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[The Master is calling for you, dear friend]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 53234 31216 65111 Used With Text: The Master is Calling

Author: Rev. E. H. Stokes, D. D. Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: The Master is calling for you, dear friend Refrain First Line: Come, the dear Master is calling Used With Tune: [The Master is calling for you, dear friend]

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The Master is Calling

Author: Rev. E. H. Stokes Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #53 (1888) First Line: The Master is calling for you, dear friend Refrain First Line: Come, the dear Master is calling Lyrics: 1 The Master is calling for you, dear friend, The Master is calling for you; You have wandered away,— Won’t you come back today? Come back to the good and the true. Refrain: Come, the dear Master is calling, Come, the dear Master is calling, Calling, calling, Is tenderly calling for you. 2 He calls by his Word unto you, dear friend, His Word which has come from above, Won’t you heed it today? Won’t you come to him, say? Come back to the heart of his love. [Refrain] 3 He calls by His Spirit to you, dear friend, His Spirit is moving your heart; Won’t you yield to him now? Won’t you here make your vow, For heaven at once you will start. [Refrain] 4 He calls by his providence, too dear friend, In ways which have sorrows untold; Though your spirit may sigh, Let your fond heart reply, Dear Lord, I’ll return to thy fold. [Refrain] 5 The Master is calling you all, dear friends, The Master is calling us, too; We have wandered away, Let us come back today, Come back to the good and the true. [Refrain] Tune Title: [The Master is calling for you, dear friend]

The Master is Calling

Author: Rev. E. H. Stokes, D. D. Hymnal: Redemption Songs #53 (1889) First Line: The Master is calling for you, dear friend Refrain First Line: Come, the dear Master is calling Tune Title: [The Master is calling for you, dear friend]

The Master is Calling

Author: Rev. E. H. Stokes, D. D. Hymnal: Sacred Trio #53 (1889) First Line: The Master is calling for you, dear friend Refrain First Line: Come, the dear Master is calling Tune Title: [The Master is calling for you, dear friend]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[The Master is calling for you, dear friend]" in Showers of Blessing John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

E. H. Stokes

1815 - 1897 Person Name: Rev. E. H. Stokes Author of "The Master is Calling" in Showers of Blessing He was president of the Ocean Grove Campmeeting Association.