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Author: Earl Marlatt Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 89 hymnals First Line: "Are ye able," said the Master Refrain First Line: "Lord, we are able," Our Spirits are Thine Topics: Cross of Believer; Faithfulness of the believer

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Meter: Irregular Appears in 69 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Harry S. Mason Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55531 77644 42543 Used With Text: Are Ye Able

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"Are Ye Able?" Said the Master

Author: Earl Marlatt Hymnal: Praise and Worship #14 (1951) First Line: "Are ye able," said the Master Refrain First Line: "Lord, we are able." Lyrics: 1 "Are ye able," said the Master, "To be crucified with Me?" "Yea," the sturdy dreamers answered; "To the death we follow Thee." Refrain "Lord, we are able." Our spirits are Thine. Remold them; make us like Thee, divine. Thy guiding radiance above us shall be A beacon to God, to love and loyalty. 2 "Are ye able" to remember, When a thief lifts up his eyes, That His pardoned soul is worthy Of a place in paradise? [Refrain] 3 "Are ye able" when the shadows Close around you with the sod, To believe that spirit triumphs, To commend your soul to God? [Refrain] 4 "Are ye able?" still the Master Whispers down eternity. And heroic spirits answer, Now, as then in Galilee, [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: ["Are ye able," said the master]

"Are Ye Able?" Said the Master

Author: Earl Marlatt Hymnal: Praise and Worship #14 (1978) First Line: "Are ye able," said the Master Refrain First Line: "Lord, we are able." Lyrics: 1 "Are ye able," said the Master, "To be crucified with Me?" "Yea," the sturdy dreamers answered; "To the death we follow Thee." Refrain "Lord, we are able." Our spirits are Thine. Remold them; make us like Thee, divine. Thy guiding radiance above us shall be A beacon to God, to love and loyalty. 2 "Are ye able" to remember, When a thief lifts up his eyes, That His pardoned soul is worthy Of a place in paradise? [Refrain] 3 "Are ye able" when the shadows Close around you with the sod, To believe that spirit triumphs, To commend your soul to God? [Refrain] 4 "Are ye able?" still the Master Whispers down eternity. And heroic spirits answer, Now, as then in Galilee, [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: ["Are ye able," said the master]

"Are Ye Able," Said the Master

Author: Earl Marlatt Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #261 (1967) Refrain First Line: "Lord, we are able." Lyrics: 1 "Are ye able," said the Master, "To be crucified with me?" "Yea," the sturdy dreamers answered, "To the death we follow Thee." Refrain: "Lord, we are able," Our spirits are Thine. Remold them, make us, Like Thee, divine: Thy guiding radiance Above us shall be A beacon to God, To love and loyalty. 2 "Are ye able," to remember, When a thief lifts up his eyes, That his pardoned soul is worthy Of a place in paradise? (Refrain) 3 "Are ye able," when the shadows Close around you with the sod, To believe that spirit triumphs, To commend your soul to God? (Refrain) 4 "Are ye able?" Still the Master Whispers down eternity, And heroic spirits answer Now, as then in Galilee. (Refrain) Topics: Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer Languages: English Tune Title: ["Are ye able," said the Master]

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Earl Marlatt

1892 - 1976 Author of "Are Ye Able" in The United Methodist Hymnal Marlatt, Earl Bowman. (Columbus, Indiana, May 24, 1892--June 13, 1976, Winchester, Ind.). One of twin boys, he was born into the family of a Methodist Episcopal minister at Columbus, Ind. Graduating from DePauw University, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1912, he continued his studies at Harvard and Boston Universities, Oxford, England, and the University of Berlin. Upon returning to America he spent one year in newspaper work at Kenosha, Wisconsin, and then joined the United States Army, serving as a second lieutenant of field artillery in World War I. He joined the staff at Boston University as Associate Professor of Philosophy in 1923, becoming Professor two years later, was Professor of Literature, Boston University School of Theology, and Dean, 1938-1945. In 1946 he became Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Member of many learned societies, a poet of distinction, he won the Golden Flower at the May Day Poetry Tournament in Boston, 1925, and has been President of both the Boston Browning Society and the Boston Authors' Club. A writer of prose as well as verse he has contributed widely to American journals. Marlatt was closely associated with and was literary advisor to H. Augustine Smith who compiled a series of hymnals during the 1920s, most of which were for young people. He was associate editor of The American Student Hymnal, 1928, one of the Smith books, and for many years a member of the Executive Committee of the Hymn Society. Sources: Who's Who in America; handbooks of various hymnals; personal acquaintance and correspondence. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives