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Where Jesus Is

Author: Eden Reeder Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When done with earth and earthly things Refrain First Line: I want to go where Jesus is

[When done with earth and earthly things]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. M. Ragle Incipit: 13111 77135 55544 Used With Text: Where Jesus Is

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Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: New Songs of Victory #50 (1911) First Line: When done with earth and earthly things Refrain First Line: I want to go where Jesus is Languages: English Tune Title: [When done with earth and earthly things]

Where Jesus is

Author: Eden Reade Latta Hymnal: The Loyal Light No. 1 #d65 (1907) First Line: When does with earth and earthly things Refrain First Line: I want to go where Jesus is

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reeder Latta Author of "Where Jesus Is" 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