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[Someone must go to the far off lands]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edmund Simon Lorenz Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 33332 35422 34443 Used With Text: Who Will Run With The Tidings?

Who Will Run With The Tidings?

Author: William Orcutt Cushing Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Someone must go to the far off lands Refrain First Line: Who will run with the tidings and bear them away Lyrics: 1 Someone must go to the far off lands Where the temple shrine of the idol stands, Where the heart bows down to its gods of gold, And the soul to blindness and death is sold. Refrain: Who will run with the tidings and bear them away, To the soul in its night as it gropes for the day? Who will say when the whisper comes over the sea, Here, Lord, am I—send me, send me? 2 Someone must weep for the soul that sighs, In its pain and woe under heathen skies; In the far off land where it bows unblest, With no hope to cheer, with no ark of rest. [Refrain] 3 O’er earth’s wide realm send the tidings forth, Let the news be told of a Savior’s birth; Let the isles rejoice and on every shore, Shout the glad new song, life forevermore. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Someone must go to the far off lands] Text Sources: Missionary Songs (New York: Lorenz & Company, 1880)

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Who Will Run With The Tidings?

Author: William Orcutt Cushing Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8582 First Line: Someone must go to the far off lands Refrain First Line: Who will run with the tidings and bear them away Lyrics: 1 Someone must go to the far off lands Where the temple shrine of the idol stands, Where the heart bows down to its gods of gold, And the soul to blindness and death is sold. Refrain: Who will run with the tidings and bear them away, To the soul in its night as it gropes for the day? Who will say when the whisper comes over the sea, Here, Lord, am I—send me, send me? 2 Someone must weep for the soul that sighs, In its pain and woe under heathen skies; In the far off land where it bows unblest, With no hope to cheer, with no ark of rest. [Refrain] 3 O’er earth’s wide realm send the tidings forth, Let the news be told of a Savior’s birth; Let the isles rejoice and on every shore, Shout the glad new song, life forevermore. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Someone must go to the far off lands]

Who Will Run With the Tidings?

Author: Rev. W. O. Cushing Hymnal: Missionary Songs #4 (1895) First Line: Someone must go to the far off lands Refrain First Line: Who will run with the tidings and bear them away Languages: English Tune Title: [Someone must go to the far off lands]

Who Will Run With the Tidings?

Author: Rev. W. O. Cushing Hymnal: Missionary Songs #4 (1880) First Line: Someone must go to the far off lands Refrain First Line: Who will run with the tidings and bear them away Languages: English Tune Title: [Someone must go to the far off lands]

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Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: Edmund Simon Lorenz Composer of "[Someone must go to the far off lands]" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonymns: John D. Cresswell, L. S. Edwards, E. D. Mund, ==================== Lorenz, Edmund Simon. (North Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1854--July 10, 1942, Dayton, Ohio). Son of Edward Lorenz, a German-born shoemaker who turned preacher, served German immigrants in northwestern Ohio, and was editor of the church paper, Froehliche Botschafter, 1894-1900. Edmund graduated from Toledo High School in 1870, taught German, and was made a school principal at a salary of $20 per week. At age 19, he moved to Dayton to become the music editor for the United Brethren Publishing House. He graduated from Otterbein College (B.A.) in 1880, studied at Union Biblical Seminary, 1878-1881, then went to Yale Divinity School where he graduated (B.D.) in 1883. He then spent a year studying theology in Leipzig, Germany. He was ordained by the Miami [Ohio] Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1877. The following year, he married Florence Kumler, with whom he had five children. Upon his return to the United States, he served as pastor of the High Street United Brethren Church in Dayton, 1884-1886, and then as president of Lebanon Valley College, 1887-1889. Ill health led him to resign his presidency. In 1890 he founded the Lorenz Publishing Company of Dayton, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. For their catalog, he wrote hymns, and composed many gospel songs, anthems, and cantatas, occasionally using pseudonyms such as E.D. Mund, Anna Chichester, and G.M. Dodge. He edited three of the Lorenz choir magazines, The Choir Leader, The Choir Herald, and Kirchenchor. Prominent among the many song-books and hymnals which he compiled and edited were those for his church: Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship (1874), Pilgerlieder (1878), Songs of Grace (1879), The Otterbein Hymnal (1890), and The Church Hymnal (1934). For pastors and church musicians, he wrote several books stressing hymnody: Practical Church Music (1909), Church Music (1923), Music in Work and Worship (1925), and The Singing Church (1938). In 1936, Otterbein College awarded him the honorary D.Mus. degree and Lebanon Valley College the honorary LL.D. degree. --Information from granddaughter Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, DNAH Archives

W. O. Cushing

1823 - 1902 Person Name: William Orcutt Cushing Author of "Who Will Run With The Tidings?" in The Cyber Hymnal Rv William Orcutt Cushing USA 1823-1902. Born at Hingham, MA, he read the Bible as a teenager and became a follower of the Orthodox Christian school of thought. At age 18 he decided to become a minister, following in his parents theology. His first pastorate was at the Christian Church, Searsburg, NY. He married Hena Proper in 1854. She was a great help to him throughout his ministry. He ministered at several NY locations over the years, including Searsburg, Auburn, Brookley, Buffalo, and Sparta. Hena died in 1870, and he returned to Searsburg, again serving as pastor there. Working diligently with the Sunday school, he was dearly beloved by young and old. Soon after, he developed a creeping paralysis that caused him to lose his voice. He retired from ministry after 27 years. He once gave all his savings ($1000) to help a blind girl receive an education. He was instrumental in the erection of the Seminary at Starkey, NY. He gave material aid to the school for the blind at Batavia. He was mindful of the suffering of others, but oblivious to his own. After retiring, he asked God to give him something to do. He discovered he had a talent for writing and kept busy doing that. He authored about 300 hymn lyrics. The last 13 years of his life he lived with Rev. and Mrs. E. E Curtis at Lisbon Center, NY, and joined with the Wesleyan Methodist Church there. He died at Searsburg, NY. John Perry ================== Cushing, William Orcutt , born at Hingham, Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1823, is the author of the following hymns which appear in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos:— 1. Beautiful valley of Eden. Heaven. 2. Down in the valley with my Saviour I would go. Trusting to Jesus. 3. Fair is the morning land. Heaven. 4. I am resting so sweetly in Jesus now. Rest and Peace in Jesus. 5. I have heard of a land far away. Heaven. 6. O safe to the Rock that is higher than I. The Rock of Ages. 1. Ring the bells of heaven, there is joy today. Heavenly Joy over repenting Sinners. 8. We are watching, we are waiting. Second Advent anticipated. Mr. Cushing has also several additional hymns in some American Sunday School collections, and collections of Sacred Songs. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology ================= Cushing, W. 0., p. 274, i. Other hymns are:— 1. O I love to think of Jesus . Thinking of Jesus. 2. There is joy in heaven! there is joy to-day. Angels joy over returning Sinners. 3. When He cometh, when He cometh. Advent. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)