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Let Them Come to Me

Author: A. H. Adams Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: Hear the gentle Shepherd Used With Tune: [Hear the gentle Shepherd]

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[Hear the gentle Shepherd]

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. W. Bentley Incipit: 12346 55653 21234 Used With Text: Let Them Come to Me
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[Hear the gentle Shepherd]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 11223 55223 11122 Used With Text: Let Them Come to Me
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KANPUR

Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. T. Porter Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55556 55171 25555 Used With Text: Let Them Come To Me

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Let Them Come to Me

Author: A. H. Adams Hymnal: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #111 (1891) First Line: Hear the gentle Shepherd calling lambs like me Lyrics: 1 Hear the gentle Shepherd Calling lambs like me; In His sweetest accents: Let them come to me. Refrain: Let them come to me, Let them come to me; Hear Him sweetly saying, Let them come to me. 2 He will bid us enter; When our tired feet Reach the golden city, He’ll be there to greet. [Refrain] 3 Thanks, dear blessed Saviour, For Thy words of love, Bidding children enter Thy bright courts above. [Refrain] Topics: Coming to Christ; Infant Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the gentle Shepherd]
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Let Them Come to Me

Author: A. H. A. Hymnal: Joyful Songs #23 (1875) First Line: Hear the gentle Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Hear the gentle Shepherd, Calling lambs like me, In his sweetest accents, Let them come to me. Refrain: Let them come to me. Let them come to me, Hear him sweetly saying, Let them come to me. 2 He will bid us enter, When our tired feet Reach the golden city, He'll be there to greet. [Refrain] 3 Thanks, dear blessed Savior, For thy words of love, Bidding children enter, Thy bright courts above. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the gentle Shepherd]

Let them come to me

Author: A. H. Adams Hymnal: Supplement to Song Anchor #d4 (1880) First Line: Hear the gentle Shepherd calling lambs like me

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Hear the gentle Shepherd]" in Triumphant Songs No.1 Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

W. T. Porter

Composer of "KANPUR" in The Cyber Hymnal

W. Warren Bentley

Person Name: W. W. Bentley Composer of "[Hear the gentle Shepherd]" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School
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