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One Grand Day

Author: Percy B. Crawford Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: One grand day, yes it was one grand day Used With Tune: [One grand day, yes it was one grand day]

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[One grand day, yes it was one grand day]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wendell P. Loveless Incipit: 55556 51235 54644 Used With Text: One Grand Day

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One Grand Day

Author: Percy B. Crawford Hymnal: The King's Songs #174 (1939) First Line: One grand day, yes it was one grand day Languages: English Tune Title: [One grand day, yes it was one grand day]

One Grand Day

Author: Percy B. Crawford Hymnal: Mount Hermon Melodies, book two #59 (1944) First Line: One grand day, yes it was one grand day Languages: English Tune Title: [One grand day, yes it was one grand day]

One Grand Day

Author: Percy B. Crawford Hymnal: Radio Songs and Choruses #66 (1951) First Line: One grand day, yes it was one grand day Languages: English Tune Title: [One grand day, yes it was one grand day]

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Wendell P. Loveless

1892 - 1987 Composer of "[One grand day, yes it was one grand day]" in The King's Songs Rv Wendell Phillips Loveless USA 1892-1987, Born in Wheaton, IL, he first engaged in business in Chicago. In 1914 he became a member of an entertainment group that toured the U.S. on the Chatauqua circuit. Spending six years with the group he learned voice, piano, dramatics, and MC duties, later managing the group. He later used these talents in Christian ministry. In 1917 he married Velma Stone, and they had three children: Robert, David, and Wendell Jr. He was a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps during WWI. He was converted through reading the Bible at home. He joined the Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in 1926, first as business manager of the extension department. He later became director of the Moody Bible Institute radio station WMBI in Chicago from 1926-1947. He then became an itinerant Bible teacher. He later pastored the Wheaton Evangelical Free Church, Community Church in Boca Raton, FL, and First Chinese Church of Christ in Honolulu, HI, continuing his radio ministry in the last two locations (also managing station KAIM Honolulu). In 1960 he assigned all his copyrights to Hope Publishing Company. He wrote popular songs and choruses, many found in hymnals published by Hope, and some translated into other languages. He authored several books: “Glimpses of Christ n Psalm IX” (1937); “Sunrise meditations” (1940); “New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #3” (1940); New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #4” (1942); “Little talks on great words” (1942?); “Christ and the believer in the Song of Songs” (1945); “Plain talks on practical truths” (1945); “New sunrise meditations” (1945); “Manual of gospel broadcasting” (1946); “Plain talks on Romans” (1946); “New radio songs & choruses of the gospel #5” (1946). He died in Honolulu, HI. He was an author, compiler, performer, editor, narrator, composer, actor, and writer. John Perry

Percy B. Crawford

1902 - 1960 Author of "One Grand Day" in The King's Songs
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