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[Would you feel your heart grow lighter every day] (Lorenz)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 51123 43216 55771

Author: James Rowe Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day? Lyrics: 1 Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev’ry day? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you be rejoicing all along the way? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. Chorus: Give yourself to Jesus, let Him have control; He will not deceive you, safe will be your soul; He will purify you, guide and keep you whole; Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. 2 Would you lose the burden that has bent you low? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you find a brother who will share your woe? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] 3 If from pride and passion longing to be free, Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; It from pow’rs of darkness rescued you would be, Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] 4. Are you worn and weary? are you stain’d with sin? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you find salvation, would you pardon win? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Give Yourself to Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns that Help #87 (1903) First Line: Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day? Refrain First Line: Give yourself to Jesus, let him have control Lyrics: 1 Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev’ry day? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you be rejoicing all along the way? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. Chorus: Give yourself to Jesus, let Him have control; He will not deceive you, safe will be your soul; He will purify you, guide and keep you whole; Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. 2 Would you lose the burden that has bent you low? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you find a brother who will share your woe? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] 3 If from pride and passion longing to be free, Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; It from pow’rs of darkness rescued you would be, Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] 4. Are you worn and weary? are you stained with sin? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you find salvation, would you pardon win? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day?]

Give Yourself to Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Devotional Songs #8 (1903) First Line: Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day? Lyrics: 1 Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev’ry day? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you be rejoicing all along the way? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. Chorus: Give yourself to Jesus, let Him have control; He will not deceive you, safe will be your soul; He will purify you, guide and keep you whole; Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. 2 Would you lose the burden that has bent you low? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you find a brother who will share your woe? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] 3 If from pride and passion longing to be free, Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; It from pow’rs of darkness rescued you would be, Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] 4. Are you worn and weary? are you stain’d with sin? Give yourself to Jesus, give yourself to Jesus; Would you find salvation, would you pardon win? Give yourself to Jesus, to Jesus. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day]

People

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Give Yourself to Jesus" in Devotional Songs Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Composer of "[Would you feel your heart grow lighter ev'ry day]" in Devotional Songs 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