Jesus Is the Gift of God to You

Is your cross too heavy, more than you can bear

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon
Tune: [Is your cross too heavy, more than you can bear]
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Author: Ina Duley Ogdon

Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who… Go to person page >

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First Line: Is your cross too heavy, more than you can bear
Title: Jesus Is the Gift of God to You
Author: Ina Duley Ogdon
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Jesus is the gift of God to you
Publication Date: 1936
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1936.

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