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[The Spirit is softly calling]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Incipit: 13334 65335 54235 Used With Text: Say Yes to the Spirit

Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The Spirit is softly calling Refrain First Line: O say yes to the Spirit Topics: Holy Spirit; Invitation Used With Tune: [The Spirit is softly calling]

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Say Yes to the Spirit

Hymnal: Glorious Praise #154 (1904) First Line: The Spirit is softly calling Refrain First Line: O say yes, to the Spirit Lyrics: 1 The Spirit is softly calling, His warning now obey; He pleads with thy heart O sinner, Then grieve him not away. Refrain: O say yes, to the Spirit, O say yes, to the Spirit, He lovingly still is pleading, Then answer while here we bow, O, say yes, to the Spirit, O, say yes, to the Spirit, I can, I will, I do believe, That Jesus saves me now, That Jesus saves me now. 2 The Spirit is softly pleading, The angels chide thy stay; There’s mercy for thee and pardon, Then why not come today. [Refrain] 3 Remember the world is fleeting, Thy life is waning fast, The shadows of night draw nearer, This hour may be thy last. [Refrain] 4 Surrender thy all to Jesus, His life for thee he gave; Accept him as thy Redeemer, None else thy soul can save. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The Spirit is softly calling]

Say Yes, to the Spirit

Hymnal: Jubilant Voices for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings #154 (1905) First Line: The Spirit is softly calling Refrain First Line: O say yes to the Spirit Topics: Holy Spirit; Invitation Languages: English Tune Title: [The Spirit is softly calling]

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W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Composer of "[The Spirit is softly calling]" in Glorious Praise An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)