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The Bible

Author: Belle M. Watson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We have a book, a precious book Refrain First Line: O, yes, we have the Bible

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[We have a book, a precious book]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Incipit: 55576 51321 16533 Used With Text: The Bible

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The Bible

Author: Belle M. Watson Hymnal: Junior Hymns #73 (1914) First Line: We have a book, a precious book Refrain First Line: Oh, yes, we have the Bible! Languages: English Tune Title: [We have a book, a precious book]

The Bible

Author: B. M. Watson Hymnal: Children's Praise and Worship #d181 (1928) First Line: We have a book, a precious book Refrain First Line: O, yes, we have the Bible Languages: English

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Belle M. Watson

Author of "The Bible"

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Composer of "[We have a book, a precious book]" in Junior Hymns Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on Au­gust 26, 1869 in Al­bany, Il­li­nois. Byers’ mo­ther was song writer Nancy By­ers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel War­ner & Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work; later joined the Gos­pel Trump­et pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evan­gel­ist and pastor in Ida­ho & Or­e­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works in­clude: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and La­bors of D. S. War­ner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.
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