1867–1951

Introduction

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 20, 1867, Lew­is­ton, New York.

Died: Ap­ril 21, 1951, Spring­field, Ohio.

Buried: Vale Ce­me­te­ry, Spring­field, Ohio.

Biography

Barney mar­ried twice: to Lot­tie Charles and Nan­nie Ki­gar. Nan­nie be­longed to the sing­ing group that tra­veled the coun­try­side in the late 1800’s. The group was part of the Church of God Re­for­ma­tion Move­ment in An­der­son, In­di­ana.

Warren was con­vert­ed in 1884 at a re­vi­val near Ban­gor, Mi­chi­gan. Two years lat­er he joined Da­ni­el War­ner and his evan­gel­is­tic sing­ing com­pa­ny as a bass sing­er.

Warren was a Church of God min­is­ter, and served sev­er­al con­gre­ga­tions.

Works

Warren is cred­it­ed with writ­ing ov­er 7,000 songs. He al­so helped pro­duce song books and hym­nals for the Gos­pel Trum­pet Com­pa­ny from 1888 to 1940.

His pub­li­ca­tions in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All but Christ, the Won­drous Secret
  2. All in Je­sus
  3. Almost De­cid­ed, Sin­ner
  4. Are We in This World of Sor­row
  5. Are You Not Wea­ry and Tired of Your Sin?
  6. Are You Rea­dy When the Bride­groom Comes?
  7. As the Pure Glow­ing Sky on a Clear Sum­mer Day
  8. Ask and Ye Shall Re­ceive
  9. Beautiful Ho­li­ness! Theme of the Bi­ble
  10. Beautiful
  11. Behold What Love, Yes, Love Di­vine
  12. Be Not Afraid, ’Tis I
  13. Be Thou Rea­dy, He Doth Call
  14. Blameless Church, The
  15. Blessed Christ of God I See, The
  16. Blessed God of Mer­cy
  17. Blessed Je­sus, I Am Bring­ing
  18. Blessed Re­deem­er, I Love Thee So Well
  19. By the Grace of God
  20. Can I De­feat My Sav­ior’s Plan?
  21. Cast Thy Bread up­on the Water
  22. Change Is Soon Com­ing, The
  23. Child of God, A
  24. Child of God, Thou’rt Called for Serv­ice
  25. Christ Is Com­ing
  26. Come, All To­ge­ther Now
  27. Come and Rea­son Now with Me
  28. Come Breth­ren, All, in Pha­lanx Strong
  29. Come, Pro­di­gal Child, to Your Fa­ther
  30. Come to the Fount­ain So Full and So Free
  31. Come Wor­ship the Lord
  32. Come Ye Pro­di­gal in Sin
  33. Comforter Ab­ides With­in, The
  34. Do You Love the World?
  35. Door of His Mer­cy Is Op­en, The
  36. Echoes from Glo­ry
  37. Eternity Draws Near
  38. Every Hour for Je­sus
  39. Farewell, Dear Friends, a Long Fare­well
  40. Farther Along
  41. Following Je­sus, Fol­low­ing Je­sus
  42. Forward, For­ward Is the Bat­tle Cry
  43. For Me the Bles­sed Sav­ior Came
  44. Fount of Cleans­ing Flows So Free, A
  45. From the Shin­ing Courts Ab­ove
  46. Glorious Things Are Spok­en of Thee
  47. Glory to God in the High­est
  48. God’s Arms Are Un­der­neath Me
  49. God’s Child­ren Were Scat­tered in Ba­bel So Cold
  50. God Is My Keep­er, Whom Shall I Fear?
  51. God Loves My Soul
  52. Gospel Trum­pet, The
  53. Have You Heard the Gos­pel, Sin­ner?
  54. Have You Heard the Trum­pet Sound­ing?
  55. Hear the Call for Sol­diers
  56. Hear the Lov­ing Sav­ior Gent­ly Call­ing
  57. Hear the Tid­ings, Loud and Clear
  58. He Hears Me When I Call
  59. He Is Able to De­liv­er Thee, O Sin­ner
  60. He Is Fair­er Than the Fair­est Morn of Earth
  61. He Is Ris­en, Said the An­gel to the Wo­men
  62. He Saves My Soul from Sin’s Do­main
