Haldor Lillenas (19 November 1885 – 18 August 1959) was "one of the most important twentieth-century gospel hymn writers and publishers"[1] and is regarded as "the most influential Wesleyan / Holiness songwriter and publisher in the 20th century".[2] Additionally, Lillenas was an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, author, song evangelist, poet, music publisher and prolific hymnwriter, who is estimated to have composed over 4,000 hymns,[3] the most famous being Wonderful Grace of Jesus.[4] In 1931 Lillenas was the producer of Glorious Gospel Songs, the first hymnal for the Church of the Nazarene.[5] In 1982 Lillenas was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.[6]
^Kenneth W. Osbeck, 25 Most Treasured Gospel Hymn Stories (Kregel Publications, 1998):109.
^Keith Schwanz, Satisfied: Women Hymn Writers of the 19th-century Wesleyan/Holiness Movement (Wesleyan/Holiness Women Clergy, Inc, 1998).
^"Haldor Lillenas, 1885-1959". The Cyber Hymnal. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^Kenneth W. Osbeck, 101 More Hymn Stories (Kregel Publications, 1985):315.
^McGraw, 7; William Kostlevy and Gari-Anne Patzwald, eds., Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement (Scarecrow Press, 2001):161.
^"Lillenas Publishing Company", in Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, ed. W.K. McNeil (Routledge, 2005):232.
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