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Assembly Songs #11
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1910
Assembly Songs #11
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[Lay hold on the hope set before you]
[Lay hold on the hope set before you]
Composer: E. O. ExcellPublished in 19 hymnals
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Audio files: MIDI
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 >Instances
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Carmina Sacra #19
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1914
Carmina Sacra #19
Coronation Hymns #6
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1913
Coronation Hymns #6
Diadems #21
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1913
Diadems #21
Great Songs of the Church #173
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1921
Great Songs of the Church #173
Hymni Ecclesiae #464
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1911
Hymni Ecclesiae #464
Hymns of Glory No. 2 #126
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1914
Hymns of Glory No. 2 #126
Inspiring Hymns #82
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1914
Inspiring Hymns #82
Joy to the World #53
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1915
Joy to the World #53
Sacred Selections for the Church #548
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1990
Sacred Selections for the Church #548
Select Hymns and Psalms #42
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1914
Select Hymns and Psalms #42
Songs of Conquest #111
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1912
Songs of Conquest #111
The Cyber Hymnal #2552
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: Edwin Othello Excell Incipit: 55345 64551 76545 Key: B♭ Major
The Cyber Hymnal #2552
The Golden Sheaf No. 2 #56
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1916
The Golden Sheaf No. 2 #56
The King of Kings #20
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1915
The King of Kings #20
The New Evangel #5
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1911
The New Evangel #5
The New Make Christ King #32
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1914
The New Make Christ King #32
The New Praiseworthy #70
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Key: B♭ Major Date: 1916
The New Praiseworthy #70
The Very Best #3
Tune Title: [Lay hold on the hope set before you] First Line: Lay hold on the hope set before you Composer: E. O. Excell Date: 1911
The Very Best #3
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