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Author: Wm. H. Gardner Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: If life is dreary and shadows creep in Refrain First Line: Hear, O ye weary ones, the call of the cross! Used With Tune: [If life is dreary and shadows creep in]

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[If life is dreary and shadows creep in]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 55551 12123 46443 Used With Text: The Call of the Cross

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The Call of the Cross

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal: Songs for Work and Worship #12 (1900) First Line: If life is dreary and shadows creep in Refrain First Line: Hear, O ye weary ones, the call of the cross Lyrics: 1 If life is dreary and shadows creep in, Filling your heart with a sense of its sin; If on the billows of doubting you toss, Weary ones, hear then the call of the cross! Chorus: Hear, O ye weary ones, the call of the cross! Hear, O ye dreary ones, the call of the cross. Look up to Jesus the Savior of men, He will give peace to your hearts once again. 2 Hearts that are breaking ‘neath burdens of grief, Call upon Jesus and find sweet relief. Ho, heavy laden! tell him of your loss, Comfort is yours through the “call of the cross!” [Chorus] 3 Ho, tongues that praise him! ye silver in speech! Tell of his goodness, the way-farers teach; Up and to work! earthly pleasures are dross, Bring to the waiting “the call of the cross!” [Chorus] Topics: Invitation; Sabbath Languages: English Tune Title: [If life is dreary and shadows creep in]

The Call of the Cross

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal: Spirit and Life No. 2 #12 (1895) First Line: If life is dreary and shadows creep in Refrain First Line: Hear, O ye weary ones, the call of the cross! Languages: English Tune Title: [If life is dreary and shadows creep in]

The Call of the Cross

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal: The Soul Winner #12 (1896) First Line: If life is dreary and shadows creep in Refrain First Line: Hear, O ye weary ones, the call of the cross Languages: English Tune Title: [If life is dreary and shadows creep in]

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William Henry Gardner

Person Name: Wm. H. Gardner Author of "The Call of the Cross" in Songs for Work and Worship Late 19th Century

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Composer of "[If life is dreary and shadows creep in]" in Songs for Work and Worship Pseudonymns: John D. Cresswell, L. S. Edwards, E. D. Mund, ==================== Lorenz, Edmund Simon. (North Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1854--July 10, 1942, Dayton, Ohio). Son of Edward Lorenz, a German-born shoemaker who turned preacher, served German immigrants in northwestern Ohio, and was editor of the church paper, Froehliche Botschafter, 1894-1900. Edmund graduated from Toledo High School in 1870, taught German, and was made a school principal at a salary of $20 per week. At age 19, he moved to Dayton to become the music editor for the United Brethren Publishing House. He graduated from Otterbein College (B.A.) in 1880, studied at Union Biblical Seminary, 1878-1881, then went to Yale Divinity School where he graduated (B.D.) in 1883. He then spent a year studying theology in Leipzig, Germany. He was ordained by the Miami [Ohio] Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1877. The following year, he married Florence Kumler, with whom he had five children. Upon his return to the United States, he served as pastor of the High Street United Brethren Church in Dayton, 1884-1886, and then as president of Lebanon Valley College, 1887-1889. Ill health led him to resign his presidency. In 1890 he founded the Lorenz Publishing Company of Dayton, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. For their catalog, he wrote hymns, and composed many gospel songs, anthems, and cantatas, occasionally using pseudonyms such as E.D. Mund, Anna Chichester, and G.M. Dodge. He edited three of the Lorenz choir magazines, The Choir Leader, The Choir Herald, and Kirchenchor. Prominent among the many song-books and hymnals which he compiled and edited were those for his church: Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship (1874), Pilgerlieder (1878), Songs of Grace (1879), The Otterbein Hymnal (1890), and The Church Hymnal (1934). For pastors and church musicians, he wrote several books stressing hymnody: Practical Church Music (1909), Church Music (1923), Music in Work and Worship (1925), and The Singing Church (1938). In 1936, Otterbein College awarded him the honorary D.Mus. degree and Lebanon Valley College the honorary LL.D. degree. --Information from granddaughter Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, DNAH Archives