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Jesus, take this heart of mine

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

[Jesus, take this heart of mine]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. W. Lerman Hymnal Title: The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal Incipit: 12532 13451 76565 Used With Text: Jesus, take this heart of mine

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Jesus, Take This Heart of Mine

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Hymnal: Songs of Life #16 (1921) Hymnal Title: Songs of Life Tune Title: [Jesus, take this heart of mine]

Jesus, Take This Heart of Mine

Author: Ernest G. Wesley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3289 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Lyrics: 1. Jesus, take this heart of mine; Cleanse from sin and make it Thine. Thou for me hast bled and died; I to Thee my heart confide. Refrain Jesus, take this heart of mine, Make it ever, wholly Thine; May I daily watch and pray: Never from Thy path to stray. 2. Jesus, take these hands of mine; Hold them in Thy power divine; Safe am I when led by Thee, I Thy child would ever be. [Refrain] 3. Jesus, take these feet of mine; May they to Thy paths incline; May I never from Thee stray; Keep me faithful day by day. [Refrain] 4. Jesus, take this heart of mine; May it with Thy glory shine; I would live for Thee alone; Make me, keep me, all Thine own. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: LERMAN

Jesus, take this heart of mine

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Hymnal: The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #148 (1911) Hymnal Title: The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, take this heart of mine]

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Ernest G. Wellesley-Wesley

Person Name: Ernest G. Wesley Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Author of "Jesus, Take This Heart of Mine" in The Cyber Hymnal Ernest G. W. Wesley was born and educated in England. At the age of seventeen he started writing for local newspapers. When he was twenty-two he worked as special correspondent for The New York Times in Buenos Aries. While he was in Buenos Aries he became licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to the United States in the early 1870's and continued writing and contributing to religious and secular papers. He wrote between five and six hundred hymns and nearly two thousand articles on religious and theological topics. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Composer of "LERMAN" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: December 23, 1865, London (possibly Bethnal Green), England. Died: October 24, 1935, Brooklyn, New York. Lerman emigrated to America as a child (he does not appear in the 1871 British census), and was a member of the Olivet Memorial Church in New York City. He played the organ there (1880-1908), and later at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Borough Park Christian Church, and Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, all in Brooklyn. He wrote a considerable amount of church and Sunday School music, and served as musical editor for the Tullar-Meredith Company of New York City, and the Theodore Pressure Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sources-- Hughes, p. 472 Reynolds, p. 336 --www.hymntime.com/tch