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[That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55671 71334 31255 Used With Text: That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain

Author: Charles W. Naylor Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain Lyrics: 1 That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain, This truth declared to men, If ever they would to His kingdom attain, They must be born again. Refrain: Ye must be born again, Ye must be born again; His words are true, He speaks to you, Ye must be born again. 2 No mere reformation your sins can erase, You cannot remove their stain; If ever in heaven your soul has a place, Ye must be born again. [Refrain] 3 Good works will not answer, no penance will do, Morality, too, is vain, For naught will avail but a creature made new, Ye must be born again. [Refrain] 4 In Adam we lost all our righteous estate, And would we it regain, To Jesus must come and repent ere too late— Ye must be born again. [Refrain] Scripture: John 3:7 Used With Tune: [That heavenly Teacher in words that are plain] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Ye_Must_Be_Born_Again); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (120); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (419); The Gospel Trumpet Co

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That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain

Author: C. W. Naylor Hymnal: Reformation Glory #43 (1923) Languages: English Tune Title: [That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain]

Ye Must Be Born Again

Author: Charles W. Naylor Hymnal: Timeless Truths #954 First Line: That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain Lyrics: 1 That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain, This truth declared to men, If ever they would to His kingdom attain, They must be born again. Refrain: Ye must be born again, Ye must be born again; His words are true, He speaks to you, Ye must be born again. 2 No mere reformation your sins can erase, You cannot remove their stain; If ever in heaven your soul has a place, Ye must be born again. [Refrain] 3 Good works will not answer, no penance will do, Morality, too, is vain, For naught will avail but a creature made new, Ye must be born again. [Refrain] 4 In Adam we lost all our righteous estate, And would we it regain, To Jesus must come and repent ere too late— Ye must be born again. [Refrain] Scripture: John 3:7 Tune Title: [That heavenly Teacher in words that are plain]

Ye Must Be Born Again

Author: Chas. W. Naylor Hymnal: Gospel Gems Number 2 #73 (1923) First Line: That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain Topics: Evangelistic Gospel Message Languages: English Tune Title: [That heavenly Teacher, in words that are plain]

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C. W. Naylor

1874 - 1950 Person Name: Charles W. Naylor Author of "Ye Must Be Born Again" in Timeless Truths Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.V. Smith, DNAH Archives See also: Neidert, David L. (1985). Reformation's Song: A History of Church of God Music. Anderson, Ind.: the author.

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Person Name: Andrew L. Byers Composer of "[That heavenly Teacher in words that are plain]" in Timeless Truths Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.