[When your path is smooth and peaceful] (Excell)

[When your path is smooth and peaceful] (Excell)

Composer: E. O. Excell
Published in 9 hymnals


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Composer: E. O. Excell

Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville,… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When your path is smooth and peaceful] (Excell)
Composer: E. O. Excell
Incipit: 34545 45345 62222
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #7486
Text: Will Your Heart Ring True?
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The Cyber Hymnal #7486

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