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E. M. Long

Short Name: E. M. Long
Full Name: Long, E. M. (Edwin McKean), 1827-1894
Birth Year: 1827
Death Year: 1894

A minister, Long wrote:

Illustrated History of Hymns and Their Authors (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: P. W. Ziegler and Company, 1876)

Lyrics:
Draw Me, Savior, Nearer

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/n/long_em.htm


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