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Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Jesus came from His home above Used With Tune: [Jesus came from His home above]

[Jesus came from His home above]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. W. Combs Incipit: 15651 12315 65654 Used With Text: Jesus

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Jesus Will Take Me Home

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Zion's Call #83 (1944) First Line: Jesus came from His home above Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus came from His home above]

Jesus

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Silver Trumpets #45 (1952) First Line: Jesus came from His home above Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus came from His home above]

Jesus

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Gospel Song Jewels No. 2 #55 (1951) First Line: Jesus came from His home above Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus came from His home above]

1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Author of "Jesus" in Gospel Song Jewels No. 2 Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sunrise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Savior, Too I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim I’m Living in Canaan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Happens Travel the Sunlit Way Try Jesus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

William Walker Combs

1883 - 1974 Person Name: W. W. Combs Composer of "[Jesus came from His home above]" in Gospel Song Jewels No. 2 Born: June 1883, Locust Grove, Georgia. Died: Date unknown; the 1940 census shows him in Dallas, Texas. Combs’ parents were William McCollough Combs & Mary Elizabeth Walker Combs. He married Florence Bowman in 1909. His works include: The Voice in Singing: Its Care and Development, 1938 Modern Music Reader (Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, 1939) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)