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Author: Major R. Slater Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, why longer linger, sinner, in thy sadness? Refrain First Line: The Lord will be gracious to every penitent heart Used With Tune: [Oh, why longer linger, sinner, in thy sadness?]

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[Oh, why longer linger, sinner, in thy sadness?]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Bandsman Alex. Edwards Incipit: 53234 32123 15671 Used With Text: The Lord Will Be Gracious

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The Lord Will Be Gracious

Author: Major R. Slater Hymnal: One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music #97 (1899) First Line: Oh, why longer linger, sinner, in thy sadness? Refrain First Line: The Lord will be gracious to every penitent heart Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, why longer linger, sinner, in thy sadness?]

The Lord will be gracious

Author: Richard Slater Hymnal: One Hundred Favorite Songs of the Salvation Army #d107 (1893) First Line: O why linger, linger, sinner

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Richard Slater

1854 - 1939 Person Name: Major R. Slater Author of "The Lord Will Be Gracious" in One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music Library of Congress name authority Sources: found: The musical Salvationist, 2011: t.p. (Richard Slater; 1854-1939) p. 32, etc. (b. June 7, 1854 in Clerkenwell; worked in the Salvation Army's Musical Dept. from 1883 until his retirement in 1913; was the principal Salvationist composer, arranger and musical editor of the period; awarded the Order of the Founder, the highest honour bestowed to Salvationists, in 1923; d. Dec. 7, 1939)

Alexander Edwards

Person Name: Bandsman Alex. Edwards Composer of "[Oh, why longer linger, sinner, in thy sadness?]" in One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music Was a bandsman in the Savlation Army