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Help Me to Be Holy

Author: Adoniram J. Gordon Appears in 28 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Help me to be holy, O Father of light

[Help me to be holy]

Appears in 29 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Hymnal Title: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 Incipit: 34323 12217 13432 Used With Text: Help Me to be Holy!

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Author: Adoniram J. Gordon Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #209 (1921) Hymnal Title: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 First Line: Help me to be holy Topics: Communion with God; Consecration; Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Help me to be holy]

Help me to be holy, O Father of light

Author: Adoniram J. Gordon Hymnal: Best Hymns No. 2 #d37 (1899) Hymnal Title: Best Hymns No. 2 Languages: English

Help Me to Be Holy!

Author: Adoniram J. Gordon Hymnal: Gospel Melodies #134 (1918) Hymnal Title: Gospel Melodies First Line: Help me to be holy, O Father of light Topics: Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Help me to be holy, O Father of light]

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Adoniram J. Gordon

1836 - 1895 Hymnal Title: The Mennonite Hymnal Author of "Help me to be holy" in The Mennonite Hymnal Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon. Bert Polman ================== Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:— 1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890. 2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this school gave themselves to the work of foreign missions during their stay at Northfield. Four of their number were chosen to visit the colleges in different parts of the country, and endeavour to awaken a deeper interest in missions during the succeeding academic year. At their request Dr. Gordon” wrote this hymn. Baptist Hymns and Hymn Writers. 3. Where art thou, soul! I hear God say. [Divine Chiding.] Published in social meeting edition of The Service of Song, 1881. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel Brink Towner Hymnal Title: The Mennonite Hymnal Composer of "TOWNER" in The Mennonite Hymnal Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives