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Seal Me Ever Thine

Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Come, blessed Savior take my heart Refrain First Line: Come, blessed Savior, seal me ever Thine

[Come, blessed Savior, take my heart]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. Baltzell Incipit: 33216 53566 71171 Used With Text: Seal Me Ever Thine

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Hymnal: Gates of Praise #34 (1884) First Line: Come, blessed Savior, take my heart Refrain First Line: Come, blessed Savior, seal me ever thine Languages: English Tune Title: [Come, blessed Savior, take my heart]

Seal Me Ever Thine

Hymnal: Gates of Praise #34 (1880) First Line: Come, blessed Savior, take my heart Refrain First Line: Come, blessed Savior, seal me ever thine Languages: English Tune Title: [Come, blessed Savior, take my heart]

Seal Me Ever Thine

Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #34 (1882) First Line: Come, blessed Savior, take my heart Refrain First Line: Come, blessed Savior, seal me Languages: English Tune Title: [Come, blessed Savior, take my heart]

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I. Baltzell

1832 - 1893 Composer of "[Come, blessed Savior, take my heart]" in Gates of Praise Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives