In the Same Old Fashioned Way

In the upper room in Jerusalem, On the day of Pentecost

Author: N. B. Herrell; Author (chorus): Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [In the upper room in Jerusalem]
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: N. B. Herrell

Born: March 8, 1877, Miami, Indiana. Died: May 10, 1953, Pasadena, California. A Nazarene minister, Herrell was a pastor in Arlington, Virginia, when a heart ailment forced his retirement. His works include: Christ at the Controls The Way of Christian Prosperity --www.hymntime.com/tch/… Go to person page >

Author (chorus): Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: In the upper room in Jerusalem, On the day of Pentecost
Title: In the Same Old Fashioned Way
Author: N. B. Herrell
Author (chorus): Haldor Lillenas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: In the same old fashioned way
Publication Date: 1911
Copyright: Public Domain

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Offering of Praise #d91

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The Gospel Message No. 1 #41

The Gospel Message No. 1. Special ed. #d57

The New and Living Way, Burning Bush Songs No. 5 #d31

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The Voice of Praise No. 3 #128

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