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 Received the Blessing?
82. Have You Thought?
83. He Has Called Me by My Name
84. He Is a Savior of Love
85. He Is Coming
86. He Is Divine
87. He Is Mine
88. He Is Real to Me
89. He Is the Rose of Sharon
90. He Remembers Your Prayers
91. He Saved Me
92. He Set Me Free
93. He Shall Return
94. He Took Me In
95. He Will Carry You Through
96. Heaven Is in My Soul
97. Higher Than the Mountain
98. Highlands of Canaan, The
99. His Grace Is Keeping Me
100. Holy Spirit, Breathe upon Us
101. Holy Spirit, God Most Holy
102. How Rich Is the Mercy and Grace
103. I Am Determined to Follow Jesus
104. I Am Rejoicing in Jesus, He Who from Sin
105. I Am Rejoicing in Jesus Today
106. I Am Not Only Saved from Sin
107. I Am Resting, Sweetly Resting
108. I Am Singing and Rejoicing Every Passing Day
109. I Am So Happy in Jesus
110. I Am Walking Day by Day
111. I Believe That the Bible
112. I Came unto Jesus Confessing My Sin
113. I Cannot Choose the Path That I Would Tread
114. I Come to Thee, Thou Living Lord
115. I Have Been Saved by the Power of Jesus
116. I Have Fixed My Eyes on the Things on High
117. I Have Found a Deep Peace
118. I Have Found a Precious Resting Place
119. I Have Left the Land of Night
120. I Have Many Reasons for Loving the Lord
121. I Have Settled the Question
122. I Have the Blessing Still
123. I Know
124. I Know a Name
125. I Know It
126. I Lost the World
127. I Remember Mother’s Prayers
128. I Serve Him Because I Love Him
129. I Shall See Him Face to Face
130. I Shall Stand One Day at the Great White Throne
131. I Sing of Grace So Full and Free
132. I Turn to Jesus
133. I Was Lost in Sin but Jesus Took Me In
134. I Will Arise and Go to My Father
135. I Will Say Yes
136. If the Way Seems Long and Weary
137. If You Lose Your Soul
138. If You Would a Blessing Be
139. If Your Soul Is Lost
140. I’ll Never Let Go of Jesus
141. I’m Determined
142. I’m Going to My Home
143. I’m Hiding in Jesus
144. In a World Where Life is a Fleeting Thing
145. In Christ My Lord My Need’s All Abundantly Supplied
146. In the Battles for the Lord
147. In the Beulah Land
148. In the Dark Heathen Night They Are Dwelling
149. In the Fields of Labor
150. In the Harbor Land
151. In the Homeland
152. In the Vineyard of the Lord Are Many Workers
153. In Your Search for Wealth and the Gleam of Gold
154. Is Anything Too Good for Jesus?
155. It Fills and It Thrills
156. It Was Jesus Who Set Me Free
157. Jesus Can
158. Jesus Once Came to Earth
159. Jesus Only Is the World’s Great Need
160. Jesus Rolls the Clouds Away
161. Jesus Will Walk with Me
162. Judge Is at the Door, The
163. Judgment Day Is Coming
164. Just to Trust in Jesus
165. King of Peace Is He
166. Launch Out
167. Leave Your Burden at the Place of Prayer
168. Let My Life Speak for Thee
169. Let the Blood Cleanse Away Every Stain
170. Let Your Life for Jesus Shine
171. Life’s Sunshine May Be Checkered
172. Lift Up Your Voice in Jubilant Song
173. Like the Stars That Brightly Shine Above Us
174. Line Shall Not Break Where I Stand, The
175. Line Up, Line Up for Jesus
176. Little Hands Can Lift a Burden
177. Living Forever
178. Living in Canaan land
179. Look for the Silver Lining
180. Lord, I Am Pleading
181. Lord, Send the Fire
182. Love of God, The
183. Love of Jesus, The
184. Loyal and True
185. Many Are the Deeds That I Can Never Do
186. Many Things May Seem Obscure
187. Merrily Sing
188. Mighty Grace of God
189. More Than a Friend
190. Mounting Up
191. My Burden Is Gone
192. My God Is a Good God
193. My Heart Is Full of Joy
194. My Heart with Joy Is Singing
195. My Mother’s Old Bible Is True
196. My Shepherd
197. My Sins Are Remembered No More
198. My Song Shall Be of Jesus
199. My Soul Is Clinging to Jesus
200. My Soul Is Filled with Joy and Gladness
201. My Wonderful Friend
202. My Wonderful Lord
203. My Wonderful Savior
204. Name of Jesus, The
205. No Compromise
206. No One but Jesus Can Hear My Prayer
207. No Other Name Found on Earth or in Heaven
208. Not Far from the Kingdom
209. Not for This World
210. Nothing Between
211. Nothing Can Be Greater Than a Heart Made Right
212. Nothing New to Me
213. Nothing Satisfies but Jesus
214. Now Is the Day of Salvation
215. O Captive Soul by Sin Oppressed
216. O Heart That Was Broken for Me
217. O Love of Calvary
218. O My Heart Sings Today
219. O Ring the Golden Bells of Freedom
220. O Soul, Have You Thought of the Price You Pay?
221. O Soul Vainly Striving for Peace and for Rest
222. O Tell Me Not of the Joys of Earth
223. O Troubled Heart, Bowed Down with Bitter Pain
224. O What a Wonderful Grace I Have Found
225. O What Must It Be to Be Lost
226. O’er Our Fair and Mighty Nation
227. Of Love Full and Free I Am Singing
228. On the Resurrection Morn
229. On the Winning Side
230. Once I Was Bound by Sin’s Galling Fetters
231. Once I Was Walking in the By Ways of Sin
232. One Day at a Time the Master Will Lead
233. One Day I Traveled a Toilsome Road
234. One Is Walking with Me
235. Only a Rose by the Way
236. Only Little Hands Have We
237. Onward, Christian Soldiers, Forward to the Fight
238. Open the Windows of Heaven
239. Out upon Life’s Ocean Many Souls Adrift
240. Over the Jasper Sea
241. Path Lies Hid Behind the Veil
242. Peace That Jesus Gives, The
243. Peace That My Savior Has Given, The
244. Perfect Salvation, A
245. Perhaps I Am Nearer Home Than I Think
246. Place at the Cross, A
247. Plead the Blood
248. Power in Prevailing Prayer
249. Pray Through
250. Pray Without Ceasing
251. Prayer Is the Key That Unlocks the Door
252. Promise Unfailing, The
253. Pull Up Stream
254. Raindrops Fall on the Thirsty Ground
255. Redeemed from Sin
256. Resurrection Morning, The
257. Sabbath Bells Are Chiming
258. Safely Sheltered
259. Satisfied
260. Savior Have I, More Precious to Me, A
261. Sheltered by Atoning Grace
262. Shut in with God
263. Sin Cannot Unpunished Be
264. Since Jesus Saved Me
265. Since Light Has Dawned on Me
266. Sing a Song of Triumph
267. Sing Me a Song of Heaven
268. Sobbing of a Thousand Million, The
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