Short Name: | L. O. Sanderson |
Full Name: | Sanderson, L. O. (Lloyd Otis), 1901-1992 |
Birth Year: | 1901 |
Death Year: | 1992 |
See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym).
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Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ.
Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn.
Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls
Tunes by L. O. Sanderson (62) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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SURRENDER (Weeden) | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 33432 23211 43231 |
MUELLER (Murray) | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 55433 21176 55565 |
[Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 8 | 33332 17123 35555 |
[Be ye kind, ever kind, to another] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 17654 32175 21765 |
BROKEN LIFE | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 6 | 53117 74323 53117 |
[Buried with Christ, my blessed Redeemer] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 8 | 34455 56711 17122 |
[Children, obey your parents in the Lord] (Sanderson) | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 11234 51176 53543 |
[Christ the master of the ocean] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 32123 65354 32123 |
[Do you unto others] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 51165 32332 15116 |
[God's family is His church divine] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 3 | |
[How precious is the Book divine] (Sanderson) | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 13343 22113 55665 |
[I know ev'ry idle word has its reward] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 53332 11176 75544 |
[I would be a ray of sunshine] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 12354 65321 33212 |
[I would be holy, holy, holy] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 11177 66553 33123 |
[I would like to think when I'm nearer life's brink] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 55332 12353 53145 |
[In the kingdom of the Lord] (Sanderson) | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 34556 71111 21653 |
COMING HOME (Kirkpatrick) | L.O.S. (Arranger) | 1 | 53311 61651 13325 |
[Jesus, born to bless the burdened] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 33431 23355 65345 |
[Jesus came to earth His life for me to give] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 55456 71233 15671 |
[Jesus, Friend of children, ever] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 55355 44321 12123 |
[Jesus from heaven came] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 33356 56664 65111 |
[Jesus, on the night betrayed] | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 3 | 55612 16651 11267 |
[Look to the mighty One, Father of all] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 32171 27123 32123 |
[Nearer and nearer, my Savior, to Thee] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 56715 13234 55433 |
[Nearer to Jesus, the Crucified One] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 34453 11765 63543 |
[O for a faith that will not shrink] (Sanderson) | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 54532 16165 11125 |
[O Lord, our Lord, how excellent] (Sanderson) | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 33343 12334 56675 |
[O Lord, watch Thou over us] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 11176 64321 171 |
[Out of sadness into gladness] | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 33214 43233 21765 |
RAYE | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 13421 71355 65355 |
[Savior, Thou callest and often] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 54343 21433 32535 |
[Savior, to Thee we humbly bow] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 17212 34565 43212 |
STILLE NACHT | L.O.S. (Arranger) | 1 | 56535 65322 77115 |
[Soft as the voice of an angel] | L. O. Sanderson (Arranger) | 2 | 55517 65344 46543 |
[Someone by faith has been born again] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 32112 35356 54456 |
STANTON (Sanderson) | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 3 | 51232 16123 53412 |
[Sunset and evening star] (Sanderson) | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 53166 53234 53345 |
[Take the world, but give me Jesus] (Sanderson) | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 3 | 55553 12133 22123 |
[The heavens declare the glory of God] (Palmer) | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 51111 77122 23455 |
[The little flower that opens] | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 13334 55566 12323 |
EWING | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 12143 21351 75665 |
[The mighty God, Omniscient One] | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 51117 12221 23342 |
THE SOLEMN FEAST | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 55331 16643 11125 |
[The world has lost the right of prayer] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 7 | 13451 17656 77654 |
[There are many sacred oracles within God's Word] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | |
[There is a city made by God] | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 53213 44356 54324 |
[I have work enough to do] (Kirkpatrick) | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 12333 35321 32223 |
[This is not our rest, this is not our home] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 53321 11765 55671 |
[Though my cross may be hard to bear] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 6 | 13653 12346 17653 |
[Though the storm-clouds rise about us] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 3 | 34517 21534 53271 |
SAWLEY (Walch) | L. O. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 17653 47653 21716 |
[Though I, through the valley of shadow] | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 55345 17612 32137 |
[Vainly we seek after men for guiding light] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 53517 65312 32351 |
VANA | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Composer) | 5 | 51233 13217 57244 |
[We are fellow creatures] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 33543 15555 55566 |
[We assemble here to worship] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 33445 56665 43212 |
[What is your prospect, what your desire?] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 31235 65436 76531 |
[Whatever may come to me] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 4 | |
[Whatsoever is honest] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 11767 15332 12355 |
[When the sun of my life has gone down] | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 2 | 12313 27213 45617 |
[Alas! and did my Savior bleed?] (55311) | Lloyd O. Sanderson (Arranger) | 1 | 55311 61113 15325 |
[Yes, for me, for me He careth] (Sanderson) | L. O. Sanderson (Composer) | 6 | 53511 12165 51712 |