Researching James Black

Black was born in South Hill, New York, but worked, lived and died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It is there that he worked at his Methodist Episcopal Church.

His first hymnal collections were:*Songs of the Soul (1894)*Songs of the Soul, Number Two (1896)

Some of his hymns include:

*Come, Oh, Come to Me*The Day of All Days*We Shall Reign with Him in Glory*When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Some of hymn music with lyrics by others include:

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

The lyrics to When the Saints are Marching In are by Katharine Purvis. This song is not to be confused with "When The Saints Go Marching In," which was published afterwards in 1927 with similar words and music, certainly derivative.

Black was drafted 94th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played 352 career NHL games, scoring 58 goals and 57 assists for 115 points. His best offensive season was the 1998–99 NHL season when he achieved career highs in goals with sixteen, assists with fourteen, and points with thirty.

James Black was born in Newport, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1830 and 1831.

Black was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jesse Miller. He served as associate judge of Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1842 and 1843.

He was again elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses. After his time in congress, he served as State collector of tolls on the Juniata Canal. He died in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, in 1872. Interment in New Bloomfield Cemetery.

Black is also known for occasionally stepping in for Evanescence’s guitarist Troy McLawhorn. Additionally, he heads up the band Blackie Jakett Jr with Rick Jackett, and appears on "Gone" by Justin Nozuka, RZA, Kobra Khan & James Black released on November 14, 2011.

An avid farmer he runs farms in both Carey and Scotland and holds a degree from University of Ulster in Sports Science.

Black had been influenced in Scotland by a new Scottish Baptist movement. He began teaching and preaching in Aldborough Township, Upper Canada.

James Black was a founder of the Disciples of Christ in Upper Canada. He was active in many activities concerning evangelistic work. For example, he supported the efforts of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was chairman of a Canadian auxiliary to the American Bible Union for a time.

In 1869 James Macandrew urged the University of Otago to establish a School of Mines to apply science and technology to the mining industry. The School of Mines opened in 1879 under Professor G.H.F. Ulrich. Black was appointed the first Professor of Natural Sciences because he was able to apply chemistry and mineralogy to agriculture and mining. He wanted to teach more widely outside the university and take scientific information to miners rather than teach only those who could come to the university. He began his lectures in the mining communities in about 1884 and these were well-attended. In Reefton his lectures in March 1885 were attended by up to 200 people. This led to the formation of the Reefton School of Mines. Black was officially appointed as lecturer to the goldfields and he planned to consolidate the many small schools in the Otago, West Coast and Coromandel regions.