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[When Jesus first came to my heart to abide]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Albert C. Fisher Incipit: 53432 32171 34565 Used With Text: More Precious Each Day

Author: William M. Runyan Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: When Jesus first came to my heart to abide Refrain First Line: More precious each day, hallelujah Used With Tune: [When Jesus first came to my heart to abide]

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More Precious to Me

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Tabernacle Hymns #180 (1953) First Line: When Jesus first came to my heart to abide Refrain First Line: More precious each day, hallelujah Lyrics: 1 When Jesus first came to my heart to abide, My sorrows like clouds rolled away; But since He so lovingly walks by my side More precious is He ev’ry day! Chorus: More precious each day, hallelujah! Each day He’s more precious to me; This song would I sing of my Savior and King, “Each day He’s more precious to me!” 2 He comforts my heart if in sorrow I pine, My tears He in love wipes away; My wonderful Savior! I know He is mine, More precious to me ev’ry day! [Chorus] 3 If life here on earth with my Lord is so sweet, What raptures in heaven there’ll be! For there will I sing with a joy so complete, “More precious is Jesus to me!” [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [When Jesus first came to my heart to abide]

More Precious To Me

Author: William Marion Runyan Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13288 First Line: When Jesus first came to my heart to abide Refrain First Line: More precious each day, hallelujah Lyrics: 1 When Jesus first came to my heart to abide, My sorrows like clouds rolled away; But since He so lovingly walks by my side, More precious is He every day! Refrain: More precious each day, hallelujah! Each day He’s more precious to me; This song would I sing of my Savior and King, Each day He’s more precious to me! 2 He comforts my heart if in sorrow I pine, My tears He in love wipes away; My wonderful Savior! I know He is mine,] More precious to me every day! [Refrain 3 If life here on earth with my Lord is so sweet, What raptures in Heaven there’ll be! For there will I sing with a joy so complete, More precious is Jesus to me! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When Jesus first came to my heart to abide]

More Precious to Me

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Victorious Revival Songs #26 (1925) First Line: When Jesus first came to my heart to abide Refrain First Line: More precious each day, hallelujah Languages: English Tune Title: [When Jesus first came to my heart to abide]

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William M. Runyan

1870 - 1957 Author of "More Precious to Me" in Tabernacle Hymns Showing early musical promise, William Marion Runyan (b. Marion, NY, 1870; d. Pittsburg, KS, 1957) was a substitute church organist by the age of twelve. He became a Methodist minister in 1891 and served several churches in Kansas but turned to evangelism in 1903; he worked for the Central Methodist Conference for the next twenty years. Following that service, Runyan became pastor at the Federated Church at John Brown University, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Editor of Christian Workers Magazine, he also served the Moody Bible Institute and was an editor for Hope Publishing Company until his retirement in 1948. Runyan wrote a number of hymn texts, gospel songs, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Albert C. Fisher

1886 - 1946 Composer of "[When Jesus first came to my heart to abide]" in Tabernacle Hymns Born: March 10, 1886, New Berne, North Carolina. Died: February 6, 1946, Dallas, Texas. Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. Fisher attended Fort Worth University and Polytechnic College, Fort Worth, Texas; Vanderbilt University; Southern Methodist University; and earned his Doctor of Divinity degree at Asbury College, Kentucky. He moved to Fort Worth in 1908, and for a decade served as a general evangelist for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In World War I, he was a military chaplain. After the war, he worked in the East Oklahoma Conference and (beginning in 1944), the North Texas Conference. His works include: Best Revival Songs (Nashville, Tennessee: The Cokesbury Press, 1924) (music editor) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.come/tch)