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Behold! the Bridegroom Cometh

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O haste! the night is nearing Refrain First Line: O fill thy lamp and light it Used With Tune: [O haste! the night is nearing]

[O haste! the night is nearing]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. W. S. Incipit: 51721 43532 17655 Used With Text: Behold! the Bridegroom Cometh

[Oh, haste! the night is nearing]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. W. Asling Incipit: 55617 67555 13212 Used With Text: Be Not Too Late!

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Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Bright Light #60 (1893) First Line: O haste! the night is nearing Refrain First Line: O fill thy lamp and light it Languages: English Tune Title: [O haste! the night is nearing]

Be Not Too Late!

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Winona Hymns #106 (1906) First Line: Oh, haste! the night is nearing Refrain First Line: Oh, great will be thy sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, haste! the night is nearing]

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "Be Not Too Late!" in Winona Hymns Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================

S. W. Straub

1842 - 1899 Person Name: S. W. S. Arranger of "[O haste! the night is nearing]" in Bright Light Solomon.W Straub Solomon was the brother of Maria Straub. His father Joseph was a farmer. His parents, who were of German descent. From Hymnary user, via email