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Keep the Wires Clear

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Stop for a while on your busy way
Keep the Wires Clear

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[Stop for a while on your busy way]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James M. Black Incipit: 53332 11655 67123 Used With Text: Keep the Wires Clear
[Stop for a while on your busy way]

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Keep the Wires Clear

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: New Junior Songs #14 (1914) First Line: Stop for a while on your busy way Languages: English Tune Title: [Stop for a while on your busy way]
Keep the Wires Clear
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Keep the Wires Clear

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Songs of Help #156 (1917) First Line: Stop for a while on your busy way Tune Title: [Stop for a while on your busy way]
Keep the Wires Clear

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "Keep the Wires Clear" Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Lizzie De Armond

James M. Black

1856 - 1938 Composer of "[Stop for a while on your busy way]" in Songs of Help James Milton Black USA 1856-1938 Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived,and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal. John Perry
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