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[O Jesus, I have promised]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. F. Sherwin Incipit: 51231 65164 32172 Used With Text: Lead Me, Saviour

Lead Me, Saviour

Author: John Ernest Bode Appears in 633 hymnals First Line: O Jesus, I have promised Refrain First Line: Tenderly lead me, Saviour! Used With Tune: [O Jesus, I have promised]

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Author: John Ernest Bode Hymnal: The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs #120 (1887) First Line: O Jesus, I have promised Refrain First Line: Tenderly lead me, Saviour! Languages: English Tune Title: [O Jesus, I have promised]

Tenderly lead me, Saviour!

Author: J. E. Bode Hymnal: The Canadian Hymnal #377 (1895) First Line: O Jesus, I have promised Languages: English Tune Title: [O Jesus, I have promised]

Tenderly lead me, O Savior

Hymnal: A Selection of Spiritual Songs #137 (1881) First Line: O Jesus, I have promised Topics: Christ; Consecration Languages: English Tune Title: [O Jesus, I have promised]

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John Ernest Bode

1816 - 1874 Person Name: J. E. Bode Author of "Tenderly lead me, Saviour!" in The Canadian Hymnal John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman ============== Bode, John Ernest, M.A., son of Mr. William Bode, late of the General Post Office, b. 1816, and educated at Eton, the Charter House, and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1837, and M.A. in due course. Taking Holy Orders in 1841, he became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, 1847; and then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860. He was also for a time Tutor of his College, and Classical Examiner. His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. He d. at Castle Camps, Oct. 6, 1874. In addition to his Bampton Lectures, and Ballads from Herodotus, he published Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and Festivals of our Lord, 1860; and Short Occasional Poems, Lond., Longmans, 1858. In addition to his well-known hymn, “O Jesu, I have promised " (q. v.), the following from his Hys. from the Gospel are also in common use:— 1. God of heaven, enthroned in might. H. Trinity. 2. Spirit of Truth, indwelling Light. Whitsuntide. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Bode, John E. , p. 151, ii. Additional pieces from his Hys.from the Gospel of the Day, &c, 1800, are in common use :— (1) "Sweetly the Sabbath bell" (Sunday); (2) "Thou Who hast called us by Thy word" (20th S. after Trinity). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William F. Sherwin

1826 - 1888 Person Name: W. F. Sherwin Composer of "[O Jesus, I have promised]" in The Canadian Hymnal Sherwin, William Fisk, an American Baptist, was born at Buckland, Massachusetts, March 14,1826. His educational opportunities, so far as schools were concerned, were few, but he made excellent use of his time and surroundings. At fifteen he went to Boston and studied music under Dr. Mason: In due course he became a teacher of vocal music, and held several important appointments in Massachusetts; in Hudson and Albany, New York County, and then in New York City. Taking special interest in Sunday Schools, he composed carols and hymn-tunes largely for their use, and was associated with the Rev. R. Lowry and others in preparing Bright Jewels, and other popular Sunday School hymn and tune books. A few of his melodies are known in Great Britain through I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, where they are given with his signature. His hymnwriting was limited. The following pieces are in common use:— 1. Grander than ocean's story (1871). The Love of God. 2. Hark, bark, the merry Christmas bells. Christmas Carol. 3. Lo, the day of God is breaking. The Spiritual Warfare. 4. Wake the song of joy and gladness. Sunday School or Temperance Anniversary. 5. Why is thy faith, 0 Child of God, so small. Safety in Jesus. Mr. Sherwin died at Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1888. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Sherwin, W. F., p. 1055, i. Another hymn from his Bright Jewels, 1869, p. 68, is "Sound the battle cry" (Christian Courage), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and several other collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)