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[Jesus is willing to save and to bless you]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 55556 53213 55222 Used With Text: Jesus is Willing

Author: Ida L. Reed Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesus is willing to save and to bless you Refrain First Line: Jesus is willing, O precious story! Used With Tune: [Jesus is willing to save and to bless you]

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Jesus is Willing

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Diadems #57 (1913) First Line: Jesus is willing to save and to bless you Refrain First Line: Jesus is willing, O precious story! Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is willing to save and to bless you]

Jesus is Willing

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Glorious Hymns #235 (1908) First Line: Jesus is willing to save and to bless you Refrain First Line: Jesus is willing, O precious story! Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is willing to save and to bless you]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Jesus is willing to save and to bless you]" in Glorious Hymns John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Author of "Jesus is Willing" in Glorious Hymns Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)