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[The Savior is tenderly calling]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: V. O. Fossett Incipit: 35553 45653 56532 Used With Text: Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long

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Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: The Savior is tenderly calling Refrain First Line: O come to the Savior Used With Tune: [The Savior is tenderly calling]

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Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Fossett's Inspirational Melodies #21 (1952) First Line: The Savior is tenderly calling Refrain First Line: O come to the Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is tenderly calling]

Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long

Author: J. R. Baxter Jr. Hymnal: Heavenly Highway Hymns #00a (1956) First Line: The Savior is tenderly calling Refrain First Line: O come to the Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is tenderly calling]
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Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Calvary Songs #17 (1944) First Line: The Savior is tenderly calling Refrain First Line: O come to the Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is tenderly calling]

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J. R. Baxter

1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Author of "Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long" in Fossett's Inspirational Melodies Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in De­Kalb Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma. In 1926, he bought part of Vir­gil Stamps’ Gos­pel mu­sic firm, which be­came the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, one of the most suc­cess­ful Gos­pel mu­sic pub­lish­ers of the ear­ly 20th Century. Bax­ter ran the com­pa­ny’s Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice un­til Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dall­as, Tex­as, to run the main of­fice. Af­ter Bax­ter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the bus­i­ness un­til she died; it was then sold to Zon­der­van. Bax­ter was in­duct­ed in­to the South­ern Gos­pel Music As­so­ci­a­tion Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sun­rise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Sav­ior, Too I Want to Help Some Wea­ry Pil­grim I’m Liv­ing in Ca­naan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Hap­pens Travel the Sun­lit Way Try Je­sus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

V. O. Fossett

1904 - 1964 Composer of "[The Savior is tenderly calling]" in Fossett's Inspirational Melodies Died: December 20, 1964. Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include: Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952) --www.hymntime.com/tch/
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