George B. Holsinger

Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Town­ship, Bed­ford Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.
Died: No­vem­ber 22, 1908, As­tor­ia, Il­li­nois.

Holsinger was mu­sic di­rect­or of Bridge­wa­ter Coll­ege, Vir­ginia (1882-98), and mu­sic ed­it­or for the Church of the Breth­ren (1898-1908).

His works in­clude:
Song Prais­es (Elgin, Il­li­nois: Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1906)
Psalms and Hymns (as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or)

Lyrics--
I Lift My Heart To­day in Praise
Little Ones Like Me
Not Far from the King­dom of Hea­ven
Our Coun­try’s Needs Are Plead­ing

Music--
BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND
I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS

--hymntime.com/tch