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All the Way Home

Author: J. R. Baxter Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I have Jesus to guide me while crossing over the dark foam Refrain First Line: All the way homeward

[I have Jesus to guide me while crossing o'er the dark foam]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: V. O. Fossett Used With Text: All the Way Home

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Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Better Songs #112 (1950) First Line: I have Jesus to guide me while crossing o'er the dark foam Refrain First Line: All way homeward Languages: English Tune Title: [I have Jesus to guide me while crossing o'er the dark foam]

All the Way Home

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Fossett's Inspirational Melodies #116 (1952) First Line: I have Jesus to guide me while crossing o'er the dark foam Refrain First Line: All the way homeward Languages: English Tune Title: [I have Jesus to guide me while crossing o'er the dark foam]

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J. R. Baxter

1887 - 1960 Author of "All the Way Home" Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sunrise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Savior, Too I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim I’m Living in Canaan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Happens Travel the Sunlit Way Try Jesus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

V. O. Fossett

1904 - 1964 Composer of "[I have Jesus to guide me while crossing o'er the dark foam]" in Better Songs Died: December 20, 1964. Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include: Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952) --www.hymntime.com/tch/