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Speak to Me, Jesus

Author: L. L. Pickett Appears in 68 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Speak to my soul, dear Jesus Refrain First Line: Speak Thou in softest whispers

[Speak to my soul, dear Jesus]

Appears in 60 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. L. Pickett Hymnal Title: Inspiring Hymns Incipit: 56535 44454 24334 Used With Text: Speak to My Soul

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Author: L. L. P. Hymnal: Abiding Faith #13 (1947) Hymnal Title: Abiding Faith First Line: Speak to my soul, dear Jesus Refrain First Line: Speak Thou in softest whispers Languages: English Tune Title: [Speak to my soul, dear Jesus]

Speak to me, Jesus

Author: Leander L. Pickett Hymnal: Bible School Songs #d131 (1902) Hymnal Title: Bible School Songs First Line: Speak to my soul, dear Jesus Refrain First Line: Speak thou in softest whispers Languages: English

Speak to My Soul

Author: L. L. P. Hymnal: Calvary Songs #181 (1944) Hymnal Title: Calvary Songs First Line: Speak to my soul, dear Jesus Refrain First Line: Speak Thou in softest whispers Languages: English Tune Title: [Speak to my soul, dear Jesus]

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R. E. Winsett

1876 - 1952 Hymnal Title: Abiding Faith Arranger of "[Speak to my soul, dear Jesus]" in Abiding Faith Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister in 1923, and was affiliated with the Church of God (Seventh Day). Birdie Harris died late in the 1920s, and shortly thereafter Winsett moved back to Tennessee. He founded a new company in Chattanooga, and published more shape note music books. He remarried, to Mary Ruth Edmonton, in 1930, and had three further children. Winsett's final publication, Best of All (1951), sold over 1 million copies, and in total his books sold over ten million copies. His song "Jesus Is Coming Soon" won a Dove Award for Gospel Song of the Year at the 1969 awards. He has been inducted into the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame. --www.wikipedia.org

L. L. Pickett

1859 - 1928 Person Name: L. L. P. Hymnal Title: The Golden Sheaf Author of "Speak to Me, Jesus" in The Golden Sheaf Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among whom was missionary E Stanley Jones. In 1905 a student prayer meeting at the Pickett home spilled out to the Asbury campus in a revival that spread around the town of Wilmore. Between 1891 and 1926 Pickett published 11 song books, some with others, including John Sweney, William J Kirkpatrick, John Bryant, Martin Knapp, Elisha A Hoffman, Burke Culpepper, William Marks, Benjamin Butts, and Robert McNeill. He died at Middlesboro, KY. John Perry