1885–1959

Lillenas emigrated to America as a child; his family settled first in South Dakota, then moved to Oregon in 1889. He attended Deets Pacific Bible College in Los Angeles, California (later renamed to Pasadena College); studied music at the Siegel-Myers School of Music in Chicago, Illinois; and received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Olivet Nazarene College. His first pastorate was in Lompoc, California, in 1910; he later pastored in Redlands, California, and Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1924, he founded the Lillenas Music Company (bought by the Nazarene Publishing Company in 1930), and worked as an editor there until retiring in 1950.

Haldor married Bertha Mae Wilson, a songwriter like himself. He and Bertha were elders in the Church of the Nazarene. Haldor traveled as an evangelist, then pastored several churches, 1914–24. In his lifetime, he wrote some 4,000 hymns, and supplied songs for many evangelists. His works include:

• Special Sacred Songs, 1919
• New Sacred Songs
• Strains of Love
• Special Sacred Songs No. 2

• Findagrave, accessed 22 Jan 2018
• Hustad, p. 273
• Schwanz, pp. 69–76
• Wikipedia, accessed 9 Dec 2016

1. Abundant Entrance, An
2. After the Day Is Ended
3. After the Shadows Cometh the Sunshine
4. All on the Altar, Nothing Reserving
5. All That I Want Is in Jesus
6. All to Thee, My Blessed Savior
7. Almost Too Good to Be True
8. Altogether Lovely
9. Anchored Fast
10. And Yet There Is Room
11. Anywhere with Jesus It Is All Right
12. Are You Denying the Master?
13. Are You Distressed on Life’s Weary Road?
14. Are You Ready for the Judgment Day?
15. As the Mighty Rolling Tide of the Ocean
16. Beautiful Crowns
17. Beautiful Gates of Gold, The
18. Bells of Peace, The
19. Bible Stands, The
20. Bless Me, Father, Ere I Go
21. Blessed Voice of Jesus, The
22. Blood Covers All of My Sin, The
23. Blotted Out and Gone
24. Born Again, Redeemed from Sin
25. Break Forth and Sing of Christ the King
26. Can It Be That My Soul Is Dying?
27. Can You Turn from the Friend Who Loves You?
28. Cause of Righteousness, The
29. Christmas Bells Are Chiming over All the Earth
30. Church of God, Awaken
31. Climbing Up the Hills of God
32. Close to the Heart of Jesus
33. Close to Thy Heart
34. Closer Fellowship, A
35. Closer Walk with Thee, A
36. Come Just as You Are
37. Come Over into Canaan
38. Come, While the Door Is Open
39. Comforter Has Come to Abide, The
40. Consolation
41. Creeds There Are Unnumbered
42. Dainty Flowers, Leafy Bowers
43. Dear Old Bible, The
44. Do You Think He Will Leave You Alone?
45. Don’t Turn Him Away
46. Dusky Hands
47. Emptied of Self
48. Eternally He Is the Same
49. Every Passing Moment
50. Exceeding Abundant
51. Faithful Little Workers
52. Far Away from My Friends
53. Far I Have Wandered
54. Fellowship of Friends on Earth, The
55. Fire of Pentecost, The
56. Forward to Battle
57. Fountain That Never Runs Dry
58. Fullness of the Blessing, The
59. Garden of My Heart, The
60. Gathered in an Upper Chamber
61. Give Me the Dear Old Bible
62. Give Us a New Touch of Fire
63. Glad Invitation Is Ringing Today, A
64. Glorious Freedom
65. Glorious Redeemer Is the Savior of Mankind
66. God Is Able to Save the Lost
67. God Was There
68. God with Us, Is the Name of Our King
69. God’s Grace Divine Shall Ever Safely Guide Me
70. God’s Guiding Hand
71. God’s Love Can Never Fail
