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