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[Hear the Savior sweetly saying]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 33312 16511 25123 Used With Text: Call Them In

Call Them In

Author: E. O. E. Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Hear the Savior sweetly saying Refrain First Line: Call them in, oh, call them in Used With Tune: [Hear the Savior sweetly saying]

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Author: E. O. E. Hymnal: The Great Awakening #3 (1886) First Line: Hear the Savior sweetly saying Refrain First Line: Call them in, oh, call them in Lyrics: 1 Hear the Savior sweetly saying, Call them in, make no delay; Call them in, say all are welcome, Bid them come to me today. Refrain: Call them in, Bid them come, Hear the Saviors sweetly saying, “Call them in, oh, call them in!” 2 Hear Him say, let no one linger, Call them in from out the cold, Call them in, the little children, Bid them come within the fold. [Refrain] 3 Call them in, I cannot leave them, Call them in, I cannot go; Oh, make haste, for souls are dying, Snatch them from the brink of woe. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Hear the Savior sweetly saying]

Call Them In

Author: E. O. E. Hymnal: The Gospel in Song #141 (1885) First Line: Hear the Savior sweetly saying Refrain First Line: Call them in, oh, call them in Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the Savior sweetly saying]

Call Them In

Author: E. O. E. Hymnal: Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #366 (1894) First Line: Hear the Savior sweetly saying Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the Savior sweetly saying]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: E. O. E. Author of "Call Them In" in The Great Awakening 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