  63. He Shall Co­ver Thee
  64. He That Fol­low­eth Me Shall Not Walk in Dark­ness
  65. He That Go­eth Forth and Weep­eth
  66. He Who Was Lord of Lords on High
  67. His Blood Is All My Plea
  68. Hold Fast to the Sav­ior, He Loves You Still
  69. Holy Is the Bi­ble, Ho­ly Is the Lord
  70. Holy Spir­it, Take Thy Place
  71. How Can You Part with Je­sus?
  72. How Sweet Is the Com­fort and Rest of My Soul
  73. Hurry and Tell Him
  74. If You Want Par­don, Love and Sweet Peace
  75. I’m Abid­ing in Je­sus, What a Bless­ed Place!
  76. I’m in the Lord’s Sac­red Pa­vil­ion
  77. I’m Re­deemed, I Will Pro­claim It
  78. I’m Rest­ing in the Arms
  79. I’m Walk­ing with Je­sus from Day un­to Day
  80. In That Home, with Our Friends and Re­deem­er
  81. In That Land of Rest with Its Joys Un­told
  82. In the Aw­ful Age of Night
  83. In the Bi­ble Je­sus Tells Us
  84. In the Dawn­ing of the Morn­ing
  85. In the Fold of Christ the Shep­herd
  86. In the Ho­ly Ar­my We’ve En­list­ed
  87. In the Hour of Sore Temp­ta­tion
  88. In the Res­ur­rect­ion Morn­ing
  89. In This Cold, Dark World We’re Liv­ing
  90. Is God Call­ing Thee, O Guil­ty Sin­ner?
  91. I Am Cling­ing to Je­sus
  92. I Am Com­ing, Lord, to Thee
  93. I Am Free in the All-Cleans­ing Blood
  94. I Am Hap­py in the Lord
  95. I Am Reign­ing with My Bless­ed Lord
  96. I Am Sa­tis­fied in Je­sus
  97. I Am So Glad That the Sav­ior Hath Said
  98. I Can Hear a Sweet Voice
  99. I Have a Home Pre­pared for Me
  100. I Have a Sure and Safe Re­treat
  101. I Have Left All Sin’s Do­min­ion
  102. I Have the Grace My Soul Doth Need
  103. I Have Wan­dered Afar from the Guid­ing Star
  104. I Heard a Lov­ing An­gel’s Voice
  105. I Hear Ce­les­ti­al Mu­sic Strains
  106. I Hunger to Know More of Je­sus
  107. I Love the Dear Re­deem­er’s Name
  108. I Love to Serve My Je­sus
  109. I Must Be a Sol­dier and Bear the Cross
  110. I Need Thy Help, Dear Fa­ther
  111. I Now Am Run­ning in the Christ­ian Race
  112. I Once Was Blind, but Now I See
  113. I Will Bear the Cross with My Lord To­day
  114. I Will Sing Hal­le­lu­jah
  115. I Would Be Clos­er, My Sav­ior
  116. If He Comes
  117. It Is Truly Won­de­rful
  118. Jesus Brought Me on the Mount­ain
  119. Jesus Christ, the Ho­ly Son
  120. Jesus Is My Shep­herd
  121. Jesus Is Plead­ing for Thee
  122. Jesus Is Ten­der­ly Call­ing
  123. Joy Un­speak­able
  124. Keep Me as the Ap­ple of Thine Eye
  125. Keep Me in Touch with Thee
  126. Keep Me Near the Cross
  127. Kept by the Pow­er of God
  128. Kingdom of Peace, The
  129. Lead Me Gent­ly by the Hand
  130. Leaning on the Arms of Je­sus
  131. Let Clov­en Tongues of Ho­ly Fire
  132. Let Not Your Wea­ry Heart Be Trou­bled
  133. Let the Child­ren Come
  134. Let Us All Be Good and True
  135. Let Your Light So Shine That the World May See
  136. Like a Rock in the Bil­lows I Would Sta­ble Be
  137. Little Child­ren, Do Not Fear, Je­sus Loves You
  138. Long Have They Wait­ed in the Dark Hea­then Lands
  139. Lord, I Come to Thee with an Ach­ing Heart
  140. Lord In­vites You In, The
  141. Lord Je­sus, My Sweet Rose of Sha­ron
  142. Lord Make His Face to Shine on Thee, The
  143. Lord, Take the First Place
  144. Lost For­ev­er
