James Milton Black

James Milton Black ( * 1856 in South Hill / New York, † 1938 in Williamsport / Pennsylvania) was an American hymn composer, choral conductor, and teacher of a Sunday school.

Black was born in South Hill, New York, but worked, lived and died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. There he worked in his Methodist church.

Publications

Blacks first hymnals

  • Songs of the Soul (1894 )
  • Songs of the Soul, Number Two (1896 )

Hymns Blacks

  • Come, Oh, Come to Me
  • The Day of All Days
  • We Shall Reign with Him in Glory

Blacks hymns with texts by third parties

  • A Home in My Heart for Jesus
  • I Remember Calvary
  • When the Saints are Marching In ( 1896)

The text to When the Saints are Marching In Katharine Purvis wrote. This piece should not be confused with When The Saints Go Marching In. The latter has very strong similarities with Blacks piece, and was published in 1927.

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