I Know My Name Is There

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My name is in the book of life

Author: D. S. Warner (1893)
Tune: [My name is in the book of Life]
Published in 52 hymnals

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1 My name is in the Book of Life,
O bless the name of Jesus!
I rise above all doubt and strife,
And read my title clear.

Chorus:
I know, I know my name is there;
I know, I know My name is written there.

2 My name once stood with sinners, lost,
And here a painful record;
But by His blood the Savior cross'd,
And placed it on His roll. [Chorus]

3 Yet inward trouble often cast
A shadow o’er my title;
But now with full salvation blest,
Praise God! it’s ever clear. [Chorus]

4 While others climb thro' worldly strife,
To carve a name of honor,
High up in heaven’s Book of Life,
My name is written there. [Chorus]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #255

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Author: D. S. Warner

Warner, Daniel Sidney. (near Marshallville, Wayne County, Ohio, 1842--1895). Church of God. Reared on an Ohio farm. During the Civil War, he substituted for a brother. Later he taught school. He attended Oberlin College briefly in 1865. By 1867 he was licensed to preach by the Western Ohio Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennerian). His experience in preaching was gained on circuits in Nebraska and Ohio. In 1874 he was in trouble with the Eldership for preaching entire sanctification. Soon he joined the Indiana Eldership. In 1881 he was in trouble with this Eldership over sectism. Warner was an associate editor of the Herals of Gospel Freedom in 1878. this paper was merged with the Pilgrim about 1881, and the new paper was called th… Go to person page >

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First Line:	My name is in the book of life
Title:	I Know My Name Is There
Author:	D. S. Warner (1893)
Meter:	8.7.8.6 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I know, I know, my name is there
Copyright:	Public Domain