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[I heard the voice of Jesus say]

Appears in 22 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: May Agnew Stephens Incipit: 13453 17665 33121 Used With Text: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

A Soldier of the Cross

Appears in 1,964 hymnals First Line: Am I a soldier of the cross Used With Tune: [Am I a soldier of the cross]

Friendship with Jesus

Author: Rev. J. C. Ludgate Appears in 48 hymnals First Line: A friend of Jesus, oh, what bliss Used With Tune: [A friend of Jesus, oh, what bliss]

Down in the Garden

Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Dark was the hour, Gethsemane Used With Tune: [Dark was the hour, Gethsemane]

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Author: Joe C. Ludgate Hymnal: Yes, Lord! #230 (1982) First Line: A friend of Jesus, O what bliss Lyrics: 1 A friend of Jesus, O what bliss That one so weak as I Should ever have a friend like this To lead me to the sky. Refrain: Friendship with Jesus, Fellowship divine; O what blessed sweet communion, Jesus is a friend of mine. 2 A friend when other friendships cease, A friend when others fail; A friend who gives me joy and peace, A friend who will prevail. [Refrain] 3 A friend to lead me in the dark, A friend who knows the way; A friend to steer my weak, frail bark, A friend my debts to pay. [Refrain] 4 A friend when sickness lays me low, A friend when death draws near; A friend as through the vale I go, A friend to help and cheer. [Refrain] 5 A friend when life’s rough voyage is o’er, A friend when death is past. A friend to greet on Heaven’s shore, A friend when home at last. [Refrain] Topics: Jesus Christ Friend Languages: English Tune Title: [A friend of Jesus, O what bliss]

Friendship With Jesus

Author: Rev. J. C. Ludgate Hymnal: Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #105 (1951) First Line: A friend of Jesus, O what bliss Languages: English Tune Title: [A friend of Jesus, O what bliss]

Friendship With Jesus

Author: J. C. Ludgate Hymnal: Special Sacred Selections #156 (1977) First Line: A friend of Jesus, O what bliss Languages: English Tune Title: [A friend of Jesus, O what bliss]

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May Agnew Stephens

1865 - 1935 Arranger of "[I heard the voice of Jesus say]" in Tabernacle Hymns Born: 1865, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Died: March 19, 1935, Nyack, New York. Stephens joined the Salvation Army in New York’s 3 Corps in 1890. She helped edit The War Cry, and worked on the training home staff and in the Candidates Department. Around 1897, she began serving as song leader and pianist at the Gospel Tabernacle with Albert Simpson. Two years later, she helped found the Eighth Avenue Mission, and in 1902 married Harold Stephens (later pastor of the Parkdale Alliance Tabernacle in Toronto, Canada). For the next two and half decades she and her husband were traveling evangelists in America, Canada and Britain. Her works include: Missionary Messages in Song, circa 1910 www.hymntime.com/tch

L. L. Pickett

1859 - 1928 Author of "No Longer Linger" in Tears and Triumphs No. 3 Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among whom was missionary E Stanley Jones. In 1905 a student prayer meeting at the Pickett home spilled out to the Asbury campus in a revival that spread around the town of Wilmore. Between 1891 and 1926 Pickett published 11 song books, some with others, including John Sweney, William J Kirkpatrick, John Bryant, Martin Knapp, Elisha A Hoffman, Burke Culpepper, William Marks, Benjamin Butts, and Robert McNeill. He died at Middlesboro, KY. John Perry