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[I long to be more like my Savior]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Hall Incipit: 55655 67111 71223

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I long to be more like my Saviour Refrain First Line: I long to be more like the Saviour Lyrics: 1 I long to be more like my Saviour, I long his sweet presence to know; To walk in the light of his counsel, That daily like him I may grow. Refrain: I long to be more like the Saviour, To dwell in his love so divine; And, oh, I may tell him my longing, And know that the blessing is mine. 2 I long to be more like my Saviour, He ever is waiting to bless; He bindeth up earth’s broken-hearted, And comforteth all in distress. [Refrain] 3 I long to be more like my Saviour, To know of his wonderful peace That giveth the calm in the sorrow, From worry it giveth release. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I long to be more like my Saviour]

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More Like my Saviour

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #61 (1897) First Line: I long to be more like my Saviour Refrain First Line: I long to be more like the Saviour Lyrics: 1 I long to be more like my Saviour, I long his sweet presence to know; To walk in the light of his counsel, That daily like him I may grow. Refrain: I long to be more like the Saviour, To dwell in his love so divine; And, oh, I may tell him my longing, And know that the blessing is mine. 2 I long to be more like my Saviour, He ever is waiting to bless; He bindeth up earth’s broken-hearted, And comforteth all in distress. [Refrain] 3 I long to be more like my Saviour, To know of his wonderful peace That giveth the calm in the sorrow, From worry it giveth release. [Refrain] Tune Title: [I long to be more like my Saviour]

More Like My Saviour

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Gospel Song-Gems No.1 #55 (1901) First Line: I long to be more like my Saviour Refrain First Line: I long to be more like the Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [I long to be more like my Saviour]

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Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "More Like my Saviour" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Author of "More Like My Saviour" in Gospel Song-Gems No.1 See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934

J. E. Hall

Composer of "[I long to be more like my Saviour]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Hall, Jane E., of Battleborough, Vermont, has in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 18S1, under the initials "J. E. H.," (1) "The love that Jesus had for me" (Love of Jesus); (2) "We shall have a new name in that land" (The New Name). The music in Sankey to these hymns is also by the same person. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)