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