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[My faith is fixed on Jesus]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 55453 21654 51223 Used With Text: My Friend of Calvary

My Friend of Calvary

Author: W. C. Martin Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: My faith is fixed on Jesus Refrain First Line: My Friend of Calvary! Used With Tune: [My faith is fixed on Jesus]

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Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: Praise Ye #17 (1913) First Line: My faith is fixed on Jesus Refrain First Line: My Friend of Calvary! Languages: English Tune Title: [My faith is fixed on Jesus]

My Friend of Calvary

Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: Women's Gospel Trios #26 (1940) First Line: My faith is fixed on Jesus Refrain First Line: My Friend of Calvary! Languages: English Tune Title: [My faith is fixed on Jesus]

My Friend of Calvary

Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: Men's Gospel Quartets #54 (1913) First Line: My faith is fixed on Jesus Refrain First Line: My Friend of Calvary! Languages: English Tune Title: [My faith is fixed on Jesus]

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W. C. Martin

1864 - 1914 Author of "My Friend of Calvary" in Men's Gospel Quartets Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL. John Perry

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Composer of "[My faith is fixed on Jesus]" in Men's Gospel Quartets 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