A singular case of the same tune originating in the brain of both author and composer is presented in the history of this hymn of Rev. William Ellsworth Witter, D.D., born in La Grange, N.Y., Dec. 9, 1854. He wrote the hymn in the autumn of 1878, while teaching a district school near his home. The first line-- While Jesus whispers to you, --came to him during a brief turn of outdoor work by the roadside and presently grew to twenty-four lines. Soon after, Prof. Horatio Palmer, knowing Witter to be a verse writer, invited him to contribute a hymn to a book he had in preparation, and this hymn was sent. Dr. Palmer set it to music, it soon entered into several collections, and Mr. Sankey sang it in England at the Moody meetings. Dr. Witter gives this curious testimony, "While I cannot sing myself, though very fond of music, the hymn sang itself to me by the roadside _in almost the exact tune given to it by Professor Palmer_." Which proves that Professor Palmer had the feeling of the hymn--and that the maker of a true hymn has at least a sub-consciousness of its right tune, though he may be neither a musician nor a poet. While Jesus whispers to you, Come, sinner, come! While we are praying for you, Come, sinner, come! Now is the time to own Him, Come, sinner, come! Now is the time to know Him, Come, sinner, come! "ONE MORE DAY'S WORK FOR JESUS." The writer of this hymn was Miss Anna Warner, one of the well-known "Wetherell Sisters," joint authors of _The Wide World_, _Queechy_, and a numerous succession of healthful romances very popular in the middle and later years of the last century. Her own pen name is "Amy Lothrop," under which she has published many religious poems, hymns and other varieties of literary work. She was born in 1820, at Martlaer, West Point, N.Y., where she still resides. One more day's work for Jesus, One less of life for me: But heaven is nearer, And Christ is dearer Than yesterday to me. His love and light Fill all my soul tonight. REFRAIN:-- One more day's work for Jesus, (_ter_) One less of life for me. The hymn has five stanzas all expressing the gentle fervor of an active piety loving service: _THE TUNE_ was composed by the Rev. Robert Lowry, and first published in _Bright Jewels_. THE GOSPEL HYMNS. These popular religious songs have been criticised as "degenerate psalmody" but those who so style them do not seem to consider the need that made them.