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Choctaw Hymn 48

Author: Marilyn M. Hofstra Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Sheelombish Holeetopah mah!

[Amazing grace! How sweet the sound]

Appears in 541 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin O. Excell Tune Sources: 19th cent. USA melody Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51313 21655 13132 Used With Text: Choctaw Hymn 48

[Alas! and did my Savior bleed]

Appears in 365 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph E. Hudson; Anon. Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13213 54356 54321 Used With Text: Choctaw Hymn 48

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Author: Marilyn M. Hofstra Hymnal: Voices #4b (1992) First Line: Sheelombish Holeetopah mah! Topics: Comfort; Confession; Holy Spirit; Peace; Penitence; Service Music Prayer for Illimination; Service Music Confession Languages: Choctaw Tune Title: [Alas! and did my Savior bleed]

Choctaw Hymn 48

Author: Marilyn M. Hofstra Hymnal: Voices #7c (1992) First Line: Sheelombish Holeetopah mah! Topics: Comfort; Holy Spirit; Peace; Penitence; Service Music Prayer for Illimination; Service Music Confession Languages: Choctaw Tune Title: [Amazing grace! How sweet the sound]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: Edwin O. Excell Harmonizer of "[Amazing grace! How sweet the sound]" in Voices Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

R. E. Hudson

1843 - 1901 Person Name: Ralph E. Hudson Arranger of "[Alas! and did my Savior bleed]" in Voices Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Composer of "[Alas! and did my Savior bleed]" in Voices 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.