At age 12, Hugg be­came choir­mas­ter at the Pres­by­ter­i­an Church in Ber­lin, New Jer­sey. At 14, he pub­lished his first song, Walk in the Light, which be­came very pop­u­lar. He was a pro­lif­ic com­pos­er, with over 2,000 works, includ­ing 18 books of re­viv­al and Sun­day school mu­sic and 90 song serv­ices for spe­cial oc­ca­sions (Christmas, Easter, etc.).

Hugg al­so served as choir­mas­ter of the Tab­er­na­cle Pres­by­ter­i­an Church, and the Broad and Arch Street M. E. Church in Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. He was al­so close­ly con­nect­ed with the Har­per Memorial Pres­byterian Church in Philadelphia. His works in­clude:

• Walk in the Light, cir­ca 1862
• Sunlight in Sac­red Song (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Will­iam H. Bon­er & Co., 1892)
• Light in the Val­ley (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: 1898)

Sources

Music

1. Anchored
2. Beautiful Land of the Jas­per Walls
3. Blood upon the Door, The
4. Every Bridge Is Burned Behind Me
5. Father Holds the Hand
6. Fire Is Burn­ing, The
7. Gathering on the Hilltops of Glo­ry
8. I Expect to Get to Heav­en the Same Old Way
9. Isle of Some­where, The
10. Jesus Never Leaves the Ship
11. No, Not One!
12. Round the Pier
13. Satisfied
14. Scattering Pre­cious Seed
15. Take Off the Old Coat
16. We’ll Never Say Good-Bye
17. Worthy the Lamb