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MAKE ME A BLESSING TO-DAY

Appears in 38 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51113 16551 11325 Used With Text: I do not Ask to Choose my Path

Author: Rev. H. C. Zelley Appears in 56 hymnals First Line: I do not ask to choose my path Refrain First Line: Bless me, Lord, and make me a blessing Topics: Consecration Used With Tune: [I do not ask to choose my path]

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I Do Not Ask to Choose My Path

Author: Henry J. Zelley Hymnal: Praise and Worship #38 (1951) Refrain First Line: Bless me, Lord, and make me a blessing Lyrics: 1 I do not ask to choose my path. Lord, lead me in Thy way; Inspire each tho't and prompt each word, And make me a blessing today. Refrain Bless me, Lord, and make me a blessing; I'll gladly Thy message convey. Use me to help some poor, needy soul, And make me a blessing today. 2 Around me, Lord, are sinful men, Who scorn and disobey; Use me to win them from their sins, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] 3 To those who once Thy love have known, But now are far astray; Help me to win them back to Thee, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] 4 Some saints of Thine are in distress, And for deliv'rance pray; Oh, let me go and help them, Lord, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] 5 Whatever errand Thou hast. Lord, Send me, and I'll obey. Use me in any way Thou wilt, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I do not ask to choose my path]

I Do Not Ask to Choose My Path

Author: Henry J. Zelley Hymnal: Praise and Worship #38 (1978) Refrain First Line: Bless me, Lord, and make me a blessing Lyrics: 1 I do not ask to choose my path. Lord, lead me in Thy way; Inspire each tho't and prompt each word, And make me a blessing today. Refrain Bless me, Lord, and make me a blessing; I'll gladly Thy message convey. Use me to help some poor, needy soul, And make me a blessing today. 2 Around me, Lord, are sinful men, Who scorn and disobey; Use me to win them from their sins, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] 3 To those who once Thy love have known, But now are far astray; Help me to win them back to Thee, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] 4 Some saints of Thine are in distress, And for deliv'rance pray; Oh, let me go and help them, Lord, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] 5 Whatever errand Thou hast. Lord, Send me, and I'll obey. Use me in any way Thou wilt, And make me a blessing today. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I do not ask to choose my path]

I Do Not Ask To Choose My Path

Author: J. H. Zelley Hymnal: Sweeter Than All Songs #145 (1927) Tune Title: [I do not ask to choose my path]

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Henry J. Zelley

1859 - 1942 Person Name: H. J. Zelley Author of "I do not Ask to Choose my Path" in Concordia Henry Jeffreys Zelley was born at Mt. Holly, NJ, on Mar. 15, 1859. Educated in the Mt. Holly public schools, at Pennington Seminary, and at Taylor University, where he earned his M. A., Ph. D., and D. D. degrees, he became a Methodist minister in 1882 and first served in the New Jersey Conference as a statistical secretary, treasurer, and trustee, becoming a promoter of the campmeeting movement. Noted for his evangelistic fervor, Zelley produced over 1500 poems, hymns, and gospel songs. One of his songs, "He Brought Me Out" with music by Henry L. Gilmour, appears in several denominational hymnals. Cyberhymnal also lists "When Israel Out of Bondage Came" or "He Rolled the Sea Away" with music by Gilmour too. Another of Zelley’s songs, "The Mountains of Faith" with music by M. L. McPhail, is found in Sacred Selections. After working with nineteen different churches in the New Jersey Conference over his lifetime, Zelley, who also served as a trustee of Pennington Seminary, retired in 1929 and died at Trenton, NJ, on Mar. 16, 1942. --http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Person Name: Henry Lake Gilmour Composer of "[I do not ask to choose my path]" in The Cyber Hymnal Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry