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[Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Geistweit Incipit: 11123 55322 23443 Used With Text: Rouse, Ye Saints

Author: C. H. Yatman Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying Refrain First Line: We well work from morn till night Lyrics: 1 Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying, We must work while it is day; Sinners lost to us are crying For the strait and narrow way. Refrain: We well work from morn till night, By the Spirit’s power and might Leading men unto the Light, Blessed Light of Day! 2 Wake, ye men, let us be doing, While the sun is in the sky; Let us seek the weak and erring, Precious souls that soon may die. [Refrain] 3 Jesus, Saviour, help our spirits, That we never weary be Leading sinners to the Fountain Ever flowing, full and free. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying]

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Rouse, Ye Saints

Author: C. H. Yatman Hymnal: Melodious Sonnets #13 (1885) First Line: Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying Refrain First Line: We well work from morn till night Lyrics: 1 Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying, We must work while it is day; Sinners lost to us are crying For the strait and narrow way. Refrain: We well work from morn till night, By the Spirit’s power and might Leading men unto the Light, Blessed Light of Day! 2 Wake, ye men, let us be doing, While the sun is in the sky; Let us seek the weak and erring, Precious souls that soon may die. [Refrain] 3 Jesus, Saviour, help our spirits, That we never weary be Leading sinners to the Fountain Ever flowing, full and free. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying]

Rouse, Ye Saints

Author: C. H. Yatman Hymnal: Temple Trio #195 (1886) First Line: Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying Refrain First Line: We will work from morn till night Tune Title: [Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying]

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Charles H. Yatman

1855 - 1922 Person Name: C. H. Yatman Author of "Rouse, Ye Saints" in Melodious Sonnets

W. H. Geistweit

1857 - 1936 Composer of "[Rouse, ye saints, the world is dying]" in Melodious Sonnets In 1900, Geistweit was living in Cook County, Illinois. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Peoria, Illinois, in 1909, and was there also in 1910. As of 1920, he was in St. Louis, Missouri. His works include: The Young Christian and His Bible, 1906 Mary’s Story, 1904 Heart Talks on Every Day Themes for Every Day People, 1904 Present Needs in Young People’s Work, 1909 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ ================================ Geistweit, William Henry. (Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1857--March 11, 1936, San Diego, California). Baptist. Son of Pennsylvania Dutch and Huguenot parents. Shurtleff College, D.D. 1902 or 1903. Pastorates at Camden, New Jersey, 1885-1890; Minneapolis, 1891-1896; Galesburg, Illinois, 1897-1899; Chicago, 1900-1906; Peoria, Ill., 1907-1910; San Diego, 1911-1916; St. Louis, 1917-1922; Dayton, 1923-1929; Alhambra, Calif., 1932. At age fourteen began work in a newspaper office to learn the printing business. For five of the ten years in this business he was manager of the mechanical work on the Sunday School Times. Spent two years as general secretary of the Camden Association of the YMCA. Active in the organization and publications of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, founded in Chicago in 1891, and served on its Board of Managers. Member of the Executive Committee of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1912-1919. President of the American Baptist Publication Society, 1923-1924. Wrote a few hymns published in two collections, Melodious Sonnets (Philadelphia, 1885) and Joyful Wing. In addition, Burrage prints a three-stanza hymn beginning "Blessed Savior, my salvation I will trust in thee." Also, with Mrs. L.J.P. Bishop, he compiled and arranged a collection entitled The Ministry of Song: A Choice Selection of Hymns and Sacred Songs for Use in Junior Unions and Societies (Chicago: Baptist Young People's Union of America, 1900). --Deborah Carlton Loftis, DNAH Archives