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Lead Me Home

Author: Mrs. A. L. Davison Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: I know not where the pathway lies Used With Tune: [I know not where the pathway lies]
Lead Me Home

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[I know not where the pathway lies]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. T. Porter Incipit: 55333 43221 11121 Used With Text: Lead Me Home
[I know not where the pathway lies]

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Lead Me Home

Author: Mrs. A. L. Davison Hymnal: Joy and Gladness #108 (1880) First Line: I know not where the pathway lies Languages: English Tune Title: [I know not where the pathway lies]
Lead Me Home

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Mrs. A. L. Davison

1851 - 1887 Person Name: Fannie E. Davison Author of "Lead Me Home" Fannie Estelle Davison Born: 1851, Cuy­a­ho­ga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Buried: Carth­age, Mis­sou­ri. Fannie’s fa­ther was killed when she was 10 years old; af­ter her mo­ther’s re­mar­ri­age to ho­tel­i­er Hen­ry War­ner, the fam­i­ly moved to Carth­age, Mis­sou­ri. Fan­nie mar­ried court re­port­er Asa Lee Da­vis­on and they moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, then Ma­di­son, Wis­con­sin. Sev­er­al of her songs ap­peared in pub­li­ca­tions from the Fill­more Bro­thers of Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in­clud­ing Songs of Gra­ti­tude (1877), Joy and Glad­ness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
Mrs. A. L. Davison

W. T. Porter

Composer of "[I know not where the pathway lies]" in Joy and Gladness
W. T. Porter
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