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Love Is the Key

Author: Ethel P. Crippen

[Ethel Mable Perkins Crippen Hill] Born: Cir­ca 1875, Il­li­nois. Ethel mar­ried James B. Crip­pen in 1896 in Li­mo­na, Flor­i­da. She seemed to be liv­ing with her two child­ren, and her mo­ther, Eva M. Per­kins, in 1910 in Los An­ge­les Coun­ty, Cal­i­for­nia. She re­mar­ried to Oman (pos­si­bly Omar) G. Hill be­fore 1920. Ap­par­ent­ly she was still liv­ing in 1955 in Col­ville, Wash­ing­ton. --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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First Line: Love is the key to heaven
Title: Love Is the Key
Author: Ethel P. Crippen (1905)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Glimpses of heaven hidden all around
Publication Date: 1905
Copyright: Public Domain
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The New Christian Hymn Book #64

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