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[Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 34532 12341 32346 Used With Text: Say "I will!" to Jesus, proud His name to wear

Say "I will!" to Jesus, proud His name to wear

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads Used With Tune: [Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads]

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns for Today #129 (1920) First Line: Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads Refrain First Line: Say "I will!" to Jesus, proud His name to wear Lyrics: 1 Say “I will!” to Jesus, when for help He pleads; Let your faith and courage speak in kindly deeds; Ready be whenever workers true He needs, Say “I will!” to Jesus, say I will, I will. Refrain: Say “I will!” to Jesus, proud His name to wear; Be a true disciple, in His service share; Be a true disciple, strong to do and dare; Say “I will!” to Jesus, say I will, I will. 2 Say “I will!” to Jesus, and with courage true, Joyous praise uplifting, bravely dare and do; Let your loving Master claim the best in you,— Say “I will!” to Jesus, say I will, I will. [Refrain] 3 Say “I will!” to Jesus, and on Him rely, For, to do His bidding, He will strength supply; Though it be to suffer, though it be to die, Say “I will!” to Jesus, say I will, I will. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads]

Say "I will!" to Jesus, proud His name to wear

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #111 (1927) First Line: Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads Languages: English Tune Title: [Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Say "I Will" to Jesus" in Hymns for Today Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[Say "I will!" to Jesus, when for help He pleads]" in Hymns for Today James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry