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The Three Calls

Author: I. B. Woodbury Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth Used With Tune: [O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth]

[O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. B. Woodbury Incipit: 51712 55212 33456 Used With Text: The Three Calls

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Author: I. B. Woodbury Hymnal: The Gospel Choir #80 (1885) First Line: O slumberer, rouse thee! Refrain First Line: Holy Spirit, by Thy power Lyrics: O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth; But give thy Creator the days of thy youth; Why standest here idle?—the day breaketh,—see! The Lord of the vineyard is waiting for thee! “Holy Spirit, by Thy power, Grant me yet another hour; Earthly pleasures I would prove, Earthly joys, and earthly love; Scarcely yet hath dawned the day; Holy Spirit, wait, I pray!” Ref: Hark! borne on the wind is the bell’s solemn toil; ‘Tis mournfully pealing the knell of the soul; The Spirit’s sweet pleadings and strivings are o’er; The Lord of the vineyard stands waiting no more! O loiterer, speed thee! the morn wears apace; Then squander no longer the moments of grace; But hast while there’s time! with the Master agree; The Lord of the vineyard stands waiting for thee! “Gentle Spirit, stay, oh stay! Brightly beams the earthly day; Let me linger in these bowers; God shall have my noonday hours; Chide me not for my delay; Gentle Spirit, wait, I pray!” O sinner, arouse thee! thy morning is past; Already the shadows are lengthening fast; Escape for thy life! from the dark mountains flee; The Lord of the vineyard still waiteth for thee! “Spirit, case thy mournful lay, Leave me to myself I pray; Earth hath flung her spell around me, Pleasure’s silken chain hath bound me; When the sun his path has trod, Spirit, then I’ll turn to God!” Languages: English Tune Title: [O slumberer, rouse thee!]

The three calls

Hymnal: The Morning Star #124 (1877) First Line: O slumberer, rouse thee! Lyrics: 1 O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth, But give thy Creator the days of thy youth; Why standest there idle! the day breaketh, see! The Lord of the vineyard is waiting for thee. “Holy Spirit, by Thy power, Grant me yet another hour; Earthly pleasures I would prove, Earthly joys, and earthly love; Scarcely yet hath dawned the day, Holy Spirit, wait, I pray!” 2 O loiterer, speed thee! the morn wears apace; Then squander no longer the moments of grace, But haste, while there’s time, with thy Master agree; The Lord of the vineyard stands waiting for thee. “Gentle Spirit, stay, oh, stay, Brightly beams the early day; Let me linger in these bowers, God shall have my noontide hours; Chide me not for my delay, Gentle Spirit, wait, I pray!" 3 O sinner, arouse thee! thy morning is passed; Already the shadows are lengthening fast; Escape for thy life! from the dark mountains flee; The Lord of the vineyard still waiteth for thee. "Spirit, cease Thy mournful lay, Leave me to myself, I pray; Earth hath flung her spell around me, Pleasure’s silken chain hath bound me; When the sun his path hath trod, Spirit, then I’ll turn to God!” Hark! borne on the winds is the bell's solemn toll; 'Tis mournfully pealing the knell of a soul-- The Spirit's sweet pleadings and strivings are o'er; The Lord of the vineyard stands waiting no more. Scripture: Matthew 20:3 Tune Title: [O slumberer, rouse thee!]

The Three Calls

Author: W. E. Penn Hymnal: Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 #A14 (1892) First Line: O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth Languages: English Tune Title: [O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth]

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I. B. Woodbury

1819 - 1858 Author of "The Three Calls" in The Gospel Choir Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris. He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health broke down from overwork and he went south hoping to regain his strength, but died three days after reaching Columbia, South Carolina. He published a number of tune-books, of which the Dulcimer, of New York Collection of Sacred Music, went through a number of editions. His Elements of Musical Composition, 1844, was later issued as the Self-instructor in Musical Composition. He also assisted in the compilation of the Methodist Hymn Book of 1857. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

W. E. Penn

1832 - 1895 Arranger of "The Three Calls" in Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Penn, William Evander. (Near village of Old Jefferson, Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 11, 1832--April 29, 1895, Eureka Springs, Arkansas). Southern Baptist. Evangelist in Texas and other states, 1875-1895. Compiled three hymnals titled Harvest Bells (1881, 1884, 1887) for use in his meetings. His hymns were primarily revivalistic in emphasis. His finest hymn, "There is a rock in a weary land, Its shadow falls on the burning sand" was paid the compliment of being reworked and issued under the name of Edward Husband in D.B. Towner's Revival Hymns (Chicago, 1905). He and his wife Corilla Frances Sayle adopted three children. Ordained December 4, 1880. --David W. Music, and additional information from the DNAH Archives See: Linder, Michael. (1985). William Evander Penn : his contribution to church music (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. The Life and Labors of Major W. E. Penn. (1896). St. Louis: C. B. Woodward Printing).