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[I've found Christ a Saviour]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 51765 35425 35176 Used With Text: I've Found Christ a Savior

Oh, why not believe Him?

Author: A. P. Cobb Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I've found Christ a Saviour Used With Tune: [I've found Christ a Saviour]

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Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #129 (1890) First Line: I've found Christ a Saviour Refrain First Line: O, why not believe Him Lyrics: 1 I’ve found Christ a Savior So tender and true, I long to reveal Him, Dear sinner to you. Chorus: O, why not believe Him? Believe Him? believe Him? Repent, and receive Him? Obey Him, and live? 2 His promise is gracious, And faithful His word! His sweet invitation, You often have heard. [Chorus] 3 Behold Him now knocking, His locks wet with dew, His voice gently pleading, Dear sinner, with you. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [I've found Christ a Saviour]

Oh, why not believe Him?

Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: The Praise Hymnal #236 (1896) First Line: I've found Christ a Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [I've found Christ a Saviour]

People

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[I've found Christ a Saviour]" in Gems and Jewels James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

Abner P. Cobb

1853 - 1923 Person Name: A. P. Cobb Author of "I've Found Christ a Savior" in Gems and Jewels Born: October 27, 1853, Wooster, Ohio. Died: February 11, 1923. Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois. Cobb’s family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when he was about 13 years old. As a young man, he worked as a machinist. He graduated from Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, in 1878, and pastored in Normal, Washburn, Petersburg and Springfield, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Covington, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas. He was also an active evangelist, attending meetings in Boston, New York City, Minneapolis, and other major cities. --www.hymntime.com/tch/