  145. Mighty to Save, and Migh­ty to Keep
  146. More I Learn About Je­sus, The
  147. Must I in Sin­ful Bond­age Be?
  148. My Bless­ed Lord, I Will Be Thine
  149. My Bless­ed Lord, Thy Blood Di­vine
  150. My Gar­ments Stained with Sin and Guilt
  151. Ninety-Nine Are Safe­ly Ly­ing, The
  152. Now I Come, My Lord and Sav­ior
  153. Now the Har­vest Time Is Come
  154. Now the Sha­dows Slow­ly Length­en
  155. Now the True Light Is Shin­ing
  156. O Bless­ed Lamb of God So Dear!
  157. O Bro­ther, Will You Bear the Cross?
  158. O Christ Di­vine, O God of Love
  159. O Come to the Bless­ed Re­deem­er Now
  160. O Come with the Ar­my of the Lord To­day
  161. O Lord Most Ho­ly, to Thee
  162. O Praise the Lord, My Song Shall Be
  163. O Soul, Be Afraid, Thou Shalt Reck­on with God
  164. O the Glad Joy to Know God Is Love
  165. O, Trou­ble Not Thy Heart
  166. O What a Bles­sing That Heav­en Has Sent
  167. O Who Can Be Idle?
  168. O Will You Come This Ve­ry Night?
  169. Oh, Come Re­ceive the Gos­pel Light
  170. Oh, Drink of the Riv­er of Plea­sure
  171. Oh, Look at the Faith­ful­ness of Christ Our Lord
  172. Oh, What a Joy­ful As­sur­ance
  173. Oh, Will You Count the Cost To­day?
  174. On Earth There Are Tri­als and Cross­es to Bear
  175. On the Rock
  176. Out on This Dark World, Sav­ior, Am I
  177. Over the Hills the Sun Is Fast Des­cend­ing
  178. Power in the Blood of Je­sus
  179. Praise God for His Grace Be­stowed up­on Me
  180. Praise the Lord, My Soul Is Free
  181. Praise the Lord, There’s Sun­light in My Hap­py Soul To­day
  182. Praise the Lord, Who Made the Earth
  183. Praise the Lord with Sing­ing
  184. Praise the Lord, Ye An­gel
  185. Praise the Name of Je­sus, for His Love to Me
  186. Praise to Christ Anew Is Spring­ing
  187. Praise Ye the Lord
  188. Precious Soul, Pre­pare for the Mid­night Call
  189. Precious Word of God, The
  190. Press On, My Bro­ther, Sis­ter
  191. Prince of Glo­ry Con­des­cend­ed
  192. Rejoice in the Lord, I Say Re­joice
  193. Resurrection Morn, The
  194. Riches of Grace I’ve Found in Thee
  195. Rippling Brook and Flow­ing Stream
  196. Rock, The
  197. Rock of Ag­es, Hide My Soul
  198. Ruler in Ju­dah Came Hum­bly One Night, A
  199. Safely Hid­ing, Should I Fear
  200. Salvation Ech­oes Glad­den
  201. Savior, Com­ing to Thee
  202. Seal of My Par­don Is Writ­ten in His Blood, The
  203. See the Cru­ci­fied Re­deem­er
  204. See, the Dear Child­ren Around You To­day
  205. See the Storm Rag­ing in Fu­ry To­day
  206. Shall I Die With­out a Sav­ior?
  207. Shall I Wear That Bright Crown?
  208. Should You See All Kinds of Sin
  209. Silently, Si­lent­ly, Sleep the Peace­ful Dead
  210. Simply Trust­ing in the Sav­ior
  211. Since You’re Hap­py in the Serv­ice of the Lord
  212. Sing About Je­sus Who Died to Save
  213. Sinner, Hark! The Sav­ior’s Call­ing
  214. Sinner, Have You any Room for Je­sus?
  215. Sinner, See the Bless­ed Sav­ior
  216. Sitting at the Feet of Je­sus, Bless­ed Place
  217. Sweet and Pre­cious Je­sus
  218. Sweet Love That Moved the Heart of God
  219. Sweet Pa­ra­dise! My Fu­ture Home
  220. Sweet Peace Is Flow­ing, Peace That Will Abide
  221. Sweet Rest in Je­sus, Home of the Soul
  222. Sweet Vale of Ed­en
  223. Take the Cross and Fol­low Je­sus
