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Author: Barney Elliott Warren Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: I love to serve my Jesus, a privelege sublime Lyrics: 1 I love to serve my Jesus, a priv’lege so sublime, My life afresh with beauty bright is sparkling all the time; ’Mid scenes that are unfading, of rapture and of bliss, Transported, I am soaring in my Savior’s righteousness. Refrain: I love to serve my Jesus, He’s all in all to me; He helps me bear each burden, He is my victory. 2 I love to serve my Jesus, the world I do give up, I’ll drink with my dear Savior from that bitter, bitter cup; I know that if I suffer with Him I, too, shall reign In life and up in glory bright—sweet promise sure I claim. [Refrain] 3 I love to serve my Jesus, and lean upon His arm In health or in affliction, in the calm or in the storm; In darkness, clouds, or sunshine, in heat or in the cold, In poverty or riches, I have peace and joy untold. [Refrain] 4 I love to serve my Jesus, for all His tender care; Oh, joy! and what a pleasure in this life we all may share; Oh, depth of great compassion! ’tis like a mighty flood, He gave His pledge of love to us, and sealed it with His blood. [Refrain] Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (Timeless Truths)

There Is Joy in the Lord

Author: B. E. W. Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: I will sing, hallelujah, for there's joy in the Lord Refrain First Line: There is joy in the Lord, there is joy in the Lord Lyrics: 1 I will sing, hallelujah, for there’s joy in the Lord, And He fills my heart with rapture as I rest on His Word; I will trust in His promise; I will shout, I am free; In my blessed, loving Savior, I have sweet victory. Refrain: There is joy in the Lord, there is joy in the Lord; Hallelujah! glory, glory! there is joy in the Lord! There is joy in the Lord, there is joy in the Lord; Hallelujah! glory, glory! there is joy in the Lord! 2 I will live for the Savior, I am His evermore; I am resting in His favor, I am safe and secure; For the light shining brighter on my path every day Cheers my happy soul with rapture as I walk in the way. [Refrain] 3 When I reach heaven’s portals, in that land of the blest, I shall sing with holy angels of this rest, happy rest; I shall dwell there forever with my Lord and my King, And with everlasting praises make those high arches ring. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 35:9 Used With Tune: [I will sing, hallelujah, for there's joy in the Lord] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/There_Is_Joy_in_the_Lord); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (295); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (70); The Gospel Trumpet

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[I love to serve my Jesus, a privelege so sublime]

Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Elisha A. Hoffman Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 33236 55117 14335

[I will sing, hallelujah, for there's joy in the Lord]

Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Barney Elliott Warren Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 12355 54345 11117

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There Is Joy in the Lord

Author: B. E. W. Hymnal: Timeless Truths #650 Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain First Line: I will sing, hallelujah, for there's joy in the Lord Refrain First Line: There is joy in the Lord, there is joy in the Lord Lyrics: 1 I will sing, hallelujah, for there’s joy in the Lord, And He fills my heart with rapture as I rest on His Word; I will trust in His promise; I will shout, I am free; In my blessed, loving Savior, I have sweet victory. Refrain: There is joy in the Lord, there is joy in the Lord; Hallelujah! glory, glory! there is joy in the Lord! There is joy in the Lord, there is joy in the Lord; Hallelujah! glory, glory! there is joy in the Lord! 2 I will live for the Savior, I am His evermore; I am resting in His favor, I am safe and secure; For the light shining brighter on my path every day Cheers my happy soul with rapture as I walk in the way. [Refrain] 3 When I reach heaven’s portals, in that land of the blest, I shall sing with holy angels of this rest, happy rest; I shall dwell there forever with my Lord and my King, And with everlasting praises make those high arches ring. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 35:9 Tune Title: [I will sing, hallelujah, for there's joy in the Lord]

I Love to Serve My Jesus

Author: Barney E. Warren Hymnal: Timeless Truths #405 Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain First Line: I love to serve my Jesus, a priv'lege so sublime Refrain First Line: I love to serve my Jesus, He’s all in all to me Lyrics: 1 I love to serve my Jesus, a priv’lege so sublime, My life afresh with beauty bright is sparkling all the time; ’Mid scenes that are unfading, of rapture and of bliss, Transported, I am soaring in my Savior’s righteousness. Refrain: I love to serve my Jesus, He’s all in all to me; He helps me bear each burden, He is my victory. 2 I love to serve my Jesus, the world I do give up, I’ll drink with my dear Savior from that bitter, bitter cup; I know that if I suffer with Him I, too, shall reign In life and up in glory bright—sweet promise sure I claim. [Refrain] 3 I love to serve my Jesus, and lean upon His arm In health or in affliction, in the calm or in the storm; In darkness, clouds, or sunshine, in heat or in the cold, In poverty or riches, I have peace and joy untold. [Refrain] 4 I love to serve my Jesus, for all His tender care; Oh, joy! and what a pleasure in this life we all may share; Oh, depth of great compassion! ’tis like a mighty flood, He gave His pledge of love to us, and sealed it with His blood. [Refrain] Topics: Satisfaction Scripture: John 12:26 Tune Title: [I love to serve my Jesus, a priv'lege so sublime]

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Barney Elliott Warren

1867 - 1951 Person Name: B. E. W. Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain Author of "There Is Joy in the Lord" in Timeless Truths Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia

E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha A. Hoffman Meter: 13.14.13.14 with refrain Composer of "[I love to serve my Jesus, a priv'lege so sublime]" in Timeless Truths Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke ============ Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==============