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Why Do I Sing About Jesus

Author: Albert Allen Ketchum Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Why do I sing about Jesus? (Chorus)

[Why do I sing about Jesus?]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Albert Allen Ketchum Hymnal Title: Favorite Hymns No. 2 Incipit: 56712 36227 62765 Used With Text: Why Do I Sing About Jesus

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Author: Albert Allen Ketchum Hymnal: Favorite Hymns No. 2 #293 (1942) Hymnal Title: Favorite Hymns No. 2 First Line: Why do I sing about Jesus? Languages: English Tune Title: [Why do I sing about Jesus?]

Why do I sing about Jesus

Author: Albert Allen Ketchum Hymnal: Sing Unto the Lord #d142 (1950) Hymnal Title: Sing Unto the Lord

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Albert Allen Ketchum

1894 - 1982 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Why Do I Sing About Jesus" Little is known about Albert Allen Ketchum, except that he was once a student at Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, and lived at one time in Long Beach, California. While attending Moody in the early 1920′s, he wrote the words and music for a gospel song called, "Why Do I Sing About Jesus?" It was one of 12 or 15 songs he submitted to Harry Dixon Clarke for publication. --wordwisehymns.com/2010/02/12/ ============== In the 1940′s, Ketchum was associated with Delco Products Co. in Los Angeles, CA, and lived in nearby Long Beach, but little else is known about him, including the time and place of his death, other than that he flourished in the early twentieth century. --hymnstudiesblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/13