1845–1924

A Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter, Dale re­ceived his Ba­che­lor of Di­vin­i­ty de­gree from Cum­ber­land Un­i­ver­si­ty, Leb­a­non, Ten­nes­see, in 1876. He 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 (an­ti-al­co­hol) 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, with H. A. R. Hor­ton (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: W. T. Dale, 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
29. How Plea­sant Is the Sight
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
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
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. O, Who Shall Be Able to Stand?
61. On God I Called with Heart Re­signed
62. On the Way from Je­ru­sa­lem
63. One Hun­dred Years Ago, in the Old Log House
64. Peals of Mid­night Bells, The
65. Pharisee Came to the Sav­ior by Night, A
66. Resist Not the Spir­it
67. See the Sav­ior as He Goes
68. Shall I Be Con­demned For­ev­er?
69. Sweet Ha­ven of Rest
70. Sweet Land of Rest Be­yond
71. Tarry with Us, Bless­ed Je­sus
72. There Is a Foun­tain Op­ened Wide
73. There Is a Heal­ing, Clean­sing Tide
74. There Is a Land of Grand De­light
75. There Is Joy Among the An­gels
76. There Shall Be Show­ers of Bless­ing
77. There’ll Be Light in the Val­ley
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
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
99. Write, Bless­ed Are the Dead

1. Are You Count­ing the Cost?
2. Arequipa
3. Diyarbakır
4. In the Light of God’s Won­de­rful Love
5. Jesus Is Com­ing Again
6. Sulawesi
7. White Plains