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[I do not know why oft 'round me]

Appears in 40 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 54516 16754 57575 Used With Text: Some Day He'll Make It Plain
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Some Day He'll Make it Plain

Author: Lida Shivers Leech Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: I do not know, why oft 'round me Refrain First Line: Some day he'll make it plain to me Used With Tune: [I do not know, why oft 'round me]
Some Day He'll Make it Plain

Ignoro Yo Porque Será

Author: H. C. Ball Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Ignoro yo porqué será Refrain First Line: Un día yo comprenderé Used With Tune: [Ignoro yo porqué será]
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Con Mi Jesus Comprendere

Author: V. Mendoza Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: No puedo aquí saber por qué Refrain First Line: Cuando este mundo deje aquí Used With Tune: [No puedo aquí saber por qué]
Con Mi Jesus Comprendere

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Some Day He'll Make It Plain

Author: Lida Shivers Leech Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #286 (2001) First Line: I do not know why oft 'round me Refrain First Line: Some day He'll make it plain to me Lyrics: 1 I do not know why oft ’round me My hopes all shattered seem to be; God’s perfect plan I cannot see, But someday I’ll understand. Refrain: Someday He’ll make it plain to me, Someday when I His face shall see; Someday from tears I shall be free, For someday I shall understand. 2 I cannot tell the depth of love Which moves the Father’s heart above, My faith to test, my love to prove, But someday I’ll understand. [Refrain] 3 Tho' trials come thru passing days, My life will still be filled with praise; For God will lead thru darkened ways, But someday I’ll understand. [Refrain] Topics: God Care and Guidance; Testimony; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: [I do not know why oft 'round me]
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Someday He'll Make It Plain

Author: Lydia S. Leech Hymnal: Timeless Truths #409 Meter: 8.8.8.7.8.8.8.8 First Line: I do not know why oft 'round me Refrain First Line: Someday He’ll make it plain to me Lyrics: 1 I do not know why oft ’round me My hopes all shattered seem to be; God’s perfect plan I cannot see, But someday I’ll understand. Refrain: Someday He’ll make it plain to me, Someday when I His face shall see; Someday from tears I shall be free, For someday I shall understand. 2 I cannot tell the depth of love, Which moves the Father’s heart above; My faith to test, my love to prove, But someday I’ll understand. [Refrain] 3 Though trials come through passing days, My life will still be filled with praise; For God will lead through darkened ways, But someday I’ll understand. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Tune Title: [I do not know why oft 'round me]
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Some Day He'll Make It Plain

Author: Lida Shivers Leech Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5947 First Line: I do not know why oft 'round me Refrain First Line: Some day He'll make it plain to me Lyrics: 1. I do not know why oft ’round me My hopes all shattered seem to be; God’s perfect plan I cannot see, But some day I’ll understand. Refrain Some day He’ll make it plain to me, Some day when I His face shall see; Some day from tears I shall be free, For some day I shall understand. 2. I cannot tell the depth of love, Which moves the Father’s heart above; My faith to test, my love to prove, But some day I’ll understand. [Refrain] 3. Tho’ trials come thro’ passing days, My life will still be filled with praise; For God will lead thro’ darkened ways, But some day I’ll understand. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I do not know why oft 'round me]
Some Day He'll Make It Plain

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[I do not know why oft 'round me]" in Timeless Truths 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/
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Lida Shivers Leech

1873 - 1962 Person Name: Lydia S. Leech Author of "Someday He'll Make It Plain" in Timeless Truths Born: Ju­ly 12, 1873, May­ville, New Jer­sey. Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia. Leech spent her child­hood in Cape May Court House, New Jer­sey, and at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Un­i­ver­si­ty and Tem­ple Un­i­ver­si­ty. She played the or­gan at Be­tha­ny Meth­od­ist Church in Cam­den, New Jer­sey, served as ac­com­pa­nist at evan­gel­i­cal serv­ic­es, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her life­time. Sources-- Emurian, pp. 112-3 Reynolds, p. 336 Lyrics-- God’s Way Is Best I Have Re­deemed Thee I’ll Go Any­where No Fault in Him Some Day He’ll Make It Plain Thine for Ser­vice Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928 When the Veil is Lifted --www.hymntime.com/tch
Lida Shivers Leech

Vicente P. Mendoza

1875 - 1955 Person Name: V. Mendoza Author of "Con Mi Jesus Comprendere" in Himnos Selectos Vicente Mendoza Born: De­cem­ber 24, 1875, Guad­a­la­ja­ra, Mex­i­co. Died: 1955, Mex­i­co Ci­ty, Mex­i­co. Mendoza stu­died in­i­tial­ly un­der Don Au­re­lio Or­te­ga. At age of 11 he went to work in a Pro­test­ant print shop in Mex­i­co Ci­ty and helped pro­duce El Evan­gel­is­ta Mex­i­ca­no (The Mex­i­can Evan­gel­ist) for the Meth­od­ist Church of the South; he rose to be­come its di­rect­or for 17 years. Look­ing to im­prove him­self, Men­do­za en­tered a night school for work­ers, but lat­er feel­ing the call to preach the Gos­pel, he en­tered the Pres­by­ter­i­an Sem­in­a­ry in Mex­i­co Ci­ty. When the sem­in­a­ry closed temp­o­rar­i­ly, Men­do­za en­tered the Meth­od­ist In­sti­tute of Pueb­la, where he fin­ished the course in the­ol­o­gy. In 1898 he be­came a mem­ber of the An­nu­al Con­fer­ence of the Mex­i­can Meth­od­ist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he be­longed to the South­ern Meth­od­ist Con­fer­ence of Cal­i­for­nia. Men­do­za worked on sev­er­al per­i­od­i­cals, in­clud­ing El Mun­do Crist­i­a­no (The Chris­tian World), El Abo­ga­do Crist­i­a­no (The Chris­tian Ad­vo­cate), and El Evan­gel­is­ta Crist­i­a­no (The Chris­tian Evan­gel­ist). © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
Vicente P. Mendoza

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