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God Help Me to Do Right

Author: I. B. W. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress Refrain First Line: God help me to do right! Used With Tune: [Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress]
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[Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ira B. Wilson Incipit: 13332 32136 53523 Used With Text: God, Help Me to Do Right
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God, Help Me to Do Right

Author: I. B. W. Hymnal: United Praise #17 (1908) First Line: Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles oppress Lyrics: 1 Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles oppress, Tho’ sin oft my soul may affright, Oh, help me, blest Savior, thy name to confess, God, help me to do right. Refrain: God, help me to do right! God, help me to do right! By thy power divine, make my will wholly thine, God, help me to do right. 2 Whenever from thee I am tempted to stray, And wander in sin’s darkest night, Ne’er leave nor forsake me, dear Savior, I pray, God, help me to do right. [Refrain] 3 Help me to be faithful in all that I do, Upheld by the pow’r of thy might; To thee I would ever be loyal and true, God, help me to do right. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles]
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God, Help Me to Do Right

Author: I. B. W. Hymnal: Songs of Revival Power #17 (1907) First Line: Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress Tune Title: [Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress]
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God Help Me to Do Right

Author: I. B. W. Hymnal: With Heart and Voice #77 (1905) First Line: Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress Refrain First Line: God help me to do right! Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' burdens may bend me, tho' troubles oppress]
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Ira B. Wilson

1880 - 1950 Person Name: I. B. W. Author of "God, Help Me to Do Right" in United Praise Ira Bishop Wilson, 1880-1950 Born: Sep­tem­ber 6, 1880, Bed­ford, Io­wa. Died: Ap­ril 3, 1950, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia. Buried: For­est Lawn Me­mor­i­al Park, Glen­dale, Cal­i­for­nia. Pseudonym: Fred B. Hol­ton. Wilson’s sis­ter taught him to play the vi­o­lin and or­gan while still at home. Around 1902, Ira be­gan stu­dies at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. In 1905, he went to work for the Lorenz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny in Day­ton, Ohio. His com­po­si­tions ap­peared in The Choir Lead­er and The Choir Her­ald; he al­so served as ed­it­or in chief of The Vol­un­teer Choir. His works in­clude: The King’s Mes­sage, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (New York: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1910) The Be­gin­ners’ Choir, with Ed­mund Lor­enz (Day­ton, Ohio: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1911) Praise Ye, a Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Songs, with Ed­mund Lor­enz (New York: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1913) His Worthy Praise, with Ed­mund Lor­enz (Day­ton, Ohio: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1915) Sources-- Hall, pp. 413-5 Lyrics-- Go For­ward to Con­quer Look Above Make Me a Bless­ing © 1924 My Sav­ior’s Voice This Won­der­ful Christ Is Mine Trustingly Fol­low Music-- Across the Temp­led Hills Angels’ Chor­us, The Christ Is Born Christ the Lord Is Born Christmas Lull­a­by Conchita Exalt the King Give Praise God Is Good­ness, God Is Love God Is So Good He Arose To­day His Love Is Al­ways True Jesus Wants Us to Help Joy to the World Loving Je­sus Christ Marching For­ward May God De­pend on You? Night of Nights O Star of Match­less Splen­dor On Cal­va­ry’s Cross One Day Out in the High­ways and By­ways of Life Rejoice! Re­joice! Ring, Sweet Bells Song of the Morn­ing, The Stars of De­cem­ber Walking with Je­sus Was There Ev­er a Friend So True? We Come To­day What Do the Flow­ers Say? Who Will Our Pi­lot Be? Win One --hymntime.com/tch
Ira B. Wilson
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