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[Lord Jesus, low we bow]

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel, (1855- ) Incipit: 54323 11765 45565 Used With Text: Lord Jesus, low we bow

Author: Flora Kirkland Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus, low we bow Before Thy mercy-seat, Beseeching Thee to give us now Thy benediction sweet. 2 Thou knowest every need, In every waiting heart; O, Thou who dost for sinners plead, Thy blessing now impart! 3 So shall we leave this place, As still “in touch” with Thee; So shall the fulness of Thy grace, Our light in darkness be. 4 Be Thou our Sun and Shield, Our safe abiding Place, Until in heaven we see revealed The beauty of Thy face. Topics: Closing Used With Tune: [Lord Jesus, low we bow]

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Lord Jesus, low we bow

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: The Sunday School Hymnal #310 (1899) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus, low we bow Before Thy mercy-seat, Beseeching Thee to give us now Thy benediction sweet. 2 Thou knowest every need, In every waiting heart; O, Thou who dost for sinners plead, Thy blessing now impart! 3 So shall we leave this place, As still “in touch” with Thee; So shall the fulness of Thy grace, Our light in darkness be. 4 Be Thou our Sun and Shield, Our safe abiding Place, Until in heaven we see revealed The beauty of Thy face. Topics: Closing Tune Title: [Lord Jesus, low we bow]

Lord Jesus, low we bow

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: The Sunday School Hymnal #309 (1900) Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord Jesus, low we bow]

Lord Jesus, low we bow

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: The Praise Hymnal #309 (1908) Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord Jesus, low we bow]

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Person Name: Adam Geibel, (1855- ) Composer of "[Lord Jesus, low we bow]" in The Sunday School Hymnal Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Author of "Lord Jesus, low we bow" in The Sunday School Hymnal Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911