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[Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 12365 77723 46753

Author: Ida L. Reed Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro Refrain First Line: Sing, snowy lilies! Oh, tell out your joy Lyrics: 1 Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro; Tell ye the story soft and low; Jesus is risen, empty the grave; Victor triumphant, He cometh to save. Refrain: Sing, snowy lilies! Oh, tell out your joy! Tell out your joy! Tell out your joy! Lift the glad carol, the victor’s palm wave, Jesus is risen, almighty to save! 2 Swing, snowy lilies, tell it wide, Once more He lives, the Crucified; Pain of the scourging and cross are past; His is the vict’ry at last, yes, at last. [Refrain] 3 Swing, snowy lilies, pure and white, Bring ye love’s off’ring, life and light; Beauty and fragrance, your all now bring Into His presence, the great risen King. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro]

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Swing, Snowy Lilies

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: His Worthy Praise #183 (1915) First Line: Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro Refrain First Line: Sing, snowy lilies! Oh, tell out your joy Lyrics: 1 Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro; Tell ye the story soft and low; Jesus is risen, empty the grave; Victor triumphant, He cometh to save. Refrain: Sing, snowy lilies! Oh, tell out your joy! Tell out your joy! Tell out your joy! Lift the glad carol, the victor’s palm wave, Jesus is risen, almighty to save! 2 Swing, snowy lilies, tell it wide, Once more He lives, the Crucified; Pain of the scourging and cross are past; His is the vict’ry at last, yes, at last. [Refrain] 3 Swing, snowy lilies, pure and white, Bring ye love’s off’ring, life and light; Beauty and fragrance, your all now bring Into His presence, the great risen King. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro]

Swing, Snowy Lilies

Author: Ida Lilliard Reed Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9138 First Line: Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro Refrain First Line: Sing, snowy lilies! Oh, tell out your joy! Lyrics: 1 Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro; Tell ye the story soft and low; Jesus is risen, empty the grave; Victor triumphant, He cometh to save. Refrain: Sing, snowy lilies! Oh, tell out your joy! Tell out your joy! Tell out your joy! Lift the glad carol, the victor’s palm wave, Jesus is risen, almighty to save! 2 Swing, snowy lilies, tell it wide, Once more He lives, the Crucified; Pain of the scourging and cross are past; His is the vict’ry at last, yes, at last. [Refrain] 3 Swing, snowy lilies, pure and white, Bring ye love’s off’ring, life and light; Beauty and fragrance, your all now bring Into His presence, the great risen King. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro]

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Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Author of "Swing, Snowy Lilies" in His Worthy Praise Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Composer of "[Swing, snowy lilies, to and fro]" in His Worthy Praise 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