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[Finding in Jesus a present help]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 33455 56651 21565

Author: E. A. Barnes Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Finding in Jesus a present help Refrain First Line: There is life, life in the Son Scripture: 2 John 12 Used With Tune: [Finding in Jesus a present help]

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There is Life in the Son

Author: E. A. Barnes Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #34 (1888) First Line: Finding in Jesus a present help Refrain First Line: There is life, life in the Son Lyrics: 1 Finding in Jesus a present help; Looking to Jesus while passing along; Surely, my brothers, we will sin on our way, With life for the theme of our song. Refrain: There is life, life in the Son, There is life in the crucified One; Sing hallelujah! oh, sing hallelujah! For there is life in the Son. 2 Clinging to Jesus in faith and love, Having in Jesus a refuge so strong; Surely, my brothers, we will sing and rejoice, With life for the theme of our song. [Refrain] 3 Having in Jesus a blessed hope, Trusting in Jesus while passing along; Surely, my brothers, we will sing to his name, With life for the theme of our song. [Refrain] Scripture: 2 John 12 Tune Title: [Finding in Jesus a present help]

There Is Life in the Son

Author: E. A. Barnes Hymnal: Words of Life #41 (1889) First Line: Finding in Jesus a present help Refrain First Line: There is life, life in the Son Languages: English Tune Title: [Finding in Jesus a present help]

There is Life in the Son

Author: E. A. Barnes Hymnal: Sacred Trio #352 (1889) First Line: Finding in Jesus a present help Refrain First Line: There is life, life in the Son Scripture: 2 John 12 Tune Title: [Finding in Jesus a present help]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Finding in Jesus a present help]" in Showers of Blessing John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

E. A. Barnes

1842 - 1942 Author of "There is Life in the Son" in Showers of Blessing Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html