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[Lord, weak and impotent I stand]

Appears in 23 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 11112 34444 22234 Used With Text: Draw Me to Thee

Author: Martha Ann Woodbridge Cook Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: Lord, weak and impotent I stand Refrain First Line: Draw me close to Thee, Savior Lyrics: 1. Lord, weak and impotent I stand, As fettered by an unseen hand; Break Thou the strong and subtle band, And draw me close to Thee. Refrain Draw me close to Thee, Savior, Draw me close to Thee; Beneath Thy wing do Thou me hide, And draw me close to Thee. 2. In vain I struggle to be free; I would, but can not, fly to Thee; Ope Thou the prison door for me, And draw me close to Thee. [Refrain] 3. Oh, bring me nearer, nearer still, That Thine own peace my soul may fill, And I may rest in Thy sweet will; Lord, draw me close to Thee. [Refrain] 4. Here, Lord, I would forever bide, And never wander from Thy side; Beneath Thy wing do Thou me hide, And draw me close to Thee. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Lord, weak and impotent I stand] Text Sources: The Gospel Hymn Book, by Daniel B. Towner (Dayton, Ohio: The Lorenz Publishing Company, 1903), number 194

Zieh´ mich zu Dir

Author: S. Bonnieda Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Herr, arm und elend steh' ich hier Refrain First Line: Zieh' mich nah' zu dir Used With Tune: [Herr, arm und elend steh' ich hier]

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Draw Me to Thee

Author: Martha Ann Woodbridge Cook Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1261 First Line: Lord, weak and impotent I stand Refrain First Line: Draw me close to Thee, Savior Lyrics: 1. Lord, weak and impotent I stand, As fettered by an unseen hand; Break Thou the strong and subtle band, And draw me close to Thee. Refrain Draw me close to Thee, Savior, Draw me close to Thee; Beneath Thy wing do Thou me hide, And draw me close to Thee. 2. In vain I struggle to be free; I would, but can not, fly to Thee; Ope Thou the prison door for me, And draw me close to Thee. [Refrain] 3. Oh, bring me nearer, nearer still, That Thine own peace my soul may fill, And I may rest in Thy sweet will; Lord, draw me close to Thee. [Refrain] 4. Here, Lord, I would forever bide, And never wander from Thy side; Beneath Thy wing do Thou me hide, And draw me close to Thee. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, weak and impotent I stand]

Draw Me to Thee

Author: M. A. W. Hymnal: Heavenly Carols #5 (1878) First Line: Lord, weak and impotent I stand Refrain First Line: Draw me close to thee Scripture: Jeremiah 30:21 Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, weak and impotent I stand]

Draw Me to Thee

Author: M. A. W. Hymnal: All Hail #7 (1881) First Line: Lord, weak and impotent I stand Refrain First Line: Draw me close to thee, Savior Scripture: Jeremiah 30:21 Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, weak and impotent I stand]

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Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: Edmund Simon Lorenz Composer of "[Lord, weak and impotent I stand]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

Martha A. W. Cook

1806 - 1874 Person Name: M. A. W. Cook Author of "Draw Me to Thee" in Songs of Revival Power Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook USA 1806-1874. Born in Northcumberland County, PA, she married Rev. Parsons Cook, editor of a Boston paper called “The Puritan Recorder”. She contributed to, and for a time, was editor of the “Continental Monthly”. She translated “The life of Chopin”, by Franz Liszt, from the French in 1863. She also translated “Undivine comedy” by Zygmund Krasinski in 1875. She died in Hoboken, NJ. John Perry