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| Short Name: | E. L. Jorgenson |
| Full Name: | Jorgenson, Elmer Leon, 1886-1968 |
| Birth Year: | 1886 |
| Death Year: | 1968 |
Born: December 9, 1886, Nebraska.
Died: December 14, 1968, at his home in Louisville, Kentucky.
Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Jorgenson was the son of Danish immigrants. His father, Christopher Jorgenson, had been a soldier in the personal guard of the king of Denmark (probably Christian IX), and his mother a seamstress to the queen. The 1900 census shows the family living in Boone County, Nebraska. As a young man, Elmer led singing in churches in and around Albion, Nebraska, and in nearby Missouri. He was directing the music department at Western Bible and Literary College by 1908. In 1910, he and his wife Irene moved to Louisville, Kentucky. He was a member of the Churches of Christ.
Jorgenson’s works include:
Truth and Grace, with Robert Boll & James Shepherd (F. L. Rowe, 1917)
Great Songs of the Church (Louisville, Kentucky: Word and Work, 1921)
The New Alphabetical Hymnal (Chicago, Illinois: Great Songs Press, 1957)
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Texts by E. L. Jorgenson (7) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can you count the stars of evening | Elmer Leon Jorgenson (Translator) | English | 7 |
| Christ, Thou alone art my Lord, and no other | Elmer L. Jorgenson (Translator) | English | 5 |
| Encamped about the saints below | E. L. Jorgenson (Author) | 2 | |
| He is able, this my peace | E. L. J. (Author) | 3 | |
| I know that my Redeemer lives, And living cares for me | E.L.J. (Arranger) | English | 2 |
| Take Thou my hand and lead me, From day to day | E. L. J. (Translator) | English | 2 |
| Thou art merciful, O Father | Elmer Leon Jorgenson (Paraphraser) | English | 3 |
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