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[Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good?] (Nusbaum)

[Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good?] (Nusbaum)

Composer: Cyrus S. Nusbaum (1898)
Published in 129 hymnals


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Composer: Cyrus S. Nusbaum

Rv Cyrus Sylvester Nusbaum DD USA 1861-1937. Born at Middlebury, IN, he completed his education and taught school in Marion County, KS. In 1886 he married Harriett Eleanor Erwin, and they had two children: Hazel and Mark. That year he was ordained a Methodist minister and pastored at Douglass, Goddard, Wichita, and Kingman, KS. He served as educational secretary at Southwestern College, Winfield, KS, 1895-1897. He pastored at Ottawa, KS, 1897-1903. He became presiding elder of the Independent District, 1903-1907, and pastor at Parsons, KS, 1908-1914. In 1914 he was appointed an evangelist for the Methodist Conference. During WW1 he was a US Army Captain working as an American Red Cross inspector in France. After the war, he often s… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good?] (Nusbaum)
Composer: Cyrus S. Nusbaum (1898)
Incipit: 51123 33332 23457
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • The Piano Hymnal: 200 Favorite Hymn Arrangements
    Composer/Editor David Smither
    Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1985) pp. 143
  • The Evangelistic Piano Hymnal: Over 270 stylistic arrangements with "runs" and "fill-ins"
    Composer/Editor David Smither
    Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1976) pp. 118

Piano Solo

  • Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven: For the Church Pianist
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Suzanne Heifner Adams
    Published By: Broadman Press (1985) pp. 38
  • The Piano Hymnal: 200 Favorite Hymn Arrangements
    Composer/Editor David Smither
    Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1985) pp. 143
  • Favorite Hymns for the Piano
    Composer/Editor Max Lyall
    Published By: Broadman Press (1965) pp. 14

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Amazing Grace: Thirty-Six Beloved Hymns Arranged in Twelve Medleys
    Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
    Published By: Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. (1992) pp. 33

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #703
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #2446
Text: His Way with Thee
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 15 of 15)
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50 Favorites #28

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #703

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #125

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #628

Himnos de la Iglesia #249

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Hymns of Faith #367

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #389

Redeeming Love #227

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Sacred Selections for the Church #199

Audio

Small Church Music #2731

Page Scan

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #292

The Christian Life Hymnal #313

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2446

TextPage Scan

The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #333

TextAudio

Timeless Truths #572

Include 114 pre-1979 instances
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