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Closing Hymn

Author: Anon. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesus, help us to remember Used With Tune: [Jesus, help us to remember]

[Jesus, help us to remember]

Appears in 977 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles C. Converse Incipit: 55653 11651 31532 Used With Text: Closing Hymn

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. A. Niel Tune Sources: "Bible Lesson Song Roll," From Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 54513 15343 45765 Used With Text: Jesus Help Us (Hymn for Close of Lesson)

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Jesus Help Us (Hymn for Close of Lesson)

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: Bible Study Songs #46a (1899) First Line: Jesus, help us to remember Lyrics: 1 Jesus, help us to remember This sweet lesson from thy Word; Write upon our hearts forever Truths that we this day have heard. 2 Keep us, blessed Saviour, keep us, Lest we wander from thy way; Teach us, Holy Spirit, teach us How to watch and how to pray. 3 All the week be near to bless us, Bring us to thy house again; Lord be with us, guard us, guide us, For our Saviour's sake. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, help us to remember]

Closing Hymn

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Salvation Songs for Children, No. 2 #40 (1976) First Line: Jesus, help us to remember Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, help us to remember]

People

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Charles C. Converse

1832 - 1918 Composer of "[Jesus, help us to remember]" in Salvation Songs for Children, No. 2 Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons ================================= Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”. John Perry

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Closing Hymn" in Salvation Songs for Children, No. 2 In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Julia H. Johnston

1849 - 1919 Author of "Jesus Help Us (Hymn for Close of Lesson)" in Bible Study Songs Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)