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Live For Jesus

Live for Jesus, O my brother

Author: Eden Reeder Latta
Tune: TIMES SQUARE
Published in 16 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Live for Jesus, O my brother,
His disciple ever be;
Render not to any other,
What alone the Lord’s should be.

Chorus:
Live for Jesus, live for Jesus;
Give him all thou hast to give;
On the cross the world’s Redeemer,
Gave his life that thou mightst live.

2 Live for Jesus, wand'ring sinner,
Under Satan serve no more;
Of the promised prize a winner
Thou may’st be, when life is o’er. [Chorus]

3 Live for Jesus, O my spirit,
Keep his footsteps all the way;
What the Master bids thee, hear it,
And his righteous will obey. [Chorus]

4 Live for Jesus in life’s morning;
At the noontide hour be his,
And at eve, when day is turning,
And inherit endless bliss. [Chorus]


Source: Christian Hymns: for every purpose in worship #63

Author: Eden Reeder Latta

Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being wi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Live for Jesus, O my brother
Title: Live For Jesus
Author: Eden Reeder Latta
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Live for Jesus, live for Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #3821
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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #126

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Songs of Faith and Praise #594

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The Cyber Hymnal #3821

Include 9 pre-1979 instances
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