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We're Kneeling at the Mecy-Seat

Appears in 66 hymnals First Line: We're kneeling at the mercy seat Lyrics: We’re kneeling at the mercy-seat, We’re kneeling at the mercy-seat, We’re kneeling at the mercy-seat, Where Jesus answers pray’r. I can, I will, I do believe, I can, I will, I do believe, I can, I will, I do believe, That Jesus saves me now. Topics: Invitation Used With Tune: [We're kneeling at the mercy seat]

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[I'm kneeling at the mercy seat]

Appears in 94 hymnals Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 51112 33321 22231 Used With Text: I Can, I Will, I Do Believe

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I'm Kneeling at the Mercy Seat

Hymnal: Songs of the Evening Light #145 (1897) Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm kneeling at the mercy seat]

I'm Kneeling at the Mercy-Seat

Hymnal: The Evangel of Song #65 (1889) First Line: I'm kneeling at the mercy seat Refrain First Line: I can, I will, I do believe Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm kneeling at the mercy seat]

I'm Kneeling at the Mercy-seat

Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.3 #67 (1892) First Line: I'm kneeling at the mercy seat Topics: Consecration; Prayer; Sanctification Tune Title: [I'm kneeling at the mercy seat]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: E. O. E. Composer of "[We're kneeling at the mercy seat]" in Glad Tidings in Song 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, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Anonymous

Harmonizer of "[I'm kneeling at the mercy seat]" in Songs of the Evening Light In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Frank L. Bristow

1845 - 1914 Person Name: F. L. B. Composer of "[I'm kneeling at the mercy seat]" in Triumphant Songs No.3 Born: April 15, 1845, Jacksonville, Illinois. Died: November 11, 1914, Covington, Kentucky. Buried: Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Kentucky. Son of minister Benjamin Franklin Bristow, Frank was a well known composer and teacher of popular and religious music. --www.hymntime.com/tch/