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[Service is our watchword]
Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 33321 53332 13333 Used With Text: Service is Our Watchword
[Service is our watchword]
Service Is Our Watchword
Author: Wiliam Shaw; John R. Clements Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Service is our watchword,
Service for our king;
Service, fruitful service,
Daily ours to bring.
Service for the needy,
Service for the lost,
Self upon the altar;
Counting not the cost.
2 Service in the homeland
Where’er sounds the call;
Sacrificial service
Reaching unto all;
Service pure, exalted;
Loyal and unpriced;
Living, loving channels,
Bearing forth the Christ.
3 Service o’er the ocean,
Serving not for gain;
Meeting every duty,
Be it toil or pain;
Service that is Christly,
Giving up to God
Every selfish motive;
Treading where Christ trod. Used With Tune: CALIFORNIA Text Sources: Service Songs by William Shaw and John R. Clements (Boston: United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1913)
Service Is Our Watchword
Service is Our Watchword
Author: Wm. Shaw; Jno. R. Clements Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #s1 (1913) Languages: English Tune Title: [Service is our watchword]
Service is Our Watchword
Service Is Our Watchword
Author: John R. Clements; Wm. Shaw Hymnal: Inspiring Hymns #242 (1914) Languages: English Tune Title: [Service is our watchword]
Service Is Our Watchword
Service Is Our Watchword
Author: Wiliam Shaw; John R. Clements Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15096 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Lyrics: 1 Service is our watchword,
Service for our king;
Service, fruitful service,
Daily ours to bring.
Service for the needy,
Service for the lost,
Self upon the altar;
Counting not the cost.
2 Service in the homeland
Where’er sounds the call;
Sacrificial service
Reaching unto all;
Service pure, exalted;
Loyal and unpriced;
Living, loving channels,
Bearing forth the Christ.
3 Service o’er the ocean,
Serving not for gain;
Meeting every duty,
Be it toil or pain;
Service that is Christly,
Giving up to God
Every selfish motive;
Treading where Christ trod. Languages: English Tune Title: CALIFORNIA
Service Is Our Watchword
William Shaw
Person Name: Wm. Shaw Author of "Service Is Our Watchword" in Inspiring Hymns
William Shaw
E. O. Excell
1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Service is our watchword]" in Inspiring Hymns Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000.
John Perry
E. O. Excell
John R. Clements
1868 - 1946 Author of "Service Is Our Watchword" in Inspiring Hymns John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
John R. Clements