72. Golden Bells of Welcome, The
73. Good-Bye, Till We Meet
74. Great Atonement, The
75. Great Coronation Day, The
76. Great Is the Boundless Love of the Savior
77. Great Is the Lord of the Earth and Sky
78. Great Judgment Day, The
79. Happy Christian Children Are We
80. Has the Comforter Come to Abide?
81. Have You Heard the Sobbing?
82. Have You Received the Blessing?
83. Have You Thought?
84. He Has Called Me by My Name
85. He Is a Savior of Love
86. He Is Coming
87. He Is Divine
88. He Is Mine
89. He Is Real to Me
90. He Is the Rose of Sharon
91. He Remembers Your Prayers
92. He Saved Me
93. He Set Me Free
94. He Shall Return
95. He Took Me In
96. He Will Carry You Through
97. Heaven Is in My Soul
98. Higher Than the Mountain
99. Highlands of Canaan, The
100. His Grace Is Keeping Me
101. Holy Spirit, Breathe upon Us
102. Holy Spirit, God Most Holy
103. How Rich Is the Mercy and Grace
104. I Am Determined to Follow Jesus
105. I Am Rejoicing in Jesus, He Who from Sin
106. I Am Rejoicing in Jesus Today
107. I Am Not Only Saved from Sin
108. I Am Resting, Sweetly Resting
109. I Am Singing and Rejoicing Every Passing Day
110. I Am So Happy in Jesus
111. I Am Walking Day by Day
112. I Believe That the Bible
113. I Came unto Jesus Confessing My Sin
114. I Cannot Choose the Path That I Would Tread
115. I Come to Thee, Thou Living Lord
116. I Have Been Saved by the Power of Jesus
117. I Have Fixed My Eyes on the Things on High
118. I Have Found a Deep Peace
119. I Have Found a Precious Resting Place
120. I Have Left the Land of Night
121. I Have Many Reasons for Loving the Lord
122. I Have Settled the Question
123. I Have the Blessing Still
124. I Know
125. I Know a Name
126. I Know It
127. I Lost the World
128. I Remember Mother’s Prayers
129. I Serve Him Because I Love Him
130. I Shall See Him Face to Face
131. I Shall Stand One Day at the Great White Throne
132. I Sing of Grace So Full and Free
133. I Turn to Jesus
134. I Was Lost in Sin but Jesus Took Me In
135. I Will Arise and Go to My Father
136. I Will Say Yes
137. If the Way Seems Long and Weary
138. If You Lose Your Soul
139. If You Would a Blessing Be
140. If Your Soul Is Lost
141. I’ll Never Let Go of Jesus
142. I’m Determined
143. I’m Going to My Home
144. I’m Hiding in Jesus
145. In a World Where Life is a Fleeting Thing
146. In Christ My Lord My Need’s All Abundantly Supplied
147. In the Battles for the Lord
148. In the Beulah Land
149. In the Dark Heathen Night They Are Dwelling
150. In the Fields of Labor
151. In the Harbor Land
152. In the Homeland
153. In the Vineyard of the Lord Are Many Workers
154. In Your Search for Wealth and the Gleam of Gold
155. Is Anything Too Good for Jesus?
156. It Fills and It Thrills
157. It Was Jesus Who Set Me Free
158. Jesus Can
159. Jesus Once Came to Earth
160. Jesus Only Is the World’s Great Need
161. Jesus Rolls the Clouds Away
162. Jesus Will Walk with Me
163. Judge Is at the Door, The
164. Judgment Day Is Coming
165. Just to Trust in Jesus
166. King of Peace Is He
167. Launch Out
168. Leave Your Burden at the Place of Prayer
169. Let My Life Speak for Thee
170. Let the Blood Cleanse Away Every Stain
171. Let Your Life for Jesus Shine
172. Life’s Sunshine May Be Checkered
173. Lift Up Your Voice in Jubilant Song
174. Like the Stars That Brightly Shine Above Us
175. Line Shall Not Break Where I Stand, The
176. Line Up, Line Up for Jesus
