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Hymns / Music :: Silas Jones Vail

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Born: October 6, 1818, Long Island, New York.

Died: May 20, 1883, Brooklyn, New York.

Vail was a hatter by trade, but wrote a large number of songs for Phillip Phillips, who was the first to publish Vail’s compositions. His works include:

  • The Athenaeum Collection, 1863, containing previously unpublished songs by Stephen Foster
  • Songs of Grace and Glory, 1874 (compiled for Horace Walters and William F. Sherwin)

Music:

  1. Close to Thee, Helen
  2. Gate Ajar for Me, The
  3. Guiding Hand, The
  4. Lyndhurst
  5. Nothing But Leaves
  6. O Be Saved
  7. Scatter Seeds of Kindness

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