The Lo­renz fam­i­ly were Ad­vent­ists, and em­i­grat­ed from Mess­er, Russ­ia (near Sar­a­tow), to Amer­i­ca, and lived in Day­ton, Ohio. Ed­mund at­tend­ed Ot­ter­bein Un­i­ver­si­ty, Un­ion Bib­li­cal Sem­in­ary, Yale The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­i­na­ry, and the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig. He served as pas­tor of the High Street Unit­ed Breth­ren Church in Day­ton, Ohio (1884-6), and as pre­si­dent of Le­ba­non Val­ley Coll­ege, Ann­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia (1886-8). He lat­er found­ed the Lo­renz and Com­pa­ny mu­sic pub­lish­ing house in Day­ton, Ohio. His works in­clude:

• Gates of Praise, with Isai­ah Balt­zell (Day­ton, Ohio: Unit­ed Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, by W. J. Shu­ey, 1884)
• Notes of Vic­to­ry, with Will­iam Og­den (Day­ton, Ohio: Unit­ed Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1885)
• Garnered Sheaves of Song for the Sun­day School, with Isaiah Balt­zell (Day­ton, Ohio: W. J. Shu­ey, 1888)
• Songs of the Morn­ing, with Isaiah Balt­zell (Day­ton, Ohio: W. J. Shu­ey, 1889)
• The Ot­ter­bein Hymn­al (Day­ton, Ohio: Unit­ed Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1892)
• Spirit and Life, with David Dortch (Day­ton, Ohio: Christ­ian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893)
• Spirit and Life No. 2 (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz & Com­pa­ny, 1896)
• Practical Church Mu­sic (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, 1909)
• The King’s Mes­sage, with Ira Wil­son (New York: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1910)
• The Be­gin­ners’ Choir, with Ira Wil­son (Day­ton, Ohio: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1911)
• Praise Ye, a Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Songs with Ira Wil­son (New York: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1913)
• His Worthy Praise, with Ira Wil­son (Day­ton, Ohio: Lor­enz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1915)
• Church Mu­sic: What a Min­i­ster Should Know About It (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, 1923)
• Music in Work and Wor­ship (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, 1925)
• The Sing­ing Church, 1937

• Hall, p. 194
• Reynolds, pp. 360-1

1. Christ, the Rock, Stands Fast
2. Garnered Sheaves
3. Thou Think­est, Lord, of Me

1. At Christ­mas Time
2. Call to Ral­ly, The
3. Called to the Feast
4. Doing His Will
5. Draw Me to Thee
6. Foundation of God Stand­eth Sure, The
7. Gates of Praise
8. Give Me the Bi­ble
9. Go Forth to Meet Him
10. God Is Love
11. He Chang­es Not
12. Heathen at Your Door, The
13. Hosanna We Sing
14. How Can I But Love Him?
15. Life, We Hail Thee
16. Light up­on the Way, The
17. Love Makes Our Toil Worth­while
18. Name of Je­sus, The
19. Merry Mis­sion­ar­ies
20. On with the Cross
21. Shine On, O Star!
22. Song in the Night, A
23. Souls We Brought to Je­sus, The
24. Swing, Snowy Lil­ies
25. Tell It to Je­sus
26. Welcome the Spirit In
27. Wienland
28. With Cour­age Strong
29. Word of Pray­er, A