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[Jesus is tenderly pleading]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. E. Leslie Incipit: 32154 56561 43123 Used With Text: Jesus Is Tenderly Pleading

Jesus Is Tenderly Pleading

Author: C. E. L. Appears in 8 hymnals Refrain First Line: Jesus is pleading Used With Tune: [Jesus is tenderly pleading]

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Jesus Is Tenderly Pleading

Author: C. E. L. Hymnal: The Seed Sower #21 (1897) Refrain First Line: Jesus is pleading Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is tenderly pleading]

Jesus Is Tenderly Pleading

Author: C. E. L. Hymnal: Christian Melodies #54 (1899) Refrain First Line: Jesus is pleading Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is tenderly pleading]

Jesus Is Tenderly Pleading

Author: C. E. L. Hymnal: Sacred and Secular Selections #78 (1900) Refrain First Line: Jesus is pleading Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is tenderly pleading]

1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. P. B. Arranger of "[Jesus is tenderly pleading]" in Sacred and Secular Selections Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name) ================ Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936. John Perry