1859–1942

Introduction

Born: March 15, 1859, Mount Hol­ly, New Jer­sey.

Died: March 16, 1942, Tren­ton, New Jer­sey.

Buried: Green­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Tren­ton, New Jer­sey.

Biography

Zelley mar­ried three times, to Ida Shreve, Cla­ra Dob­bins, and Mar­tha Gold­ing.

He at­tend­ed Penn­ing­ton Se­mi­na­ry, Penn­ing­ton, New Jer­sey, and Tay­lor Uni­ver­si­ty, Up­land, In­di­ana, where he earned his PhD and di­vi­ni­ty de­gree.

Ordained a Me­tho­dist min­is­ter, he worked in the New Jer­sey Con­fer­ence as a sta­tis­ti­cal sec­re­ta­ry and trea­sur­er.

He was al­so a trust­ee of Penn­ing­ton Se­mi­na­ry, and pro­mot­er of the camp meet­ing move­ment.

He re­tired in 1929.

Works

Zelley wrote ov­er 1,500 po­ems, hymns, and Gos­pel songs.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Again We Come with Songs of Praise
  2. Again With­in the House of Pray­er
  3. As Crest­ed Sea Bil­lows Arise and Sweep On
  4. As On­ward I Sail over Life’s Trea­cher­ous Wave
  5. As You Feel the Sav­ior’s Pow­er
  6. Because He Loved Me So
  7. Because I Feared the Wrath of God
  8. Beyond the Dan­ger­ous Sea of Life
  9. Bless Me, Lord
  10. Blessed Son of God Loves Di­vine­ly, The
  11. Children’s Day Has Come Again, The
  12. Clouds That Ga­ther Dark and Drear, The
  13. Count My Bless­ings, Fa­ther Bid Me
  14. Darling Child Was Ly­ing Still, A
  15. Dost Thou Love Me, Love Me Tru­ly?
  16. Draw Near­er, Je­sus, How Good Thou Art
  17. Five of Them Were Wise and Five Were Fool­ish
  18. Foes of Life We Will Not Fear, The
  19. Fountain of Love in the Sav­ior, A
  20. Go and Tell Je­sus When Bur­dened by Sin
  21. Go, Preach My Gos­pel, Je­sus Said
  22. Going Down to Judg­ment
  23. God’s Migh­ty Ar­my
  24. Gracious Lord, I Need Thy Pre­sence
  25. He Brought Me Out
  26. He Gives Me Life, and Home, and Friends
  27. Heavenly Sun­light
  28. I Am Hap­py in the Lord
  29. I Am Trust­ing Christ My Sav­ior
  30. I Am Walk­ing To­day in the Sweet Beu­lah Land
  31. I Asked Thee, Lord, for Gifts Alone
  32. I Came to Je­sus, Lost, Un­done
  33. I Do Not Ask to Choose My Path
  34. I En­tered the Throne Room Where Je­sus My Lord
  35. I Have Left the Land of Bond­age Far Be­hind
  36. I Sought the Grac­ious Mer­cy Seat
  37. I Want On­ly Thee, Not the Plea­sures of Life
  38. I’ll Sing of My Sav­ior, So Lov­ing and True
  39. I’m An­chored in the Rock of Ag­es
  40. I’m Hap­py in Je­sus, I’m Sing­ing All Day
  41. I’m Seek­ing the Coun­try Where Je­sus Has Gone
  42. In the House of Ma­ny Man­sions
  43. Jesus, Our Sav­ior, on Er­rands of Mer­cy
  44. Like a Migh­ty Sea
  45. Make Me a Bless­ing
  46. Make This Val­ley Full of Trench­es
  47. Mantle of Love the Sav­ior Has Spread, The
  48. Marching On
  49. Master Is Call­ing for Work­ers Today, The
  50. My Bo­dy, Mind, and Spi­rit, Lord
  51. My Great­est De­sires
  52. My Hap­py Heart Is Free from Sin
  53. My Heart Is Filled with Joy and Praise
  54. My Ma­ny Sins Are All For­giv’n
  55. My Soul Is Full of Rap­ture
  56. My Soul To­day Is Mount­ing Up
  57. My Soul To­day Is Safe and Free
  58. Now I Have Found at Je­sus’ Side
  59. O Come to Christ with All Your Sin
  60. Offering Now of Praise I’ll Bring, An
  61. On the Band of Trust­ing Watch­ers
  62. Out in the Har­vest Field We Go
  63. Pray, Pray, Pray at Morn
  64. Promise As­sures Us That All Who Be­lieve, The
  65. Ransom Price Is Full­y Paid, The
  66. Savior Comes to Thee To­day, The
  67. Savior Says to All Man­kind, The
  68. Send Me to the Sad and Wea­ry
  69. Shine in, Shine in, Thou Light Di­vine
  70. Sinner Saved by Grace Di­vine, A
  71. Stand Out of My Sun­light, I Love Its Bright Glow
  72. Tell the Glad Sto­ry Abroad
  73. Temptations and Tri­als and Doubt­ings and Fears
  74. There Are Bless­ings in That Du­ty Hard
  75. There’s a Land of Won­drous Beau­ty
  76. There’s No Com­fort in the Plea­sures of Earth
  77. Though the Way Be Dark, Yet the Lord Hath Said
  78. Through Ma­ny Years I Tried to Serve the Lord
  79. Through the Blood I Sought for Par­don Free
  80. We Bring Our Of­fer­ings To­day
  81. We Can Shout Be­fore the Bat­tle
  82. We Come to Thee, O Christ Our King
  83. Weary and Sin Sick and Rea­dy to Die
  84. What Is This That, Like the Sun­shine?
  85. When I a Ran­somed Sin­ner See
  86. When Is­ra­el Out of Bond­age Came
  87. When Je­sus Passed Through Jer­i­cho
  88. When Near at Home or Far Away
  89. When Out in the Con­flict for Je­sus My Lord
  90. When Saints of God in Dan­ger Stood
  91. When the Pi­lot Came on Board
  92. When Wear­ied and Bur­dened with Tri­al and Care
  93. Whole World Needs a Sav­ior, The
  94. Why Should I Fear, When My Sav­ior and Lord
  95. Wretched Wan­der­er Far from God, A
  96. You’re Sigh­ing To­day Neath a Bur­den of Care

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