1889–1983

Introduction

Born: October 15, 1889, Coun­ty Gal­way, Ire­land.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 18, 1983, Pitts­ton, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: Flush­ing Ce­me­te­ry, Flus­hing, New York.

Biography

William was the son of Will­iam Reid of Mo­ney­more, and Sar­ah Wat­kins of Lon­don­der­ry, hus­band of Ed­ith Fowl­er, and father of William Reid, Jr.

Emigrating to Am­eri­ca in 1900, set­tled in the Bronx, New York, in 1904.

He was edu­cat­ed at New York Uni­ver­si­ty (BD 1915, mas­ter in jour­nal­ism, 1917).

He was with the Hymn So­ci­ety as pre­si­dent (1942–45), ex­ec­utive di­rect­or, and ed­it­or of The Hymn (1966–76).

A mem­ber of the Me­tho­dist de­nom­ina­tion, he ed­it­ed The Pas­tor’s Jour­nal, and di­rect­ed the de­no­mi­na­tion’s News Ser­vice of the Board of Mis­sions.

Lyrics

  1. All Know­ing God, Whose Sci­ence Charts
  2. All Wea­ry, Wea­ry Tossed the World
  3. Almighty God, Who Dai­ly Art Re­veal­ing
  4. And, Lo, What God Had Made Was Good
  5. Are You Keep­ing Step With Je­sus?
  6. Around Their Fires That Win­t’ry Night
  7. Beaming Star and An­gel Cho­rus
  8. Bless, Lord, This House, Its Walls and Roof
  9. Bless, O Lord, the Vill­age Road
  10. Bright the Star That Lights Your Pil­low
  11. Bright the Star Through Sta­ble Door
  12. Creator God, Who Gave the Plan­ets Life
  13. Dear Lord, to Whom in Oth­er Days
  14. Earth Wak­ed That Morn to Grief of Cross and Tomb
  15. Earth’s a Gar­den, Ho­ly, Gay, The
  16. For Ho­ly Writ, Where An­cient Sage
  17. For Hum­ble Hearth With Hap­py Hearts Aglow
  18. Forgive Us, Lord, for Shal­low Thank­fu­lness
  19. Give Thanks, My Soul, for Har­vest
  20. Go, Says the Mas­ter, and Earth’s Paths
  21. God Called Earth Good
  22. God of Earth and Pla­nets
  23. God’s Ho­ly Quiet Calms My Soul
  24. Great Guid­ing Spir­it of an Age­less World
  25. Hark! An­gel Ca­rols
  26. He Lives Off the Men Who Are Down
  27. Herald of Love, Sent of God to En­fold Us
  28. High On Yon Hill the Sheep Seek Ten­der Grass­es
  29. Hills Awake to Sing­ing, The
  30. I Long to See Thee, Christ
  31. I Thank Thee, Lord, for Gold­en Grain in Store
  32. Lambs Are Not Bleat­ing, The
  33. Lord Is My Good Shep­herd, The
  34. Lord, the Hearts of Peo­ple Hun­ger
  35. Lord, Wake Your Church from Self Con­cern
  36. Lord, Who Didst Choose in Ga­li­lee
  37. Lowly Work­man’s Hum­ble Home, The
  38. Morn the Ho­ly Spir­it Poured, The
  39. My God Is There, Con­trol­ling
  40. My God, Un­chang­ing Through All Change
  41. My Hope Is Not in Self
  42. Not for the Gain of a Ci­ty or Grail
  43. Not Where the Flags Are Massed on High
  44. O God, Cre­at­or, Lord
  45. O God, Ere His­to­ry Be­gan
  46. O God, to Whom All Na­ture Bows
  47. O God, Whose Strength Is Shown in Thy Com­pas­sion
  48. O Holy Child, O Gift of Love
  49. O Holy Spir­it, Pro­phet Voice
  50. O Lord of Na­ture, Lord of Earth
  51. O Master, in Whose Life Both Word and Deed
  52. O Nation Proud and Bold
  53. O Sculptor, Whose Im­mor­tal Love
  54. O Teacher, Mas­ter of the Skill
  55. O Thou La­bor­er in the Work­shop
  56. O Thou, Whose Youth­ful Years Were Spent
  57. Onward from Cal­va­ry the Gos­pel Is Speed­ing
  58. Our Fa­ther, from Thy Boun­te­ous Cruse
  59. Our God, Who Down the Ag­es Longed
  60. Our God, Whose Ve­ry Be­ing Breathes of Love
  61. Ours Are Peace and Joy Di­vine
  62. Pilgrim’s Hymn, The
  63. Praise We, Praise We, God the Lord
  64. Sing, An­gel Choir, Make Glad Our Night Again
  65. Spirit of God, All Si­lent, All Ho­ly
  66. Teach Us, O Lord, True Thank­fu­lness
  67. Thank Thee, God, Great Mas­ter Farm­er
  68. Thanks Be to God Who Show­ers On All
  69. Throng Did Press Thee, Lord, The
  70. Thou, Lord, Whose Come­ly Strength Was Gained
  71. Thou Whose Quest­ing, Ea­ger Boy­hood
  72. True Thanks
  73. Tune We Songs to An­gel Cho­rus
  74. Wake, Sons of Earth, New Al­le­lu­jahs Raise
  75. What Won­ders Have Found Us?
  76. When Suns and Pla­nets Plunge Through Space
  77. Where Lies the Christ­ian’s Hope
  78. Wide Is That Realm of Truth

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