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 (1884-86), and as pre­si­dent of Le­ba­non Val­ley Coll­ege, Ann­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia (1886-88). He lat­er found­ed the Lo­renz and Com­pa­ny mu­sic pub­lish­ing house in Day­ton, Ohio. His works in­clude:

• Gates of Praise, with Isai­ah Balt­zell (Day­ton, Ohio: W. J. Shu­ey, 1880)
• Songs of the Cross, (Day­ton, Ohio: Unit­ed Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1876)
• Heavenly Car­ols, with Isai­ah Balt­zell (Day­ton, Ohio: W. J. Shu­ey, 1878)
• Francis Mur­phy’s Gos­pel Tem­per­ance Hym­nal, with Jer­e­mi­ah Ran­kin (New York: A. S. Barnes & Com­pa­ny, 1878)
• 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)
• Missionary Songs (Day­ton, Ohio: W. J. Shu­ey, 1895)
• Spirit and Life No. 2 (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz & Com­pa­ny, 1896)
• Riches of Grace (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz & Com­pa­ny, 1897)
• The Mas­ter’s Call (Day­ton, Ohio: Unit­ed Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1902)
• 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. 360-61

1. All Along Life’s Jour­ney
2. All Ye His Works
3. Alleluia, Song of Glad­ness
4. Amid the Tri­als Which I Meet
5. Angels Are Near Us
6. Are You Fill­ing the World with Re­joic­ing and Cheer?
7. Are You Seek­ing for the Truth?
8. Are You Wea­ry, Are You Hea­vy Heart­ed?
9. Arise and Shine
10. As You Wan­der As­tray
11. Behold, a Ra­di­ance From the Cross
12. Birds Are All Sing­ing, The
13. Bless the Lord Above
14. Bringing Peace and Glad­ness
15. Budding Hopes Shall Blos­som Forth
16. By the Grace of God Re­newed
17. Children, What Is Your Song Today?
18. Christ, the Rock, Stands Fast
19. Come, Let Us All Unite to Sing
20. Come to the Cross Where the Sav­ior Died
21. Come to the Sun­day School
22. Cry Rings Out o’er All the Land, The
23. Dark May Seem the Path
24. Dark the Sha­dows Round Them Fall
25. Day and Night Thou Lord Art
26. Death Re­joic­ing o’er His Prey
27. Do You Slum­ber in Your Tent?
28. Down in the Church­yard Robed in Dai­sies
29. Dwell in My Heart, Dear Sav­ior
30. Everywhere the Leaves Are Danc­ing
31. Far Away, in For­eign Clime
32. Far, Far Over the Sea
33. Fearing No Evil
34. Fill with Lof­ty Praise
35. Garnered Sheaves
36. God Help­ing Me, I’ll Do No Evil
37. Hail Ye the King, as He Comes
38. Happy the Day Re­turn­ing Year By Year
39. Having Wan­dered Far Away
40. Hear, Oh Hear Him Now
41. Hear the Batt­le Shout
42. Hear the Mer­ry Mu­sic Ring­ing
43. Hear the Mu­sic Ring­ing, Ring­ing
44. Hear the Shout of Tri­umph
45. Hear the Song of the Throng
46. Hear the Tramp of the Mil­lions of the Earth
47. Hear Ye Not the Voice of Je­sus?
48. Help Me, Sav­ior, More Each Day
49. He’s the Dear­est Friend to Me
50. Holy Je­sus, Ten­der Shep­herd
51. Horror and Fear Lay up­on the Tomb
52. How Can We Show Our Love to Him?
53. How Full of Cheer Life’s Sun­ny Day
54. I Am Look­ing, Lord, for Thy Par­don­ing Face
55. I Am Safe, What­e­ver May Be­tide Me
56. I Am Walk­ing with the Sav­ior
57. I Have Cho­sen the Bet­ter Part
58. I Have Found a Dear Sav­ior
59. I Have Found a Friend Abid­ing!
60. I Have Found a Peace Abid­ing
61. I Have Found Re­pose for My Wea­ry Soul
62. I Heard a Hap­py Birdie Sing
63. I Love to Be Where Sac­red
64. I Stand in Amaze and Won­der
65. I Will Jour­ney on with Je­sus
66. In Joy­ful High and Ho­ly Lays
67. In Lands Where Sin’s Dark­ness Doth Low­er
68. In My Soul Oft Rises
69. In Ocean Deep, on Moun­tain Tall
70. In That Land of Joy and Song
71. In the Cross of Christ Is All Our Glo­ry
72. In the Hol­low of God’s Hand
73. In the Le­gion So Brave
74. In This World of Sin and Woe
75. In Vain in High and Ho­ly Lays
76. Jesus Is My Joy To­day
77. Jesus, Weep­ing o’er the Wan­der­er
78. Jewels for the King of Glo­ry
79. Joy Su­preme My Soul Has Found
80. Lead Me to Je­sus
81. Let the An­gel Hosts on High
82. Let the Light of Life Now Shine
83. Let Us Sing the Praise of Je­sus
84. Let Us Walk in the Way of the Lord
85. Life Is Full of Hea­vy Bur­dens
86. Like Child­ren in the Tem­ple
87. Like the Sound of Ma­ny Wat­ers
