James P. Carrell

Life

Born: 13 February 1787, Washington County, Virginia

Died: 1854

Biography

James P. Carrell was a "farmer, Methodist minister, and county clerk in Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia. He was author of the Songs of Zion (1821) and co-author of Virginia Harmony (1831)" (Steel and Hulan 2010). Several of his songs were printed in Kentucky Harmony and its supplements.

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List of choral works

1a. Psalm-Tunes

Anticipation Arabia Bethesda Bethlehem Broomsgrove Calvary New Christian Soldier Complaint Devizes

The Dying Penitent Ebenezer Elevation Evening Hymn Funeral Funeral Hymn Geneva Hanover Hermon

Hosanna Intercession Invitation Jewin Street Jubilee Judgment Lebanon Lexington Messiah

The Moldering Vine Morning Star Mourner New Year Palestine Passover Perseverance The Pilgrim's Song Praise

Protection Refuge Repentance Sharon Solemn Thought St. Johns Staunton Sunbury Sussex

Sylvestes Sympathy Triumph Wantage Watchman Westbury

1b. Anthems and Set-Pieces

Christmas Anthem

Gospel Trumpet

The Incarnation

New Jerusalem

2. By First Line

All glory to God in the sky Am I a soldier of the cross Awake, Jerusalem, awake Come, my friends, and taste with me Come, my soul, and let us try Come on, my partners in distress Come ye sinners, poor and needy From all that dwell delow the skies From all that's mortal, all that's vain God of my salvation, hear Hail, ye sighing sons of sorrow Hark, how the gospel trumpet sounds

He comes! He comes! to judge the world How happy every child of grace Lamb of God for sinners slain Let every saint above Lo, he comes with clouds descending Lo! he cometh, countless trumpets Long had the voice of prophecy foretold My God, the spring of all my joys My soul, triumphant in the Lord Now let our lips with holy fear O glorious hope of perfect love O tell me no more

O thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight Rejoice for a brother deceased Remember, sinful youth, you must die Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive Still out of the deepest abyss This life's a dream, an empty show Tis Jesus protects me, my fears now remove Twas on that dark, that doleful night With earnest longings of the mind Ye worlds of light, that roll so near

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Publications

• Carrell, James P. 1821. Songs of Zion, Being a Small Collection of Tunes, Chiefly Original. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Ananias Davisson. 56 pp., missing pages at end.
• Clayton, David L., and James P. Carrell. 1831. The Virginia Harmony: A New and Choice Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Anthems and Set Pieces. Winchester, Virginia: Samuel H. Davis. 167 pp.

References

• Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.

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