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[Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 34325 11765 56714 Used With Text: Teach Me Thy will, O Lord

Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katherine A. Grimes Appears in 30 hymnals Used With Tune: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

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Author: Katherine A. Grimes Hymnal: Make Christ King #67b (1912) First Line: Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy will, O Lord, Teach me Thy way; Teach me to know Thy word, Teach me to pray. Whate'er seems best to Thee, That be my earnest plea, So that Thou drawest me, Closer each day. 2 Teach me Thy wondrous grace, Boundless and free; Lord, let Thy blessed face, Shine upon me. Heal Thou sin's ev'ry smart, Dwell Thou within my heart; Grant that I never part, Savior from Thee. 3 Teach me by pain Thy pow’r, Teach me by love; Teach me to know, each hour, Thou art above. Teach me as seemeth best In Thee To find sweet rest; Leaning upon Thy breast, All doubt remove. 4 Teach Thou my lips to sing, My heart to praise; Be Thou my Lord and King Thro’ all my days. Teach Thou my soul to cry, “Be Thou, dear Savior nigh, Teach me to live, to die, Saved by Thy grace.” Languages: English Tune Title: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way]

Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katharine A. Grimes Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #119 (1916) Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy will, O Lord, Teach me Thy way; Teach me to know Thy word, Teach me to pray. Whate'er seems best to Thee, That be my earnest plea, So that Thou drawest me Closer each day. 2 Teach me Thy wondrous grace, Boundless and free; Lord, let Thy blessed face Shine upon me. Heal Thou sin's ev'ry smart, Dwell Thou within my heart; Grant that I never part, Savior, from Thee. 3 Teach me by pain Thy pow'r, Teach me by love; Teach me to know, each hour Thou art above. Teach me as seemeth best In Thee to find sweet rest; Leaning upon Thy breast, All doubt remove. 4 Teach Thou my lips to sing, My heart to praise; Be Thou my Lord and King Thro' all my days. Teach Thou my soul to cry, "Be Thou, dear Savior, nigh, Teach me to live, to die, Saved by Thy grace." Languages: English Tune Title: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katharine A. Grimes Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #s33 (1913) Languages: English Tune Title: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Teach me Thy will, O Lord]" in The New Praiseworthy Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Katherine A. Grimes

1877 - 1967 Author of "Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord" in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Born: April 26, 1877, Argentine, Michigan. Died: September 3, 1967, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Grimes was the first child of Stephen and Ada Potter Atherton, and had seven brothers. In 1900, she married broom maker Elliot Grant Grimes in Vernon, Michigan. She had a stepdaughter, Corabelle Grimes Shorden, one son, Leon Elliot Grimes, and an adopted daughter, Mary Patricia Green Jacobs. She became a writer at an early age, and worked as an editor for the Southern Agriculturist magazine in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to writing, she was an accomplished pianist and a music teacher. In 1920, she and her son Leon worked for Dr. William Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institute, exploring the Anasazi Indian ruins at Mesa Verde, Colorado. In later years, she formed her own business, "Writer’s Aid," whereby she took a writers’ manuscripts and corrected and prepared them for submission for publication. --www.hymntime.com/tch/