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[O blessed Jesus, hear my plea]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hubert P. Main Incipit: 55553 51112 22133 Used With Text: Save Me at the Cross

Save Me at the Cross

Author: D. E. D. Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: O blessed Jesus, hear my plea Refrain First Line: Dear Jesus, receive me Used With Tune: [O blessed Jesus, hear my plea]

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Author: D. E. D. Hymnal: Hymns of Victory #171 (1905) First Line: O blessed Jesus, hear my plea Refrain First Line: Dear Jesus, receive me Languages: English Tune Title: [O blessed Jesus, hear my plea]

O Save Me at the Cross

Author: D. E. D. Hymnal: Sacred Chimes #140 (1900) First Line: O blessed Jesus, hear my plea Refrain First Line: Dear Jesus, receive me Languages: English Tune Title: [O blessed Jesus, hear my plea]

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Hubert P. Main

1839 - 1925 Composer of "[O blessed Jesus, hear my plea]" in Hymns of Victory Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ. John Perry

D. E. Dortch

1851 - 1928 Person Name: D. E. D. Author of "Save Me at the Cross" in Hymns of Victory Born: March 5, 1851, Theta, Tennessee. Died: November 9/11, 1928, Tennessee. Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee. Dortch was teaching music in Maury, Tennessee, in 1880, and was working as an evangelist by 1886. His works include: Tidings of Joy (Columbia, Tennessee: 1878) National Tidings of Joy (Nashville, Tennessee: National Baptist Convention of America, 1878) Gospel Melodies, with William Dale & Charles Pollock (Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Edmund Lorenz (Dayton, Ohio: Christian Publishing Association, 1893) Choice Songs (Nashville, Tennessee: National Baptist Convention of America, 1894) Gospel Voices (Nashville, Tennessee: South-Western Publishing House, 1895) Gospel Voices No. 3 (Columbia, Tennessee: David E. Dortch, 1902) Hymns of Victory, Parts 1 and 2 (Columbia, Tennessee: Dortch Publishing Company, 1905) Happy Greetings to All (Charlotte, North Carolina: Dortch Publishing Company, 1916) © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)