Robert Lowry

1826-1899

Born: March 12, 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: November 25, 1899, Plainfield, New Jersey. Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, New Jersey.

Lowry attended the University of Lewisburg, and later Bucknell University, where he became a professor of literature. He was ordained as a Baptist minister and pastored at West Chester, Pennsylvania; Bloomingdale Baptist Church, New York City; Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York; First Baptist Church, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; and Park Avenue Baptist Church, Plainfield, New Jersey. He also worked as a music editor at the Biglow Publishing Company. He wrote about 500 Gospel tunes, and jointly edited the following volumes:

• Happy Voices, 1865
• Gospel Melodies, 1868
• Bright Jewels, 1869
• Pure Gold, 1871
• Royal Diadem, 1873
• Temple Anthems, 1873
• Hymn Service, 1871, 1872 & 1873
• Tidal Wave, 1874
• Welcome Tidings, 1877
• Chautauqua Carols, 1878
• Gospel Hymn and Tune Book, 1879
• Good as Gold, 1880
• Our Glad Hosannas, 1882
• Joyful Lays, 1884
• Glad Refrain, 1886

Hymns:

1. Chorus of Fire
2. How Can I Keep from Singing?
3. Lead Them to Thee

Music:

1. All the Way
2. At the Cross There’s Room
3. Christ Arose
4. Follow On
5. Glad Tidings
6. Hanson Place
7. Heavenly Father
8. Here Is Love
9. Hide Thou Me
10. Marching to Zion
11. Need
12. Oh, How Sweet When We Mingle
13. One More Day’s Work
14. Paxtang
15. Plainfield
16. Room for the Penitent
17. Something for Jesus