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[Something for Jesus! O what shall it be]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. Martin Towne Incipit: 33332 11365 52223

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be Refrain First Line: Something for Jesu! oh, this shall it be Used With Tune: [Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be]

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Something for Jesus

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: The Morning Light, Enlarged #99 (1882) First Line: Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be Refrain First Line: Something for Jesu! oh, this shall it be Languages: English Tune Title: [Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be]

Something for Jesus

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: The Morning Light #99 (1880) First Line: Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be Refrain First Line: Something for Jesu! oh, this shall it be Languages: English Tune Title: [Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be]

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "Something for Jesus" in The Morning Light, Enlarged Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================

T. Martin Towne

1835 - 1912 Composer of "[Something for Jesus! oh, what shall it be]" in The Morning Light, Enlarged Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg. Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives