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I Take Thee at Thy Word
Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Thro' waters deep and dark Refrain First Line: That voice of promise sweet Used With Tune: [Thro' waters deep and dark]
I Take Thee at Thy Word
[Thro' waters deep and dark]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. W. Bischoff Incipit: 51173 32217 66565 Used With Text: I Take Thee at Thy Word
[Thro' waters deep and dark]
I Take Thee at Thy Word
Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Hymnal #50 (1878) First Line: Thro' waters deep and dark Refrain First Line: That voice of promise sweet Languages: English Tune Title: [Thro' waters deep and dark]
I Take Thee at Thy Word
I take thee at thy word
Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Precious Jewels #22 (1878) First Line: Thro' waters deep and dark Refrain First Line: That voice of promise sweet
I take thee at thy word
E. R. Latta
1839 - 1915 Author of "I Take Thee at Thy Word" in Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Hymnal 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.
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E. R. Latta
J. W. Bischoff
1850 - 1909 Composer of "[Thro' waters deep and dark]" in Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Hymnal John W. Bischoff was born in 1849, became blind at the age of two years, came to the Congregational Church as organist and choir-director at the age of twenty-five, and remained thirty-five years up to the date of his death on Memorial Day, May 30, 1909. He was a prolific composer, most of his work being of the lyric style. In his first book, Crystal Songs, compiled in 1877 with the assistance of Otis F. Presbrey, there are thirty-two tunes of his compoistion. During many years of his service he provided music loves with a series of monthly concerts, at which a high grade of music was rendered.
American writers and compilers of sacred music by Frank J. Metcalf (New York; Cincinnati: Abingdon Press, 1925)
J. W. Bischoff
