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

• Hustad, p. 273
• Schwanz, pp. 69-76

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

1. Church in the Vil­lage, The
2. Count Me
3. Glory Just to Walk
4. His Won­der­ful Love
5. I’m Abid­ing in Ca­naan Land
6. In the Prom­ised Land
7. In the Same Old Fa­shioned Way
8. Jesus Has Lift­ed Me
9. Jesus In­ter­cedes for Me
10. King of Glo­ry, The
11. Steady, Bro­ther, Ste­ady
12. Years Can Not Take Him Away, The