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White As Snow

Author: W. E. Penn Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Come now, and let us reason Refrain First Line: They shall be as white as snow Used With Tune: [Come now, and let us reason]

[Come now, and let us reason]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 34556 55111 61665 Used With Text: White As Snow

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Author: W. E. Penn Hymnal: Harvest Bells No. 2 #44 (1884) First Line: Come now, and let us reason Refrain First Line: They shall be as white as snow Languages: English Tune Title: [Come now, and let us reason]

White As Snow

Author: W. E. Penn Hymnal: Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 #156 (1892) First Line: Come now, and let us reason Refrain First Line: They shall be as white as snow Languages: English Tune Title: [Come now, and let us reason]

Come now, and let us reason

Author: W. E. Penn Hymnal: Sing, Sing, Sing #d6 (1952)

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Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[Come now, and let us reason]" in Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).

W. E. Penn

1832 - 1895 Author of "White As Snow" Penn, William Evander. (Near village of Old Jefferson, Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 11, 1832--April 29, 1895, Eureka Springs, Arkansas). Southern Baptist. Evangelist in Texas and other states, 1875-1895. Compiled three hymnals titled Harvest Bells (1881, 1884, 1887) for use in his meetings. His hymns were primarily revivalistic in emphasis. His finest hymn, "There is a rock in a weary land, Its shadow falls on the burning sand" was paid the compliment of being reworked and issued under the name of Edward Husband in D.B. Towner's Revival Hymns (Chicago, 1905). He and his wife Corilla Frances Sayle adopted three children. Ordained December 4, 1880. --David W. Music, and additional information from the DNAH Archives See: Linder, Michael. (1985). William Evander Penn : his contribution to church music (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. The Life and Labors of Major W. E. Penn. (1896). St. Louis: C. B. Woodward Printing).