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| Short Name: | C. Whitney Coombs |
| Full Name: | Coombs, C. Whitney (Charles Whitney), 1859-1940 |
| Birth Year: | 1859 |
| Death Year: | 1940 |
Coombs, Charles Whitney, author of "Long years ago, o'er Bethlehem's hills" (Christmas Carol), was born at Bucksport, Me., in 1859. He was organist of the American Church at Dresden, Saxony, for a time, and since 1892 of the Church of the Holy Communion, N.Y. His carol was included in the Methodist Hymnal, 1905. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by C. Whitney Coombs (2) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long years ago over Bethlehem's hills | C. Whitney Coombs (Author) | English | 1 |
| O saints of old, not yours alone | C. Whitney Coombs (Author) | English | 1 |
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