1885–1959

Haldor was the son of Ole Paul­son Lil­le­nas and Anne Ma­rie Jonsdtr Tvei­tal. He mar­ried twice, to Ber­tha Mae Wil­son and Lo­la Dell Kel­logg.

He em­i­grat­ed to Am­er­i­ca with his fam­i­ly as a child. They set­tled first in South Da­ko­ta, then moved to Or­e­gon in 1889.

Lillenas at­tend­ed Deets Pa­cific Bi­ble Col­lege in Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia (lat­er re­named to Pa­sa­de­na College). He stu­died mu­sic at the Sie­gel-My­ers School of Mu­sic, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and re­ceived an hon­or­a­ry Doc­tor of Mu­sic de­gree from Ol­iv­et Na­za­rene Col­lege.

Haldor and his wife Ber­tha were el­ders in the Church of the Na­za­rene. Hal­dor tra­veled as an ev­an­gel­ist, then pas­tored se­ver­al church­es. His first pas­tor­ate was in Lom­poc, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1910. He lat­er served in Red­lands, Cal­i­for­nia, and In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na.

In 1924, he found­ed the Lil­le­nas Mu­sic Com­pa­ny (bought by the Na­za­rene Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny in 1930), work­ing as an ed­it­or there un­til re­tir­ing in 1950.

In his life­time, he is said to have wri­tten 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
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 By­ways 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
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
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
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
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, 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