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O List to the Call!

Author: Laura E. Newell Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: O list to the call, He is yearning for thee Refrain First Line: O, list to the call, He is pleading for all

[Oh list to the call, He is yearning for thee]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. E. Leslie Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55365 33543 23341 Used With Text: Oh List to the Call!

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Author: Laura E. Newell Hymnal: Crowning Glory No. 1 #174 (1890) First Line: Oh list to the call, He is yearning for thee Refrain First Line: Oh list to the call Lyrics: 1 Oh list to the call, He is yearning for thee, Obey Him, and from all thy burdens be free; He knows of thy cares, and His infinite love Will tenderly lead thee to mansions above. Chorus: Oh list to the call, He is pleading for all; The Savior is near, Then why should we fear, Oh list to His call, for the Savior is near, He gladly would heal thee, thy soul He will cheer. 2 Oh list to the call, He is pleading for you, His love will prevail, and His promise is true; He stands at the gate, there to welcome us all, Oh list to His pleading, oh list to the call. [Chorus] 3 Oh list to the call, and in Jesus confide, In faith, love and hope ever walk by His side; Cling close to the Savior, He'll never forsake, For all who will trust Him His love shall partake. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh list to the call, He is yearning for thee]

Oh, List to the Call

Author: Laura E. Newell Hymnal: The Joy Bells of Heaven #10 (1886) First Line: Oh, list to the call, he is yearning for thee Refrain First Line: Oh, list to the call, He is pleading for all Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, list to the call, he is yearning for thee]

Oh, List to the Call

Author: Laura E. Newell Hymnal: Joyful Greeting #60 (1886) First Line: Oh, list to the call, he is yearning for thee Refrain First Line: Oh, list to the call, He is pleading for all Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, list to the call, he is yearning for thee]

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C. E. Leslie

Composer of "[Oh list to the call, He is yearning for thee]" in Crowning Glory No. 1

Laura E. Newell

1854 - 1916 Author of "Oh List to the Call!" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Born: February 5, 1854, New Marlborough, Connecticut. Died: October 13, 1916, Manhattan, Kansas. Daughter of Mr. and Edward A. Pixley, but orphaned as an infant, Laura was adopted by her aunt, then Mrs. Hiram Mabie, who at the time lived in New York. In 1858, the Mabie family moved to a farm south of where Wamego, Kansas, now stands. Two years after the move, Mr. Mabie died, and his wife resumed teaching. In 1860, Mrs. Mabie accepted a position in Topeka, Kansas, where she taught many years. Under her tutelage, Laura received her education. As early as age 12, Laura was writing rhymes, and two years later her poems began to appear in local newspapers. She had no thought of a literary career; she simply wrote to give vent to her poetical mind. In 1871, Laura married Lauren Newell, a carpenter from Manhattan, Kansas. They had at least six children, and belonged to the Congregational denomination. In 1873, Laura was listening to an address by a speaker who lamented the death of "genuine" hymns, and she resolved to try her hand in that line of work. That began a long period of writing songs, sacred and secular, services for all anniversary occasions, cantatas, adapting words to music, and music to words. "Mrs. Newell is indeed a prolific writer. Her poems number in the thousands. She has had over eight hundred poems published in a single year, a most remarkable record. The great ease with which Mrs. Newell writes is one of her special gifts. Not long since an order, accompanied by music and titles, was sent her for eight poems to suit. At seven o’clock in the evening she sat down to her organ to catch the music. Then she went to her desk, and at ten o’clock the order was ready for the return mail. Her work pleased the publisher so well that he sent her an order for forty-eight additional poems. Mrs. Newell writes several hundred poems annually. She is a very modest and unpretentious lady, and goes about her daily work as cheerfully as her poems advise others to do. The deeply religious character of the woman stands out boldly in nearly all her work. The next world is apparently as real to her as the present. Her heart is in her work, and to the end of life’s chapter, while able, may she wield her pen to tell the Story to dear to her heart, in verse and song." Hall, pp. 316-17 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/e/w/newell_lep.htm