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The Cross is My Anchor

Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: The cross is my anchor, though wave follow wave Refrain First Line: The cross is my anchor! 'tis steady and sure

[The cross is my anchor! tho' wave follow wave]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Hymnal Title: Tried and True Incipit: 53343 32112 16556 Used With Text: The Cross is My Anchor

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The cross is my anchor

Hymnal: Melodies for the Temperance Band #d115 (1856) Hymnal Title: Melodies for the Temperance Band Languages: English

The Cross is My Anchor, though wave follow wave

Hymnal: Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #123b (1849) Hymnal Title: Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion

The cross is my anchor

Hymnal: Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d566 (1859) Hymnal Title: Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant

Person Name: Anon. Hymnal Title: Tried and True Author of "The Cross is My Anchor" in Tried and True In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Hymnal Title: Tried and True Composer of "[The cross is my anchor! tho' wave follow wave]" in Tried and True 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