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Hymnal, Number:ccv21960

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Hymnals

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Cherub Choir

Publication Date: 1960 Publisher: Singspiration / Zondervan Publication Place: Grand Rapids, Mich. Editors: A. B. Brown; Singspiration; Zondervan

Texts

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Gideon had the Lord

Author: John W. Peterson Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Brave Gideon had three hundred

He's my friend, Jesus is my

Author: Harold Deal Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Earthly friends are many

Instances

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Gideon had the Lord

Author: John W. Peterson Hymnal: CCV21960 #d1 (1960) First Line: Brave Gideon had three hundred Languages: English

Children's voices speak of Jesus

Author: John W. Peterson Hymnal: CCV21960 #d2 (1960) Languages: English

He's my friend, Jesus is my

Author: Harold Deal Hymnal: CCV21960 #d3 (1960) First Line: Earthly friends are many Languages: English

People

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John W. Peterson

1921 - 2006 Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "Gideon had the Lord" in Cherub Choir

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel B. Towner Hymnal Number: d5 Author of "We thank our heavenly Father" in Cherub Choir Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal Number: d6 Author of "Loving and giving" in Cherub Choir Pseudonym: Li­die H. Ed­munds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)