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[You ask me why I serve the Lord]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Edie Marks Incipit: 51555 76665 65435
[You ask me why I serve the Lord]

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Because I Love Him So

Author: W. E. M. Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: You ask me why I serve the Lord Refrain First Line: For Him I'll work and toil each day Topics: Consecration; Praise Used With Tune: [You ask me why I serve the Lord]
Because I Love Him So
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Because I Love Him So

Author: E. D. M. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I follow where the Shepherd leads Refrain First Line: With him I walk Used With Tune: [I follow where the Shepherd leads]
Because I Love Him So

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Because I Love Him So

Author: W. E. M. Hymnal: The Master's Call #85 (1901) First Line: You ask me why I serve the Lord Refrain First Line: For Him I'll work and toil each day Topics: Consecration; Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [You ask me why I serve the Lord]
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Because I Love Him So

Author: E. D. M. Hymnal: With Heart and Voice #144 (1905) First Line: I follow where the Shepherd leads Refrain First Line: With him I walk Languages: English Tune Title: [I follow where the Shepherd leads]
Because I Love Him So

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William Edie Marks

1872 - 1954 Person Name: W. E. M. Author of "Because I Love Him So" in The Master's Call Born: July 1872, Delaware (probably Wilmington) Died: November 20, 1954, Wilmington, Delaware. Buried: Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware. Marks was ap­par­ent­ly liv­ing in Wilm­ing­ton, Del­a­ware, in 1913. His works in­clude: Cream of Song, with Le­an­der Pick­ett & O. B. Cul­pep­per & (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pick­ett Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1906) Tears and Tri­umphs No. 4, with Le­an­der Pick­ett & Ben­ja­min Butts (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pen­te­cost­al Pub­lish­ing Company, 1910) Noted Hymns, 1927 (ed­it­or) Lyrics-- Christmas Joy Tasting the Joys Trying to Be More like Je­sus We Shall Hear Him Say, "Well Done" Music-- Best Thing I Ev­er Did, The End Is Not Yet, The I Am Go­ing to Con­tin­ue In the Morn­ing We Shall See It Is Mine Jesus Sa­tis­fies Jesus Took the Bur­den Off Keep Tell­ing It Last Mile of the Way, The Let Je­sus Re­move It To­day Lift Thy Face to the Light! Rapture In­deed! Tell It Wher­ev­er You Go When We Use Our Tal­ents You Ought to Know Him http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/k/marks_we.htm
William Edie Marks
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