1866–1930

Introduction

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Born: No­vem­ber 4, 1866, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: No­vem­ber 29, 1930, at the home of his bro­ther Wal­ter in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: North­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia (an un­marked plot in the Ivy sec­tion of the ce­me­te­ry).

Pseudonyms

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Biography

Lincoln was the son of Jo­seph M. and Bar­ba­ra Hall, and hus­band of Eva With­ing­ton of Phi­la­del­phia (mar­ried 1896).

He gra­du­at­ed with hon­ors from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia. He lat­er re­ceived an hon­or­ary Doc­tor of Mu­sic de­gree from Har­ri­man Uni­ver­si­ty.

He wrote can­ta­tas, ora­to­rios, choir an­thems, and hun­dreds of Gos­pel songs, and ed­it­ed sev­er­al hymn­als. Hall said once that the tune for Does Je­sus Care? was his most in­spired piece of mu­sic.

He was ap­par­ent­ly an ex­cep­tion­al song lead­er and cho­ral con­duc­tor. He and Ir­vin Mack, found­ed the Hall-Mack Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny (lat­er bought by the Ro­de­hea­ver Com­pa­ny).

He was a mem­ber of the 7th Street Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. At the Cross
  2. Beautiful Christ­mas
  3. Cares and Toils of Life May Come, The
  4. Ever Sing­ing
  5. Guide Me, Sav­ior
  6. Have Thine Own Way
  7. Higher Life, A
  8. I Am Rea­dy for Ser­vice
  9. I Have Joy and Glo­ry, and My Heart Is Light
  10. I Need the Pow­er of Pen­te­cost
  11. It’s On­ly Go­ing Home
  12. I’ve Been Doubt­ing, Bless­ed Sav­ior
  13. Jesus, My Sav­ior, Left Hea­ven Above
  14. Jesus Saves
  15. Listen to the Mas­ter’s Plead­ing
  16. Lord, Thou Know­est All My Need
  17. Message of Christ­mas Time
  18. My All Is on the Al­tar
  19. My Life, O Lord, to Thee I Now Sur­ren­der
  20. O Bles­sed Lord, to Thee I’m Com­ing
  21. O Je­sus, My Sav­ior
  22. Oft I Steal Out in the Twi­light
  23. Ripe Is the Har­vest
  24. Room for Me in Pas­tures
  25. Sitting at the Feet of Je­sus
  26. Some Day I Shall Be Like Him
  27. Speak a Good Word for Je­sus
  28. There Is Rest at the Cross
  29. There’s a Friend We Love
  30. Though Dark the Path May Some­times Seem
  31. Though the Skies Are Gray All Along Your Way
  32. We Are Drift­ing o’er to the Gold­en Shore
  33. We Ga­ther in Thy Name
  34. When I View the Op­en Foun­tain
  35. Why Stand Ye Here Idle?
  36. Witness of the Spi­rit, The

Music

  1. All Tak­en Away
  2. Angel of East­er
  3. Angels’ Cho­rus, The
  4. Aotearoa
  5. At Beth­le­hem
  6. Awake and Sing
  7. Beaming Bright
  8. Beautiful Christ­mas Tide
  9. Beautiful Ci­ty
  10. Beautiful East­er­tide
  11. Beautiful Li­lies
  12. Beautiful Sto­ry
  13. Bells, The
  14. Beyond the Sea
  15. Blessèd Songs of Christ­mas
  16. Bodø
  17. Bréguet
  18. Does Je­sus Care?
  19. Carolling On
  20. Clifton
  21. Cross, Crown and Throne
  22. Easter Bells, The
  23. Fagradalsfjal
  24. Fairest Flow­er, The
  25. For God So Loved the World
  26. Glorious Free­dom
  27. Guwahati
  28. Hallelujah, Hal­le­lu­jah
  29. Happy in the Love of Je­sus
  30. Hark the An­gels’ Song
  31. Have Ye Been to Na­za­reth?
  32. He Is Mine
  33. Hear the Ha­ppy Voices Ring­ing
  34. Hear the Mer­ry Laugh­ter
  35. I Shall See Him By and By
  36. I Was Poor as the Poor­est
  37. Jesus Cares
  38. Jesus Reigns
  39. Keep on Pray­ing
  40. La Rioja
  41. Lead On
  42. Lift Up Your Voic­es
  43. Light Along the Way, A
  44. Light Be­yond the Sha­dows
  45. Light from the Tomb
  46. Lompoc
  47. Mankato
  48. March On!
  49. Merrily, Cheer­i­ly
  50. Message of the Bells, The
  51. Mine, Still Mine
  52. No More Shall We Say Good­bye
  53. Noord
  54. O An­gel Fair
  55. O Swing the Gates Wide Op­en
  56. Oh Be Rea­dy!
  57. On East­ern Plain Re­clin­ing
  58. Redemption
  59. Rejoice!
  60. Rejoice, Ye Saints of God!
  61. Ring the Bells
  62. Roses Are Bloom­ing
  63. Satisfied
  64. See the Ar­my
  65. Send Out the Tid­ings
  66. Serve the Lord in Youth
  67. Shepherds, The
  68. Shout! Shout for Joy
  69. Smiling Flow­ers, The
  70. Song of the Shep­herds
  71. Song the World Is Sing­ing, A
  72. Star and the An­gels, The
  73. Star of Beth­le­hem
  74. Star of the East
  75. Sweet Smil­ing Rose
  76. Tell of Love
  77. Twine Your Blos­soms
  78. Victory
  79. Welcome, East­er Day
  80. What Are You Do­ing for Je­sus?
  81. When in Thy Courts I Stand
  82. Whispering Hope
  83. Win the World for Christ
  84. With Foot­steps Firm
  85. Within Thy Courts
  86. Wondrous Word, A
  87. Ye Hap­py Bells
  88. Zhejiang