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[I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. Adoniram J. Gordon Incipit: 53434 32153 43552 Used With Text: In Thy most precious blood

In Thy most precious blood

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified Used With Tune: I YIELD TO THEE

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In Thy most precious blood

Hymnal: The School Hymnal #170 (1899) First Line: I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified Languages: English Tune Title: [I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified]

In Thy most precious blood

Hymnal: The Coronation Hymnal #331 (1894) First Line: I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified Languages: English Tune Title: I YIELD TO THEE

1836 - 1895 Person Name: Rev. Adoniram J. Gordon Composer of "[I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified]" in The School Hymnal Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon. Bert Polman ================== Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:— 1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890. 2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this school gave themselves to the work of foreign missions during their stay at Northfield. Four of their number were chosen to visit the colleges in different parts of the country, and endeavour to awaken a deeper interest in missions during the succeeding academic year. At their request Dr. Gordon” wrote this hymn. Baptist Hymns and Hymn Writers. 3. Where art thou, soul! I hear God say. [Divine Chiding.] Published in social meeting edition of The Service of Song, 1881. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)