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The Service March

Author: Wendell P. Loveless Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Servants of Christ the Lord, awake! arise

[Servants of Christ the Lord, awake! arise]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wendell P. Loveless Hymnal Title: The King's Songs Used With Text: The Service March

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Author: W. P. L. Hymnal: Radio Songs and Choruses #101 (1951) Hymnal Title: Radio Songs and Choruses First Line: Servants of Christ the Lord, awake! arise Languages: English Tune Title: [Servants of Christ the Lord, awake! arise]

The Service March

Author: W. P. L. Hymnal: The King's Songs #177 (1939) Hymnal Title: The King's Songs First Line: Servants of Christ the Lord, awake! arise Languages: English Tune Title: [Servants of Christ the Lord, awake! arise]

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Wendell P. Loveless

1892 - 1987 Person Name: W. P. L. Hymnal Title: The King's Songs Author of "The Service March" in The King's Songs Rv Wendell Phillips Loveless USA 1892-1987, Born in Wheaton, IL, he first engaged in business in Chicago. In 1914 he became a member of an entertainment group that toured the U.S. on the Chatauqua circuit. Spending six years with the group he learned voice, piano, dramatics, and MC duties, later managing the group. He later used these talents in Christian ministry. In 1917 he married Velma Stone, and they had three children: Robert, David, and Wendell Jr. He was a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps during WWI. He was converted through reading the Bible at home. He joined the Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in 1926, first as business manager of the extension department. He later became director of the Moody Bible Institute radio station WMBI in Chicago from 1926-1947. He then became an itinerant Bible teacher. He later pastored the Wheaton Evangelical Free Church, Community Church in Boca Raton, FL, and First Chinese Church of Christ in Honolulu, HI, continuing his radio ministry in the last two locations (also managing station KAIM Honolulu). In 1960 he assigned all his copyrights to Hope Publishing Company. He wrote popular songs and choruses, many found in hymnals published by Hope, and some translated into other languages. He authored several books: “Glimpses of Christ n Psalm IX” (1937); “Sunrise meditations” (1940); “New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #3” (1940); New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #4” (1942); “Little talks on great words” (1942?); “Christ and the believer in the Song of Songs” (1945); “Plain talks on practical truths” (1945); “New sunrise meditations” (1945); “Manual of gospel broadcasting” (1946); “Plain talks on Romans” (1946); “New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #5” (1946). He died in Honolulu, HI. He was an author, compiler, performer, editor, narrator, composer, actor, and writer. John Perry