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[The world of sinners know not God]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Used With Text: How Reads Your Life-Book?

Author: C. W. Naylor Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The world of sinners know not God Refrain First Line: A gospel others daily see Lyrics: 1 The world of sinners know not God, Nor read the gospel true; They care not for the holy Word, But they are reading you. Refrain: A gospel others daily see, Your words and deeds inditing; Oh, what do men read in your life— In the book that you are writing? 2 Oh, are you writing deeds of love, Of holiness and grace? And do they see the peace of God Illuminate your face? [Refrain] 3 Do you desire that men shall think That God is what you say? Or that a man who lives like you Is on the narrow way? [Refrain] 4 Oh, write upon your daily page A gospel that is true, And that will lead a soul to God If he shall follow you. [Refrain] Topics: Examination; Giving Used With Tune: [The world of sinners know not God]

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How Reads Your Life-Book?

Author: C. W. Naylor Hymnal: Songs of Grace and Glory #57 (1918) First Line: The world of sinners know not God Refrain First Line: A gospel others daily see Lyrics: 1 The world of sinners know not God, Nor read the gospel true; They care not for the holy Word, But they are reading you. Refrain: A gospel others daily see, Your words and deeds inditing; Oh, what do men read in your life— In the book that you are writing? 2 Oh, are you writing deeds of love, Of holiness and grace? And do they see the peace of God Illuminate your face? [Refrain] 3 Do you desire that men shall think That God is what you say? Or that a man who lives like you Is on the narrow way? [Refrain] 4 Oh, write upon your daily page A gospel that is true, And that will lead a soul to God If he shall follow you. [Refrain] Topics: Examination; Giving Tune Title: [The world of sinners know not God]

How Reads Your Life-Book?

Author: Charles W. Naylor, 1874-1950 Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #442 (1959) First Line: The world of sinners know not God Refrain First Line: A gospel others daily see Languages: English Tune Title: [The world of sinners know not God]

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C. W. Naylor

1874 - 1950 Author of "How Reads Your Life-Book?" in Songs of Grace and Glory Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.V. Smith, DNAH Archives See also: Neidert, David L. (1985). Reformation's Song: A History of Church of God Music. Anderson, Ind.: the author.

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Composer of "[The world of sinners know not God]" in Songs of Grace and Glory Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.