Whisper
15. Go Forth, Ye Heralds of the Cross
16. Go Wash at That Fountain of Cleansing
17. God Has Our Strength and Refuge Proved
18. Gone, but Not Lost
19. Gone from Our Vision to That Land So Bright
20. Great God, Lift Up Thy Hand
21. Hark, I Hear a Voice That’s Calling
22. Hark, I Hear the Noise of Battle
23. Hark! ’Tis the Song of the Angels I Hear
24. Have You Heard What Jesus Said to Me?
25. High Raise Your Heads
26. Homeward Path I Slowly Take, The
27. Hosanna to the Son of David
28. How Long We’ve Been Waiting and Watching for Thee
29. How Pleasant Is the Sight When Children All Agree
30. I Am a Little Orphan Boy
31. I Am a Little Pilgrim
32. I Am a Pilgrim Stranger
33. I Am Going to Heaven, My Home
34. I Am Just from Jesus, Who Has Cleansed My Soul
35. I Am Nearing the Port
36. I Am Sweeping Thro’ the Gates
37. I Am the Rose of Sharon
38. I Have Heard the Sweet Story of Jesus Tonight
39. I Have Started for the Kingdom
40. I’m a Pilgrim Here Below
41. I’m Alone in the World
42. In My Father’s House on High
43. In the High and Holy Mountains
44. Jesus Wept, He Wept for Me
45. Just Waiting the Summons to Welcome Me Home
46. Let All Created Mortals Sing
47. Lord, Bless Me, and Make Me a Blessing
48. Lord, Make Room for a Little Child
49. Lord’s My Shepherd, The
50. Meet Me There
51. My Soul Is Filled with Glory
52. Now the Song of Triumph I Will Sing
53. O Father, Dear Father, Come Home
54. O God, Our Fathers’ God, to Thee
55. O Lamb of God, I Come to Thee
56. O Lord in My Closet Now
57. O Lord, We Love Thy Sabbaths
58. O My Brother, Have You Been to Beulah Land?
59. O Where Is Now My Brother Dear?
60. On God I Called with Heart Resigned
61. On the Way from Jerusalem
62. One Hundred Years Ago, in the Old Log House
63. Peals of Midnight Bells, The
64. Pharisee Came to the Savior by Night, A
65. Resist Not the Spirit
66. See the Savior as He Goes
67. Shall I Be Condemned Forever?
68. Sweet Haven of Rest
69. Sweet Land of Rest Beyond
70. Tarry with Us, Blessed Jesus
71. There Is a Fountain Opened Wide
72. There Is a Healing, Cleansing Tide
73. There Is a Land of Grand Delight
74. There Is Joy Among the Angels
75. There Shall Be Showers of Blessing
76. There’ll Be Light in the Valley When Jesus Comes
77. There’s a Great Judgment Day That Is Coming
78. There’s a Home Far Away in That Beautiful Land
79. There’s Rest Beyond the Tide
80. They Need No Sun in the New Jerusalem
81. Thousands Lie in Sin and Sorrow
82. Time Has Come When We Must Part, The
83. To Mark the Sufferings of the Babe
84. Up to the Hills I’ll Lift Mine Eyes
85. We Come Today with Brightest Flowers
86. We Have Met Today on the Old Camp Ground
87. We Have Often Met Together
88. We Must Have the Same Religion
89. Weeping May Last for a Night
90. We’ll Work Till Jesus Comes
91. What a Shout Will Rise
92. When Bowed with Afflictions and Woes Here Below
93. When Persecutions Rage Around
94. When That Awful Day Shall Come
95. When the Dark Night of This Life Shall Be O’er
96. Where Babel’s Current Flows
97. Who Will Carry Me Over the River?
98. Whosoever Will, O Come, Come Today
99. Write, Blessed Are the Dead

1. Are You Counting the Cost?
2. Jesus Is Coming Again