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Spend One Hour With Jesus

Author: Katharine A. Grimes Appears in 39 hymnals First Line: Weary soul by sin oppressed Topics: Fellowship Communion; Prayer Used With Tune: [Weary soul by sin oppressed]

[Weary soul by sin oppressed]

Appears in 22 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin Othello Excell Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 33321 65112 13233 Used With Text: Spend One Hour with Jesus

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Author: Katharine A. Grimes Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #94 (1916) First Line: Weary soul by sin oppressed Lyrics: 1 Weary soul by sin oppressed, Spend one hour with Jesus; He will give your spirit rest, Spend one hour with Jesus: He has felt your grief before, Numbered all your sorrows o’er, He will ev’ry joy restore; Spend one hour with Jesus. 2 Do you fear the gath’ring gloom? Spend one hour with Jesus; In the silent inner room, Spend one hour with Jesus: He will speak unto your soul, Make your ev’ry heartache whole, Point you to the Heav’nly Goal; Spend one hour with Jesus. 3 Ev’ry need He will supply, Spend one hour with Jesus; He alone can satisfy, Spend one hour with Jesus: Oh, the mercy He will show, Oh, the grace He will bestow, Grace to conquer ev’ry foe; Spend one hour with Jesus. 4 All along life’s stormy way, Spend one hour with Jesus; Call upon Him day by day, Spend one hour with Jesus: Tell Him all — He is your Friend, He will countless blessings send, He will keep you to the end; Spend one hour with Jesus. Languages: English Tune Title: [Weary soul by sin oppressed]

Spend One Hour with Jesus

Author: Katharine Atherton Grimes Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6280 First Line: Weary soul by sin oppressed Lyrics: 1. Weary soul by sin oppressed, Spend one hour with Jesus; He will give your spirit rest, Spend one hour with Jesus: He has felt your grief before, Numbered all your sorrows o’er, He will ev’ry joy restore; Spend one hour with Jesus. 2. Do you fear the gath’ring gloom? Spend one hour with Jesus; In the silent inner room, Spend one hour with Jesus: He will speak unto your soul, Make your ev’ry heartache whole, Point you to the heav’nly goal; Spend one hour with Jesus. 3. Ev’ry need He will supply, Spend one hour with Jesus; He alone can satisfy, Spend one hour with Jesus: Oh, the mercy He will show, Oh, the grace He will bestow, Grace to conquer ev’ry foe; Spend one hour with Jesus. 4. All along life’s stormy way, Spend one hour with Jesus; Call upon Him day by day, Spend one hour with Jesus: Tell Him all—He is your Friend, He will countless blessings send, He will keep you to the end; Spend one hour with Jesus. Languages: English Tune Title: [Weary soul by sin oppressed]

Spend One Hour With Jesus

Author: S. Jean Walker Hymnal: The World Evangel #68 (1913) First Line: Weary soul by sin oppressed Topics: Admonition; Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Weary soul by sin oppressed]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Weary soul by sin oppressed]" 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 Person Name: Katharine A. Grimes Author of "Spend One Hour With Jesus" 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/