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[O come, to Calvary turning]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. L. L. Pickett Incipit: 51117 12677 77651 Used With Text: Jesus Is Calling for Thee

Author: Lidie H. Edmunds Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: O come, to Calvary turning Refrain First Line: Calling, calling, Jesus is calling for thee Used With Tune: [O come, to Calvary turning]

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Jesus Is Calling for Thee

Author: Lidie H. Edmunds Hymnal: Cream of Song #71 (1906) First Line: Oh, come, to Calvary turning Refrain First Line: Calling, calling, Jesus is calling for thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, come, to Calvary turning]

Jesus Is Calling for Thee

Author: Lidie H. Edmunds Hymnal: Tears and Triumphs, No. 2 #71 (1897) First Line: Oh, come, to Calvary turning Refrain First Line: Calling, calling, Jesus is calling for thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, come, to Calvary turning]

Jesus Is Calling for Thee

Author: Lidie H. Edmunds Hymnal: Unfading Treasures #56 (1893) First Line: O come, to Calvary turning Refrain First Line: Calling, calling, Jesus is calling for thee Languages: English Tune Title: [O come, to Calvary turning]

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L. L. Pickett

1859 - 1928 Person Name: Rev. L. L. Pickett Composer of "[O come, to Calvary turning]" in Unfading Treasures Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among whom was missionary E Stanley Jones. In 1905 a student prayer meeting at the Pickett home spilled out to the Asbury campus in a revival that spread around the town of Wilmore. Between 1891 and 1926 Pickett published 11 song books, some with others, including John Sweney, William J Kirkpatrick, John Bryant, Martin Knapp, Elisha A Hoffman, Burke Culpepper, William Marks, Benjamin Butts, and Robert McNeill. He died at Middlesboro, KY. John Perry