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Chas. H. Marsh
1885 - 1956 Person Name: C. H. Marsh Composer of "[Jesus only, when the morning]" in The King's Praises Number 2 Born: April 8, 1886, Magnolia, Iowa.
Died: April 12, 1956, La Jolla, California.
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Brawley, California.
Marsh’s father was pastor of the Congregational Church in Magnolia, Iowa. His gift for the piano was evident at an early age, and after he graduated from high school, Wilbur Chapman asked him to play for the Winona Lake Chautauqua and Bible Conference in Indiana. He later taught at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (1915-19) and the University of Redlands (1919-26). He studied music in France in the 1920’s, and became president of the European School of Music and Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1928 to 1932, he played the organ at the First Presbyterian Church. In 1932, he moved to Florida to become professor of organ at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and to serve as organist and choir director at the First Baptist Church. In 1935, he moved to California, where he worked as district supervisor for the Federal Music Project in San Diego until 1939. He also played the organ and directed the choir at St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla (1936-56).
Sources:
Erickson, pp. 345-46
Hustad, p. 281
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/s/marsh_ch.htm
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Elias Nason
1811 - 1887 Person Name: E. Nason Author of "Jesus Only" in The King's Praises Number 2 Nason, Elias, a Congregational minister, lecturer, and writer, was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts, April 21, 1811, and was educated at Brown University, where he graduated in 1835. He was a teacher in Georgia for some time, and from 1840 to 1849 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Subsequently he entered the Congregational ministry. He is the author of several biographies. In 1855 he published Songs for the School Room; in 1857 his Congregational Hymn Book; and in 1863, in conjunction with Dr. Edward Kirk, Songs for Social and Public Worship. His hymn, "Jesus only, when the morning " (Jesus always), was written at Natick, Massachusetts, about 1856, and was published with music by the author in the Boston Wellspring. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Elias Nason
