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[We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 12333 33321 44333

Author: E. D. Mund Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power Refrain First Line: Let us pay our vows unto the Lord Lyrics: 1 We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power, We have made our vows unto the Lord; His commands we heed with gladness, ev’ry day and hour, We have made our vows unto the Lord. Refrain: Let us pay our vows unto the Lord, We have made our vows unto the Lord; Now, in the presence of His people, We have made our vows unto the Lord. 2 There are words of praise and honor we are pledged to speak, We have made our vows unto the Lord; Tho’ our speech be slow and stamm’ring, and our hearts e weak, We have made our vows unto the Lord. [Refrain] 3 There is light we must be seeking in His holy word, We have made our vows unto the Lord; There are hidden words of comfort that we have not heard, We have made our vows unto the Lord. [Refrain] 4 Oh, joy of loyal service, oh, the tender grace, When we pay our vows unto the Lord! We shall walk in white before Him, see His loving face, If we pay our vows unto the Lord. [Refrain] Topics: Loyalty Scripture: Psalm 22:25 Used With Tune: [We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power]

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Let Us Pay Our Vows

Author: E. D. Mund Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #167 (1896) First Line: We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power Refrain First Line: Let us pay our vows unto the Lord Lyrics: 1 We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power, We have made our vows unto the Lord; His commands we heed with gladness, ev’ry day and hour, We have made our vows unto the Lord. Refrain: Let us pay our vows unto the Lord, We have made our vows unto the Lord; Now, in the presence of His people, We have made our vows unto the Lord. 2 There are words of praise and honor we are pledged to speak, We have made our vows unto the Lord; Tho’ our speech be slow and stamm’ring, and our hearts e weak, We have made our vows unto the Lord. [Refrain] 3 There is light we must be seeking in His holy word, We have made our vows unto the Lord; There are hidden words of comfort that we have not heard, We have made our vows unto the Lord. [Refrain] 4 Oh, joy of loyal service, oh, the tender grace, When we pay our vows unto the Lord! We shall walk in white before Him, see His loving face, If we pay our vows unto the Lord. [Refrain] Topics: Loyalty Scripture: Psalm 22:25 Languages: English Tune Title: [We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power]

Let Us Pay Our Vows

Author: E. D. Mund Hymnal: Spirit and Life #130 (1895) First Line: We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost pow'r Refrain First Line: Let us pay our vows unto the Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost pow'r]

Let Us Pay Our Vows

Author: E. D. Mund Hymnal: Songs for Christ and the Church #77 (1892) First Line: We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power Refrain First Line: Let us pay our vows unto the Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power]

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Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Composer of "[We have entered royal service, pledged our utmost power]" in Songs of the Kingdom Pseudonymns: John D. Cresswell, L. S. Edwards, E. D. Mund, ==================== Lorenz, Edmund Simon. (North Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1854--July 10, 1942, Dayton, Ohio). Son of Edward Lorenz, a German-born shoemaker who turned preacher, served German immigrants in northwestern Ohio, and was editor of the church paper, Froehliche Botschafter, 1894-1900. Edmund graduated from Toledo High School in 1870, taught German, and was made a school principal at a salary of $20 per week. At age 19, he moved to Dayton to become the music editor for the United Brethren Publishing House. He graduated from Otterbein College (B.A.) in 1880, studied at Union Biblical Seminary, 1878-1881, then went to Yale Divinity School where he graduated (B.D.) in 1883. He then spent a year studying theology in Leipzig, Germany. He was ordained by the Miami [Ohio] Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1877. The following year, he married Florence Kumler, with whom he had five children. Upon his return to the United States, he served as pastor of the High Street United Brethren Church in Dayton, 1884-1886, and then as president of Lebanon Valley College, 1887-1889. Ill health led him to resign his presidency. In 1890 he founded the Lorenz Publishing Company of Dayton, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. For their catalog, he wrote hymns, and composed many gospel songs, anthems, and cantatas, occasionally using pseudonyms such as E.D. Mund, Anna Chichester, and G.M. Dodge. He edited three of the Lorenz choir magazines, The Choir Leader, The Choir Herald, and Kirchenchor. Prominent among the many song-books and hymnals which he compiled and edited were those for his church: Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship (1874), Pilgerlieder (1878), Songs of Grace (1879), The Otterbein Hymnal (1890), and The Church Hymnal (1934). For pastors and church musicians, he wrote several books stressing hymnody: Practical Church Music (1909), Church Music (1923), Music in Work and Worship (1925), and The Singing Church (1938). In 1936, Otterbein College awarded him the honorary D.Mus. degree and Lebanon Valley College the honorary LL.D. degree. --Information from granddaughter Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, DNAH Archives