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Bring Back the Wanderers

Author: Eden R. Latta Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: Tenderly he calls them Used With Tune: [Bring back the wanderers]
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[Bring back the wanderers]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. E. Lorenz Incipit: 54565 31171 65465 Used With Text: Bring Back the Wanderers
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Bring Back the Wanderers

Author: Eden R. Latta Hymnal: Notes of Triumph #61 (1886) Refrain First Line: Tenderly he calls them Topics: Activity; Invitation Languages: English Tune Title: [Bring back the wanderers]
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Bring Back the Wanderers

Author: Eden R. Latta Hymnal: Notes of Triumph #61 (1891) Refrain First Line: Tenderly he calls them Languages: English Tune Title: [Bring back the wanderers]
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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden R. Latta Author of "Bring Back the Wanderers" in Notes of Triumph Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry
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D. E. Lorenz

1862 - 1941 Composer of "[Bring back the wanderers]" in Notes of Triumph Lorenz, Daniel Edward. (Canal Fulton, Ohio, 1862--February 27, 1941, New York City). Younger brother of Edmund Simon Lorenz. He was a Presbyterian minister in New York City. He took many tours abroad and wrote several travel books. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
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