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The New Gospel Song Book

Publication Date: 1914 Publisher: Firm Foundation Publishing House Publication Place: Austin, Texas Editors: G. H. P. Showalter; Austin Taylor; Firm Foundation Publishing House

Almost Persuaded

Author: P. P. B. Appears in 772 hymnals First Line: "Almost persuaded" now to believe Topics: Warning Used With Tune: ["Almost persuaded" now to believe]

Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Author: John Fawcett Appears in 2,337 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Used With Tune: [Blest be the tie that binds]

Author: P. P. B. Appears in 596 hymnals First Line: Sing them over again to me Refrain First Line: Beautiful words, wonderful words Scripture: John 6:63 Used With Tune: [Sing them over again to me]

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Tunes

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[Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling]

Appears in 614 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Will L. Thompson Incipit: 32117 12166 51113 Used With Text: Softly and Tenderly

["Almost persuaded" now to believe]

Appears in 456 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: P. P. Bliss Incipit: 34431 12233 44312 Used With Text: Almost Persuaded

[I love to tell the story]

Appears in 662 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. G. Fischer Incipit: 51551 32111 62165 Used With Text: I Love to Tell the Story

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

I Must Tell Jesus

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: NGSB1914 #1 (1914) First Line: I must tell Jesus all of my trials Refrain First Line: I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus Topics: Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [I must tell Jesus all of my trials]

He's My King

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: NGSB1914 #2 (1914) First Line: All day long of Jesus I am singing Refrain First Line: He's my King, and O I dearly love Him Topics: Dévotion Languages: English Tune Title: [All day long of Jesus I am singing]

Is It Not Wonderful?

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: NGSB1914 #3 (1914) First Line: Wondrous it seemeth to me Refrain First Line: Is it not wonderful Topics: Dévotion Languages: English Tune Title: [Wondrous it seemeth to me]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: Rev. E. S. Lorenz Hymnal Number: 64 Composer of "[Are you weary, are you heavy-hearted?]" in The New Gospel Song Book Pseudonymns: John D. Cresswell, L. S. Edwards, E. D. Mund, ==================== Lorenz, Edmund Simon. (North Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1854--July 10, 1942, Dayton, Ohio). Son of Edward Lorenz, a German-born shoemaker who turned preacher, served German immigrants in northwestern Ohio, and was editor of the church paper, Froehliche Botschafter, 1894-1900. Edmund graduated from Toledo High School in 1870, taught German, and was made a school principal at a salary of $20 per week. At age 19, he moved to Dayton to become the music editor for the United Brethren Publishing House. He graduated from Otterbein College (B.A.) in 1880, studied at Union Biblical Seminary, 1878-1881, then went to Yale Divinity School where he graduated (B.D.) in 1883. He then spent a year studying theology in Leipzig, Germany. He was ordained by the Miami [Ohio] Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1877. The following year, he married Florence Kumler, with whom he had five children. Upon his return to the United States, he served as pastor of the High Street United Brethren Church in Dayton, 1884-1886, and then as president of Lebanon Valley College, 1887-1889. Ill health led him to resign his presidency. In 1890 he founded the Lorenz Publishing Company of Dayton, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. For their catalog, he wrote hymns, and composed many gospel songs, anthems, and cantatas, occasionally using pseudonyms such as E.D. Mund, Anna Chichester, and G.M. Dodge. He edited three of the Lorenz choir magazines, The Choir Leader, The Choir Herald, and Kirchenchor. Prominent among the many song-books and hymnals which he compiled and edited were those for his church: Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship (1874), Pilgerlieder (1878), Songs of Grace (1879), The Otterbein Hymnal (1890), and The Church Hymnal (1934). For pastors and church musicians, he wrote several books stressing hymnody: Practical Church Music (1909), Church Music (1923), Music in Work and Worship (1925), and The Singing Church (1938). In 1936, Otterbein College awarded him the honorary D.Mus. degree and Lebanon Valley College the honorary LL.D. degree. --Information from granddaughter Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, DNAH Archives

Palmer Hartsough

1844 - 1932 Hymnal Number: 76 Author of "I Am Resolved" in The New Gospel Song Book Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 1914 to 1927. He then returned to Plymouth, MI, where he lived the rest of his life. He never married, but was close to his two sisters, and wrote them a weekly letter for many years. With Fillmore Company he helped publish 20 songbooks. He died in Plymouth, MI. John Perry

W. G. Fischer

1835 - 1912 Person Name: Wm. G. Fischer Hymnal Number: 62 Composer of "[O sometimes the shadows are deep]" in The New Gospel Song Book William Gustavus Fischer In his youth, William G. Fischer (b. Baltimore, MD, 1835; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1912) developed an interest in music while attending singing schools. His career included working in the book bindery of J. B. Lippencott Publishing Company, teaching music at Girard College, and co-owning a piano business and music store–all in Philadelphia. Fischer eventually became a popular director of music at revival meetings and choral festivals. In 1876 he conducted a thousand-voice choir at the Dwight L. Moody/Ira D. Sankey revival meeting in Philadelphia. Fischer composed some two hundred tunes for Sunday school hymns and gospel songs. Bert Polman

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