[There is a safe and secret place] (Wilson)

[There is a safe and secret place] (Wilson)

Composer: Ira B. Wilson
Published in 3 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Ira B. Wilson

Ira Bishop Wilson, 1880-1950 Born: Sep­tem­ber 6, 1880, Bed­ford, Io­wa. Died: Ap­ril 3, 1950, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia. Buried: For­est Lawn Me­mor­i­al Park, Glen­dale, Cal­i­for­nia. Pseudonym: Fred B. Hol­ton. Wilson’s sis­ter taught him to play the vi­o­lin and or­gan while still at home. Around 1902, Ira be­gan stu­dies at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. In 1905, he went to work for the Lorenz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny in Day­ton, Ohio. His com­po­si­tions ap­peared in The Choir Lead­er and The Choir Her­ald; he al­so served as ed­it­or in chief of The Vol­un­teer Choir. His works in­clude: The King’s Mes­sage, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (N… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There is a safe and secret place] (Wilson)
Composer: Ira B. Wilson
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain
Incipit: 33355 12332 2321
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

There Is a Safe and Secret Place

There is a safe and secret place,
Beneath the wings Divine,
Reserved for all the heirs of grace;
O be that refuge mine!

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Instances

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #484

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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