Search Results

Whatsoever I Can for Jesus

Author: Eden Reade Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I hear the voice of Jesus say, Why stand ye idle all the day? Refrain First Line: I will labor late and early

[I hear the voice of Jesus say]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Incipit: 12333 33213 45555 Used With Text: Whatsoe'er I Can for Jesus

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: The Voice of Joy #12 (1882) First Line: I hear the voice of Jesus say Refrain First Line: I will labor late and early Languages: English Tune Title: [I hear the voice of Jesus say]

Whatsoe'er I Can for Jesus

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs of Rejoicing #20 (1888) First Line: I hear the voice of Jesus say Refrain First Line: I will labor late and early Languages: English Tune Title: [I hear the voice of Jesus say]

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reade Latta Author of "Whatsoever I Can for Jesus" 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

J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Composer of "[I hear the voice of Jesus say]" in Songs of Rejoicing James Holmes Rosecrans studied at the Baxter University of Music in Friendship, New York. After teaching for two years, he joined the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teaching music in Douglas County, Colorado. In 1884, was an evangelist in California, and later was associated with evangelistic efforts in Texas, and taught music and Bible at Carlton College in Bonham, Texas. He published over 20 music collections in his lifetime. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)