88. Little Ones Sing­ing Sweet
89. Lord Has Long Been Wait­ing, The
90. Lord Is Good and Kind Al­way, The
91. Lord Is Kind, The
92. Many Lit­tle Child­ren Sing No Songs of Joy
93. Master’s Call, The
94. Message Blest Again Re­peat, The
95. My Bo­dy, Mind and Spir­it
96. My Sav­ior with Me Is Abid­ing
97. My Soul Is Filled with Glad­ness
98. Neath the Shade of Its Trees
99. O How Love­ly and How True
100. O Je­sus, Per­fect Sav­ior
101. O the Hour of Pray­er Is Bright
102. O the Peace of God, How It Thrills My Soul
103. O the Peace That Fills My Soul
104. O What a Les­son We All May Learn
105. O What a Won­der­ful Sav­ior
106. O Why Do Wait, Why Long­er?
107. O’er the Earth the Shout
108. O’er the Tur­moil of Earth
109. O’er the World of Sin, with Its Suf­fer­ing Souls
110. Oft I’ve Heard the Bless­ed News
111. Only a Word for Je­sus
112. Open Are the Arms of Je­sus
113. Open Your Heart to the Spir­it’s Ent­reat­ing
114. Oppressed with Grief and with Bur­dens Sore
115. Out in the Moun­tains of Sin and of Shame
116. Over the Hills Notes Di­vine
117. Rejoice in the Lord, Let Your Joy Abound
118. Rest up­on Us Now, O Ho­ly Spir­it
119. Riches of Earth I May Not See
120. Roses So Red, Ros­es So Fair
121. Sabbath Hours Are End­ing, The
122. Safe From All the World’s Alarms
123. Safe With­in the Fold
124. Saved By the Blood
125. Savior Loves Us, The
126. Searching the Scrip­tures
127. Send Us a Sav­ior, Hear the Na­tions Cry
128. Shades of Des­pair Have De­part­ed, The
129. Sin Again Shall Be My Mas­ter
130. Sleeper, Awake, the Sun Is High
131. Some Day the Veil Will Be Lift­ed
132. Springtime Days May Lose Their Beau­ty, The
133. Straight Is the Gate, and Nar­row the Way
134. Sweet Is the Mes­sage the Word of God Brings
135. Swiftly the Years Like the Clouds Pass Us By
136. Swing the Lil­ies, White Eas­ter Lil­ies!
137. There’s a Voice of Ten­der Love
138. There’s Pow­er in Je­sus’ Blood
139. This Is the Mot­to We All Would Obey
140. This World Is Not All Wild­er­ness
141. Thou Know­est, Lord, I Would Love Thee
142. Thou Think­est, Lord, of Me
143. Though Hearts Are Oft­en Wea­ry
144. Though I Tread a Path of Dark­est Night
145. Though Oft I Stray From My Lord Away
146. Though Our Life Be Full of Tri­al
147. Thro’ All Our Days We Sing God’s Praise
148. ’Tis a Fount of Plea­sure
149. ’Tis a Lamp un­to My Feet
150. ’Tis a Ve­ry Pret­ty Place Is This
151. ’Tis Je­sus in the Morn­ing
152. Under Sweet Com­pul­sion of a Lov­ing Heart
153. Voices of Mirth Awake to Glad­ness
154. Wages of Sin Is Death, The
155. Wake, Arm of the Spir­it
156. Wake the Voice of Glad­ness
157. Walk with the Sav­ior, Make His
158. Watch and Pray, When Sa­tan Tempts Thee
159. We Are Rest­ing in Peace
160. We Are the Lambs, How Bless­ed Is the Pro­mise
161. We Have En­tered Roy­al Ser­vice
162. We Have Found a Gold­en Task
163. We Have Heard a Voice of Glad­ness
164. We Have Heard Thy Call, Bless­ed Sav­ior
165. We Praise Thee and Bless Thee
166. Well We Know the Shep­herd’s Voice
167. What a Sav­ior Meek and Mild
168. What Friend Have We
169. What Glad­ness and Joy Now My Soul Hath Found
170. What Though Life’s Mys­ter­ies Sur­round
171. What Though the Dark­ness Sur­round
172. Whate’er Our Place or Sta­tion
173. When Earth and Sea Take Up
174. When Eve­ry Pow­er with Heart
175. When Gloomy Clouds Be­set the Sky
176. When Has Come the Day of Crown­ing
177. When I Walk Through the Val­ley of Sha­dow and Gloom
178. When I Walked with My Lord in the Sun­shine
179. When the Aw­ful Judg­ment Day
180. When the Week of Toil Is Over
181. When Thou Hast Sown the Pre­cious Seed
182. Where the Sav­ior Leads His Own
183. Why Do You Ling­er Long­er?
184. Why Mid Dan­gers Stray­ing
185. Why Should We Praise Him?
186. Winter Gloom and Dread Is Past, The
187. Winter Reigns No More, The
188. With Eve­ry Pow­er with Heart and Soul
189. With Hosts Re­deemed to Walk
190. Winning Souls for the Mas­ter
191. With Swift Winged Feet the Mo­ments Fly
192. Wonderful Blood, The
193. Wonderful Go­spel of Je­sus
194. You Have Heard the Mes­sage of Peace
195. Youth Is the Seed Time

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