[Jesus wants me for a sunbeam] (Excell)

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[Jesus wants me for a sunbeam] (Excell)

Composer: E. O. Excell (1900)
Published in 108 hymnals

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Composer: E. O. Excell

Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville,… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[Jesus wants me for a sunbeam] (Excell)
Composer:	E. O. Excell (1900)
Meter:	8.6.8.6.6.8.6.7
Incipit:	56716 17565 43235
Copyright:	Public Domain

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I'll Be a Sunbeam

Nítido rayo por Cristo

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