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Our Praise in Song #191
Display Title: I'm over in Canaan now First Line: Let us go and possess the land Author: H. L. Gilmour Date: 1893
Our Praise in Song #191
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Living in Canaan
Let us go and possess the land
Author: Henry L. GilmourTune: [Let us go and possess the land]
Published in 4 hymnals
Author: Henry L. Gilmour
Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leade… Go to person page >Instances
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Praise in Song #191
Display Title: Living in Canaan First Line: Let us go and possess the land Tune Title: [Let us go and possess the land] Author: H. L. Gilmour Date: 1893
Praise in Song #191
Songs of Love and Praise #149
Display Title: Living in Canaan First Line: Let us go and possess the land Tune Title: [Let us go and possess the land] Author: H. L. Gilmour Date: 1894
Songs of Love and Praise #149
The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) #207
Display Title: Living in Canaan First Line: Let us go and possess the land Tune Title: [Let us go and possess the land] Author: H. L. Gilmour Date: 1903
The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) #207
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