  224. Ten Le­pers to Je­sus for Heal­ing Once Came
  225. That Lit­tle Form Be­fore Us
  226. There Are Beams of Bril­liant Sun­light
  227. There Are No Sha­dows With­out the Sun­shine
  228. There Is a Pre­cious Heal­ing Stream
  229. There Is Joy in the Lord
  230. There Is Life For­ev­er­more
  231. There’s a Land of De­light Where the An­gels Dwell
  232. There’s a Place I Long to Be
  233. There’s a Voice Full of Sweet­ness and Love
  234. Think of Your Soul, Poor Sin­ner, To­day
  235. Though I Walk Through the Val­ley
  236. Though Thou Art So Sin­ful, Come to Me
  237. Thy Peace, O God, Doth On­ward Flow
  238. Thy Will Be Done, Thy Will Be Done
  239. Truth Di­vine, by An­gels Spok­en
  240. Truth in Song
  241. Victory
  242. Victory Is Mine, The
  243. Walking Through Life’s Dark Sha­dy Val­ley
  244. Watch for the Mas­ter’s Com­ing
  245. Watch, for the Sav­ior Is Com­ing
  246. Waves of De­vo­tion
  247. Weeping Je­sus, Suff­er­ing One
  248. Weighed in the Bal­ance
  249. We’re Liv­ing by Faith in the Sav­ior Alone
  250. We’re on the Road from Earth to Heav­en
  251. We Are in the Har­vest Time
  252. We Are Kept by the Pow­er and Fa­vor of God
  253. We Are Lit­tle Flow­ers
  254. We Are Sow­ing Ev­ery Mo­ment
  255. We Have Met in the Name of Our God and King
  256. We Re­mem­ber Well How the Sav­ior Was Tempt­ed
  257. What a King­dom!
  258. What Are You Sow­ing, Sin­ner?
  259. What if the Mas­ter Should Come?
  260. What So Great, So Grand, and Love­ly
  261. What Will You Give in Ex­change for Your Soul?
  262. When All the Dear Child­ren Are Ga­ther­ing Home
  263. When the Ev­en­ing Is Com­ing
  264. When Ga­li­lee Was Rag­ing
  265. When I Be­hold My Bless­ed Sav­ior’s Face
  266. When I Come to the End of My Pil­grim­age Here
  267. When I Get Wea­ry with Toils of the Day
  268. When My Life Work Is End­ed
  269. When the Bride­groom Comes
  270. When the Ev­en­ing Is Com­ing
  271. When the Marr­iage Feast Is Rea­dy in That Pal­ace
  272. When the Night Has Passed Away
  273. When the Port of Heav­en Op­ens
  274. When You Wake from Your Slum­ber in the Morn­ing
  275. Where Shall I Spend My Eter­ni­ty?
  276. Whither Shall I Go for Help?
  277. Who Hath Washed My Sins Away
  278. Who Is Knock­ing at Thy Heart To­day?
  279. Why Care­less­ly Wait?
  280. Will You Come and Be Free from the Bond­age?
  281. Will You Come to Je­sus?
  282. Without Spot and Blame­less, O Sav­ior
  283. With Joy­ous Tid­ings We Sing
  284. You May Know This Day That Your Sins Are Gone

Music

  1. Ankeney
  2. Behold the Bride­groom
  3. Cuenca
  4. Erlangen
  5. Harbin (har­mo­niz­er)
  6. Helsingborg
  7. Hid Away with Je­sus
  8. His Yoke Is Ea­sy
  9. I Am Healed
  10. I Know My Name Is There
  11. Last Great Day, The
  12. Love of God (Keel­ing), The
  13. Montenegro
  14. Nanjing
  15. O Praise the Lord!
  16. Patiently Wait­ing
  17. Perfectness
  18. Perishing World, The
  19. River of Peace
  20. Santo Do­min­go
  21. Sin Can Nev­er En­ter There
  22. Tamil Na­du
  23. This Is Why I Love My Sav­ior
  24. Those Who Love the Lord
  25. Victory
  26. What a Migh­ty God We Serve!
  27. What I’ve Found in Je­sus
  28. When He Comes (Flee­nor)
  29. Word of God (Brooks), The