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[Only a sinner, humble and low]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Used With Text: O It is Jesus

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Only a sinner, humble and low Refrain First Line: O it is Jesus! Jesus alone Lyrics: 1 Only a sinner, humble and low, No one to love me, no where to go; Beaten and driven, wretched indeed, Who is the Friend to pity my need? Refrain: O it is Jesus! Jesus alone, Dying for me, my sin to atone; O it is Jesus! there may I go, Jesus will hear me! Jesus will know! 2 Only a sinner, sorely dismayed, Tempted and fallen, pleading for aid; Dangers surround me, dark is the night, Where is the One to guide me anight? [Refrain] 3 Only a sinner, weary my feet, Lonely my journey where is retreat? Dying afar from comforting love, Who is the Friend my refuge to prove? [Refrain] 4 O it is Jesus, lowly and meek, Waiting for me my pardon to speak; Yes, it is Jesus, on Him I call, Jesus, my joy, my life and my all! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Only a sinner, humble and low]

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O It is Jesus

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: The Voice of Thanksgiving #35 (1913) First Line: Only a sinner, humble and low Refrain First Line: O it is Jesus! Jesus alone Lyrics: 1 Only a sinner, humble and low, No one to love me, no where to go; Beaten and driven, wretched indeed, Who is the Friend to pity my need? Refrain: O it is Jesus! Jesus alone, Dying for me, my sin to atone; O it is Jesus! there may I go, Jesus will hear me! Jesus will know! 2 Only a sinner, sorely dismayed, Tempted and fallen, pleading for aid; Dangers surround me, dark is the night, Where is the One to guide me anight? [Refrain] 3 Only a sinner, weary my feet, Lonely my journey where is retreat? Dying afar from comforting love, Who is the Friend my refuge to prove? [Refrain] 4 O it is Jesus, lowly and meek, Waiting for me my pardon to speak; Yes, it is Jesus, on Him I call, Jesus, my joy, my life and my all! [Refrain] Tune Title: [Only a sinner, humble and low]

O It is Jesus

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: Life Songs #19 (1916) First Line: Only a sinner, humble and low Refrain First Line: O it is Jesus! Topics: Christ Love of Christ; Christ Christ, the Redeemer; Evangelistic Forgiveness; Redemption Languages: English Tune Title: [Only a sinner, humble and low]

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Ina Duley Ogdon

1872 - 1964 Author of "O It is Jesus" in The Voice of Thanksgiving Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who have sung her hymns, she shrinks from celebrity in the knowledge that her songs are God-given and that without Him she could do nothing." See: Beattie, David J. (1931). The Romance of Sacred Song. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, Ltd. The Presbyterian Survey November 1952. The Toledo Blade, 19 May 1964. --Ernest K. Emurian, DNAH Archives Photo from Joseph Gardner collection from website "Ina Duly Ogdon Home" by Melissa Archibald (http://www.freewebs.com/marchi/inaphotosarticles.htm)

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Only a sinner, humble and low]" in The Voice of Thanksgiving Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives