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[An offering now of praise I'll bring]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 51111 33112 22123 Used With Text: Wondrously Saved

Author: Rev. H. J. Zelley Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: An offering now of praise I'll bring Refrain First Line: Saved, saved, my sins are all taken away Used With Tune: [An offering now of praise I'll bring]

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Wondrously Saved

Author: Rev. H. J. Zelley Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #37 (1896) First Line: An offering now of praise I'll bring Refrain First Line: Saved, saved, my sins are all taken away Languages: English Tune Title: [An offering now of praise I'll bring]

Wondrously Saved

Author: Rev. H. J. Zelley Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise #37 (1894) First Line: An offering now of praise I'll bring Refrain First Line: Saved, saved Languages: English Tune Title: [An offering now of praise I'll bring]

Wondrously Saved

Author: Rev. H. J. Zelley Hymnal: Precious Hymns #220 (1900) First Line: An offering now of praise I'll bring Refrain First Line: Saved, saved, my sins are all taken away Languages: English Tune Title: [An offering now of praise I'll bring]

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Henry J. Zelley

1859 - 1942 Person Name: Rev. H. J. Zelley Author of "Wondrously Saved" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 Henry Jeffreys Zelley was born at Mt. Holly, NJ, on Mar. 15, 1859. Educated in the Mt. Holly public schools, at Pennington Seminary, and at Taylor University, where he earned his M. A., Ph. D., and D. D. degrees, he became a Methodist minister in 1882 and first served in the New Jersey Conference as a statistical secretary, treasurer, and trustee, becoming a promoter of the campmeeting movement. Noted for his evangelistic fervor, Zelley produced over 1500 poems, hymns, and gospel songs. One of his songs, "He Brought Me Out" with music by Henry L. Gilmour, appears in several denominational hymnals. Cyberhymnal also lists "When Israel Out of Bondage Came" or "He Rolled the Sea Away" with music by Gilmour too. Another of Zelley’s songs, "The Mountains of Faith" with music by M. L. McPhail, is found in Sacred Selections. After working with nineteen different churches in the New Jersey Conference over his lifetime, Zelley, who also served as a trustee of Pennington Seminary, retired in 1929 and died at Trenton, NJ, on Mar. 16, 1942. --http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Composer of "[An offering now of praise I'll bring]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry