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Shall I be there with saints to stand

Author: Eden Reade Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Shall I be there when the roll is called

[Shall I be there when the roll is call'd]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Bryant Incipit: 12333 34555 32111 Used With Text: When the Roll Is Called

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Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs and Praises #73 (1899) First Line: Shall I be there when the roll is call'd Refrain First Line: Shall I be there with saints to stand Languages: English Tune Title: [Shall I be there when the roll is call'd]

Shall I be there with saints to stand

Author: Eden Reade Latta Hymnal: Revival and Prohibition Songs #d82 (1903) First Line: Shall I be there when the roll is called

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "When the Roll Is Called" in Songs and Praises 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