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"Tell It To Jesus"
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Edmund S. Lorenz wrote the words and music to the beloved hymn “Tell It to Jesus” in a German hymnal called Fröliche Botschafter, published in 1876. Lorenz came from an Adventist family that emigrated from Russia to America. He was educated at Otterbein, Union Biblical Seminary, Yale, and the University of Leipzig before he was ordained. Later, he opened a music publishing company in Dayton, Ohio called Lorenz and Company.
Jeremiah E. Rankin translated this beloved hymn into English and published it in a hymnal called Gates of Praise in 1880. Rankin was born in Thornton, New Hampshire, and was educated at Middlebury College in Vermont and then at Andover Theological Seminary. He was the pastor of several churches in the New England area before he settled at First Congregational Church in Washington, D.C. for 15 years. Later, he was the president of Howard University.
“Tell It To Jesus”
Are you weary, are you heavy hearted? Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus. Are you grieving over joys departed? Tell it to Jesus alone.
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Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus, He is a Friend that’s well known. You’ve no other such a friend or brother, Tell it to Jesus alone.
Do the tears flow down your cheeks unbidden? Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus. Have you sins that to men’s eyes are hidden? Tell it to Jesus alone.
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Do you fear the gathering clouds of sorrow? Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus. Are you anxious what shall be tomorrow? Tell it to Jesus alone.
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Are you troubled at the thought of dying? Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus. For Christ’s coming kingdom are you sighing? Tell it to Jesus alone.
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“Tell It To Jesus” is a beloved hymn because it speaks of the faithfulness of the Lord to be there for His children.
“Tell It To Jesus”
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