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[We are coming, loving Savior]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: P. Bilhorn Incipit: 56513 21561 76556 Used With Text: Junior Endeavor Hymn

Author: Rev. S. S. Cryor, D.D. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We are coming, loving Savior Refrain First Line: Onward then, we'll march to vict'ry Used With Tune: [We are coming, loving Savior]

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Junior Endeavor Hymn

Author: Rev. S. S. Cryor, D.D. Hymnal: Bilhorn's Male Chorus No. l #38 (1893) First Line: We are coming, loving Savior Refrain First Line: Onward then, we'll march to vict'ry Languages: English Tune Title: [We are coming, loving Savior]

Junior Endeavor Hymn

Author: Rev. S. S. Cryor, D.D. Hymnal: Sun-Shine Songs #42 (1895) First Line: We are coming, loving Savior Refrain First Line: Onward then, we'll march to vict'ry Languages: English Tune Title: [We are coming, loving Savior]

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P. P. Bilhorn

1865 - 1936 Composer of "[We are coming, loving Savior]" in Sun-Shine Songs Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name) ================ Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936. John Perry

S. S. Cryor

1850 - 1925 Person Name: Rev. S. S. Cryor, D.D. Author of "Junior Endeavor Hymn" in Sun-Shine Songs Born: November 9, 1850, Rock Island, Illinois. Died: January 24, 1925. Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington. A graduate of Wooster University, Wooster, Ohio, Cryor became a Presbyterian minister, serving churches in El Paso, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Albert Lea Minnesota; San Francisco, California; Dixon, Illinois; and Spokane, Washington. --www.hymntime.com/tch