177. Little Hands Can Lift a Burden
178. Living Forever
179. Living in Canaan land
180. Look for the Silver Lining
181. Lord, I Am Pleading
182. Lord, Send the Fire
183. Love of God, The
184. Love of Jesus, The
185. Loyal and True
186. Many Are the Deeds That I Can Never Do
187. Many Things May Seem Obscure
188. Merrily Sing
189. Mighty Grace of God
190. More Than a Friend
191. Mounting Up
192. My Burden Is Gone
193. My God Is a Good God
194. My Heart Is Full of Joy
195. My Heart with Joy Is Singing
196. My Mother’s Old Bible Is True
197. My Shepherd
198. My Sins Are Remembered No More
199. My Song Shall Be of Jesus
200. My Soul Is Clinging to Jesus
201. My Soul Is Filled with Joy and Gladness
202. My Wonderful Friend
203. My Wonderful Lord
204. My Wonderful Savior
205. Name of Jesus, The
206. No Compromise
207. No One but Jesus Can Hear My Prayer
208. No Other Name Found on Earth or in Heaven
209. Not Far from the Kingdom
210. Not for This World
211. Nothing Between
212. Nothing Can Be Greater Than a Heart Made Right
213. Nothing New to Me
214. Nothing Satisfies but Jesus
215. Now Is the Day of Salvation
216. O Captive Soul by Sin Oppressed
217. O Heart That Was Broken for Me
218. O Love of Calvary
219. O My Heart Sings Today
220. O Ring the Golden Bells of Freedom
221. O Soul, Have You Thought of the Price You Pay?
222. O Soul Vainly Striving for Peace and for Rest
223. O Tell Me Not of the Joys of Earth
224. O Troubled Heart, Bowed Down with Bitter Pain
225. O What a Wonderful Grace I Have Found
226. O What Must It Be to Be Lost
227. O’er Our Fair and Mighty Nation
228. Of Love Full and Free I Am Singing
229. On the Resurrection Morn
230. On the Winning Side
231. Once I Was Bound by Sin’s Galling Fetters
232. Once I Was Walking in the By Ways of Sin
233. One Day at a Time the Master Will Lead
234. One Day I Traveled a Toilsome Road
235. One Is Walking with Me
236. Only a Rose by the Way
237. Only Little Hands Have We
238. Onward, Christian Soldiers, Forward to the Fight
239. Open the Windows of Heaven
240. Out upon Life’s Ocean Many Souls Adrift
241. Over the Jasper Sea
242. Path Lies Hid Behind the Veil
243. Peace That Jesus Gives, The
244. Peace That My Savior Has Given, The
245. Perfect Salvation, A
246. Perhaps I Am Nearer Home Than I Think
247. Place at the Cross, A
248. Plead the Blood
249. Power in Prevailing Prayer
250. Pray Through
251. Pray Without Ceasing
252. Prayer Is the Key That Unlocks the Door
253. Promise Unfailing, The
254. Pull Up Stream
255. Raindrops Fall on the Thirsty Ground
256. Redeemed from Sin
257. Resurrection Morning, The
258. Sabbath Bells Are Chiming
259. Safely Sheltered
260. Satisfied
261. Savior Have I, More Precious to Me, A
262. Sheltered by Atoning Grace
263. Shut in with God
264. Sin Cannot Unpunished Be
265. Since Jesus Saved Me
266. Since Light Has Dawned on Me
267. Sing a Song of Triumph
268. Sing Me a Song of Heaven
269. Soldiers of Immanuel
270. Some Day the Light of Earth Shall Fade Away
271. Some Glad Morning I’ll Awaken
272. Some Golden Morn
273. Someone Is Out in the World of Sin
274. Something in That Name
275. Soul That Sinneth Shall Die, The
276. Spirit Divine, Come In
277. Stand Fast in the Lord
278. Standing on the Word
279. Still Saying No to Jesus
280. Storm the Forts of Sin
281. Sunshine Booster Band, The
282. Sure Foundation, The
283. Surrender to Jesus
284. Sweeping This Way
