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Author: Minnie A. Greiner Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesus is tenderly calling today Refrain First Line: Jesus is calling to thee and to me Used With Tune: [Jesus is tenderly calling today]

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[Jesus is tenderly calling today]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 32343 12165 57235 Used With Text: To Thee and to Me

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To Thee and to Me

Author: Minnie A. Greiner Hymnal: Saving Grace #6 (1898) First Line: Jesus is tenderly calling today Refrain First Line: Jesus is calling to thee and to me Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is tenderly calling today]

He's calling for you

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Hymnal: Tidings of Glory #d76 (1916) First Line: Jesus is tenderly calling today Languages: English

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Jesus is tenderly calling today]" in Saving Grace Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

B. B. Edmiaston

1881 - 1955 Author of "He's calling for you" in Tidings of Glory Benard Bates Edmiaston Born: July 16, 1881, Bennetts, Baxter County, Arkansas. Died: December 2, 1964, Bronte, Texas. Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Bronte, Texas. Bernard was the son of David W. Edmiaston and Georgia Ann Fluty, and husband of Ella Allen. He studied music under Rufus Turner, Franklin Eiland, W. H. Lawson, Berry McGee, Emmett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Herbert, and many others, and taught singing schools for at least 38 years. He wrote and published songs through the Trio Music Company, Waco, Texas, and was director of the Southern Development Normal School of Music in Waco. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)