Is There Not a Place for Me?

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Is there not a place for me

Author: E. R. Latta
Tune: [Is there not a place for me]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Is there not a place for me,
Where no evil may o’ertake?
Did not Jesus, in his love,
Come and suffer for my sake?
In that haven of the soul,
Where no waves of trouble roll,
Is there not a place for me?

Refrain:
In that haven of the soul,
Where no waves of trouble roll,
In that haven of the soul,
There will be a place for me.

2 Is there not a place for me,
Where temptations ne’er may try?
Did not Jesus on the cross,
Once for me redemption buy?
In that haven of the soul,
Where no waves of trouble roll,
Is there not a place for me? [Refrain]

3 Is there not a place for me,
When to earth I bid adieu?
Shall I not the saints behold,
And the holy angels, too?
In that haven of the soul,
Where no waves of trouble roll,
Is there not a place for me? [Refrain]

Source: Pearls of Praise #5

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Author: E. R. Latta

Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being wi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Is there not a place for me
Title:	Is There Not a Place for Me?
Author:	E. R. Latta
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	In that haven of the soul
Publication Date:	1893
Copyright:	Public Domain