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Alexander C. Hopkins

Short Name: Alexander C. Hopkins
Full Name: Hopkins, Alexander C.
Birth Year: 1843
Death Year: 1900

Rv Alexander C Hopkins USA 1843-1900. He pastored a Christian Church in Louisville, KY. He married Mary Louise Broadhurst, and they had seven children: Charles, Clara, Cora, Robert, Louis, John, and Walter. He wrote music for a number of hymn lyrics, and collaborated with hymnwriter, Marshall Kurfees, on the hymn "How blest and how joyous." He died in Kokomo, IN.

John Perry


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Alexander C. Hopkins (17)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[After the voyage and the water's mad riot]Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)251232 12165 15135
ASHLAND (Hopkins)A. C. Hopkins (Composer)155555 66551 12233
[Come, for the banquet is waiting]A. C. Hopkins (Composer)451232 16165 12343
[Each cooing dove and sighing bough] (Hopkins)Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)133236 51342 33327
[Hark, the voice of Jesus crying] (Hopkins)Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)951343 21551 22123
HE CAME FOR MEAlex. C. Hopkins (Composer)333334 51232 44445
[Helmet on and sword in hand]A. C. Hopkins (Composer)213551 35345 33223
[How pleasant thus to dwell below] (Hopkins)A. C. Hopkins (Composer)155331 21665 13125
[Just over beyond, in the city of gold]A. C. Hopkins (Composer)351712 12316 55171
[Knowing our weakness we come to Thee]Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)151233 33217 25712
[Listen to the gospel, telling]Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)151324 35432 11223
[O when shall I dwell in a mansion all bright] (Hopkins)Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)113234 34512 33454
[There's a feast of love in the courts above]A. C. Hopkins (Composer)255123 22345 34555
[There's another call for soldiers]Alex. C. Hopkins (Composer)212333 35543 32222
[How blest and how joyous will be the glad day]Alex C. Hopkins (Composer)813234 34512 33543
[We're marching to the promised land] (Hopkins)A. C. Hopkins (Composer)155555 66665 51122
[When we pass death's silent portals]A. C. Hopkins (Composer)151334 33257 22231
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