E OLA WAU KU'U IESU

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Nou ku'u aloha, nou a mau

Author: Ralph E. Hudson; Translator: "Hualalai", 1852-1938
Tune: [My life, my love, I give to Thee]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Ralph E. Hudson

Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

Translator: "Hualalai", 1852-1938

"Hualalai" was the pen name of Ellen (or Ella) Hudson Paris, 1852-1938, daughter of John Davis Paris, a missionary in Hawai'i. (more information can be found on John Davis Paris and Hualalai on John Davis Paris's Wikipedia page). Go to person page >

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First Line:	Nou ku'u aloha, nou a mau
Title:	E OLA WAU KU'U IESU
English Title:	My Life, My Love I Give to Thee
Author:	Ralph E. Hudson
Translator:	"Hualalai", 1852-1938
Language:	Hawaiian
Refrain First Line:	E ola wau no ku'u Iesu
Publication Date:	1972
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1972.