Fifth Avenue Baptist Church: Dedication

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jun 1865, Morning

Program Details

The unidentified hymn was composed by Brigadier General McCallum and titled “We dedicate this house to Thee”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, choir
2)
"Before Jehovah’s lawful throne"
aka Denmark
3)
"We dedicate this house to Thee"
Composer(s): McCallum
Text Author: McCallum
Participants:  Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, choir

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 19 June 1865, 5.

     Includes words to McCallum’s hymn.  “The morning services commenced with the anthem ‘Before Jehovah’s lawful throne,’ which was followed by a hymn composed by Brigadier General McCallum, the following stanzas of which were rendered with great sweetness by the choir. . . .

     . . . [T]here was an excessively large attendance.”