Gospel Greats -- When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder Quiz

Answer: no more

The missing words are 'no more'.

'When the Roll is Called Up Yonder' was written by James M. Black in 1893. Black was born Au­gust 19, 1856, in South Hill, New York and died De­cem­ber 21, 1938, in Will­iams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia. Hymnary.org reports he is buried at Wild­wood Cem­e­te­ry in Will­iams­port.

Answer: fair

The missing word is 'fair'.

James Black, writer of 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder', start­ed his mu­sic­al ca­reer with John How­ard of New York and Dan­iel Town­er of the Moody Bi­ble In­sti­tute, Hymnary.org reports. "He moved to Wil­liams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia, around 1881, and was an ac­tive mem­ber of the Pine Street Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church from 1904 un­til his death, serv­ing as a song lead­er and Sun­day school teach­er," the Website states.

Answer: shore

The missing word is 'shore'.

James Black, writer of 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder', was a major force in the hymn writing scene in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Hymnary.org reports Black wrote almost 1,500 hymns, edited more than a doz­en Gos­pel song books and served on a commission for the 1905 Meth­od­ist hym­nal.

Answer: dead

The missing word is 'dead'.

As stated in the answer to Question No. 3., James Black edited more than a dozen song books during this career. Hymnary.org reports his works include:

-- 'Songs of the Soul', with Jo­seph F. Ber­ry (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Cran­ston & Cur­tis, 1894)
-- 'Songs of the Soul No. 2' (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Curtis & Jen­nings, 1896)
-- 'The Chor­us of Praise' (New York: Ea­ton & Mains, 1898)
-- 'The Ep­worth Hym­nal No. 3' (New York: Ea­ton & Mains, 1900)
-- 'Praise and Pro­mise', with Charles Mc­Cabe (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: R. R. Mc­Cabe & Com­pa­ny, 1900)
-- 'Junior Prais­es' (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Jen­nings & Pye, 1901)
-- 'The Gos­pel Chor­us' (New York: Ea­ton & Mains, 1902)
-- 'Songs of Faith and Hope' (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Cur­tis & Jen­nings, 1905)
-- 'Hymns of Wor­ship and Songs of the Gos­pel' (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall Mack Com­pa­ny, 1906)
-- 'Songs of Faith and Hope Num­ber 2' (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Cur­tis & Jen­nings, 1909)
-- 'Sacred Praise' (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Jen­nings and Gra­ham, 1912)
-- 'New Jun­ior Songs' (New York: The Meth­od­ist Book Con­cern, 1914)
-- 'Songs of Help' (New York: The Ab­ing­don Press, 1917)

Answer: resurrection

The missing word is 'resurrection'.

According to Hymnary.org, some of the other hymns written by James Black include:
'Be Rea­dy When the Bride­groom Comes'
'Come, Oh, Come to Me'
'The Day of All Days'
'In the Sha­dow of His Wings;
'Never Say Good­bye'
'Revive the Hearts of All'
'We Shall Reign with Him in Glo­ry'
'Where Je­sus Died for Me'

Answer: skies

The missing word is 'skies'.

In addition to writing almost 1,500 hymns, James Black also composed music for a number of songs. Hymnary.org provides this list of titles of hymns in which Black composed the music:
'All the Day'
'The Answering Time Will Come'
'Beautiful Eden Bells'
'The Beautiful Way'
'Easter Bells'
'He Will Not Leave Me Alone'
'His Love Will Ne­ver Let Me Fall'
'A Home in My Heart for Je­sus'
'I Re­mem­ber Cal­va­ry'
'Jesus Died for Me'
'Let the Dear Sav­ior Come In'
'Look to the Lamb of God'
'My Heart Is Cling­ing'
'Precious Je­sus'
'Resting in God's Peace'
'The Shepherd Calls;
'Sweet Voic­es'
'When I Stand in Yon­der Ci­ty'
'When the Saints Are March­ing In'
'Where Je­sus Is, 'Tis Hea­ven'

Answer: the Master

The missing words are 'the Master'.

According to Wikipedia, James Black was inspired to write 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder' when a young girl was absent from a Sunday School class when attendance was taken.

Wordwise.com states the girl's name was Bessie and she was "fourteen years old, poorly clad, and the child of a drunkard."

Black expressed sadness about Bessie being unable to attend the Sunday School class and mused how bitterly disappointing it would be "when our names are called from the Lamb's Book of Life and one of us should be absent," according to Wordwise.com. He went home that evening and wrote the words to the classic hymn.

Answer: care

The missing word is 'care'.

After James Black wrote the words to 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder', he received some sad news about Bessie, the 14-year-old girl who inspired the song, as per information in the answer to Question No. 7.

"It turned out that Bessie had been absent because she was seriously ill, and she died shortly after," Wordwise.com states. "Black spoke of the above incident at her funeral service, and his song was first sung publicly at that time. Reportedly, it had a great impact on those gathered."

Answer: done

The missing word is 'done'.

According to Popularhymns.com, the words for 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder' are based on Revelation 20:12. The verse in the New King James Version Bible states: "And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books."

The Book of Life is mentioned seven times in Revelation. In addition to Revelation 12:15, references can be found at 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:15; 21:27 and 22:19.

Answer: 4

The line 'when the roll is called up yonder' is repeated four times in the chorus. The chorus is repeated three times in the lyrics and the closing line of each verse also make reference to the roll being called up yonder. As a result, there are 15 references in the hymn to the roll being called "up yonder".

According to Hymnary.org, 'When the Roll is Called Up Yonder' has been published in 349 hymn books over the years.

Here are the words to the hymn 'When the Roll is Called Up Yonder':

"When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

Refrain:
When the roll, is called up yonder,
When the roll, is called up yonder,
When the roll, is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there.

On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of His resurrection share;
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

Refrain:

Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

Refrain:"