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He's Calling for Thee

Author: Robert M. Offord Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O carry thy burden no longer Refrain First Line: Then list to the voice of the Savior

[Oh, carry thy burden no longer]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Incipit: 35556 54531 22223 Used With Text: He's calling for thee

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Author: R. M. Offord Hymnal: Hymns New and Old, No. 2 #143 (1890) First Line: Oh, carry thy burden no longer Refrain First Line: Then list to the Voice of the Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, carry thy burden no longer]

Then list to the voice of the Savior

Author: Robert M. Offord Hymnal: Songs of Saving Power #d146 (1890) First Line: O carry thy burdens no longer

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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Oh, carry thy burden no longer]" in Hymns New and Old, No. 2 Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

Robert M. Offord

1846 - 1924 Author of "He's Calling for Thee" Offord, Robert M., son of an English "open-communion" Baptist, was born at St. Austell, Cornwall, Sept. 17, 1846. In 1870 he removed to America, where he was associated for some time with the Methodists, but subsequently joined the Reformed Dutch Church in 1878. He is editor of the New York Observer. To that paper he contributed:— 1. Jesus, heed me, lost and dying. Lent. 2. It is no untried way. Christ's Burden. No. 1 appeared on Jan. 25th, and No. 2 on Feb. 1st, 1883. They were revised for Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884 (Duffield's English Hymns, N. Y., 1886). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)