285. Sweeter Every Moment
286. Tell It Everywhere
287. Tell the Blessèd Story
288. Tell the Story
289. That Someone Is Jesus
290. That Will Be Heaven When We Get Home
291. Theme of My Song, The
292. There Are Many Little Lambs
293. There Are Many Who Have Gone the Way Before Us
294. There Is a Land of Beauty
295. There Is a Song I’ve Learned to Sing
296. There Is Joy in Heaven
297. There Is One Who Rules in Heaven
298. There’s a Beautiful Land That Is Almost in View
299. There’s a Blessed and Triumphant Song
300. There’s a Land of Light
301. There’s a Mighty Conflict Raging
302. There’s a Mighty Host of Valiant Soldiers
303. There’s a Word of Cheer for Each
304. Though Far You Have Wandered Away from the Lord
305. Though My Sins Were Scarlet Red
306. Thrones May Fall and Crumble
307. Through Long Weary Years
308. Times and the Seasons Are Changing, The
309. To Our God Above Draw Near
310. Traveling to My Home, Sweet Home
311. Trials of Earth May Be Many, The
312. Trust in the Lord Your Savior
313. Truth Shall Win, The
314. Under the Atoning Blood
315. Uttermost and Full Salvation, The
316. Vast, Unmeasured Distance Lay, A
317. Victory in My Soul
318. Victory Is Here
319. Vote as You Pray
320. Walking in the Beautiful Light of God
321. Watch Your Words Whatever You Do
322. Waves Are Rolling High
323. Way Is Narrow That Leads to Life, The
324. We Are Gathered, Lord
325. We Have Come to Dedicate to Thee
326. We Shall Know Each Other Better Over Yonder
327. Welcome Home, A
328. What a Blessed Peace We Know
329. What a Greeting
330. What a Wonderful Day When I Lost the Load
331. What a Wonderful Salvation
332. What Have You Written Today?
333. What Will It Be to Be There?
334. When a Perfect Consecration I Had Made
335. When Day Is Done
336. When God Forgives, He Forgets
337. When I Have Ended My Pilgrimage Here
338. When Jesus Leads
339. When Jesus Whispers
340. When My Day Seems Long and Dreary
341. When the Dawn of Eternity Shall Appear
342. When the Shadows Fall
343. When the Holy Ghost Abides
344. When Your Heart Is Right with God
345. Where Jesus Goes I’ll Gladly Follow
346. Where the Shadows of Sin Are Falling
347. Where They Need No Sun
348. While Jesus Is Passing By
349. Who Can Find Salvation Free
350. Who Can Touch Our Life?
351. Who Will Go?
352. Whosoever, That Means Me
353. Why Carry Your Load Any Longer?
354. Will the Circle Be Broken?
355. Win the One Next to You
356. Winner of Souls, A
357. With My Savior I Abide
358. Wonder Working Name, The
359. Wonderful Fountain, A
360. Wonderful Grace of Jesus
361. Wonderful Healer Once Walked Among Men, A
362. Wonderful, Infinite, Matchless Love
363. Wonderful Love
364. Wonderful Peace
365. Wonderful the Power of Christ Our King
366. Wonderful, Wonderful, Jesus Is to Me
367. Wondrous Name, The
368. Word of God, The
369. Ye Shall Be Holy
370. Ye Who Are Troubled and Burdened by Sin
371. Yielded to Thee
372. Yonder a Man in the Prison Dwells
373. Your Roses May Have Thorns

1. Are You on the Right Trail?
2. Church in the Village, The
3. Count Me
4. Glory Just to Walk
5. His Wonderful Love
6. I’m Abiding in Canaan Land
7. In the Promised Land
8. In the Same Old Fashioned Way
9. Jesus Has Lifted Me
10. Jesus Intercedes for Me
11. King of Glory, The
12. Risk Is Too Great, The
13. Steady, Brother, Steady
14. There’s a Place in God’s Planning for You
15. Years Can Not Take Him Away, The