Come to the Sabbath School

Come to the Sabbath School

Author: George W. Bungay
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: George W. Bungay

Born: July 22, 1818, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, England. Died: July 10, 1892, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Bungay moved to America at age nine. As a young man, he married Louise Whitney of New York City, with whom he had five children. After her death, he taught school in Canada, later moved to Buffalo, New York, then founded the Independent newspaper in Ilion, New York. When the paper moved to Utica, New York, it was renamed the Central Independent. Bungay also wrote for New York Tribune under Horace Greeley, and edited the weekly journal Metropolitan. In 1849, Bungay married Cath­er­ine Her­ki­mer, and had three children with her. Bungay was a well known lecturer, poet, abolitionist, and temperance advocate. He worked in the New Yo… Go to person page >

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First Line: Come to the Sabbath School
Author: George W. Bungay
Refrain First Line: Fond hearts are beating
Publication Date: 1860
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

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Sabbath School Bell No. 2 #102

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