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Under his wings

Author: Aimee Semple McPherson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Come, now, ye weary and halt and blind

[Come, now, ye weary and halt and blind]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Aimee Semple McPherson Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53451 23432 1 Used With Text: Under His Wings

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Author: A. S. M. Hymnal: Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism #180 (1936) First Line: Come, now, ye weary and halt and blind Languages: English Tune Title: [Come, now, ye weary and halt and blind]

Under his wings

Author: Aimee Semple McPherson Hymnal: Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism #d26 (1943) First Line: Come, now, ye weary and halt and blind Languages: English

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Aimee Semple McPherson

1890 - 1944 Author of "Under his wings" McPherson, Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy Semple. (Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 1890--September 26, 1944, Oakland, California). Foursquare. With no formal education beyond high school this remarkable and controversial woman founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel denomination. Pentacostalist missionary to China, 1917; itinerant Pentacostalist preacher in U.S. 1918-1923; pastor of Angelus Temple (Foursquare), Los Angeles, Calif. 1923-1944. Author of books on the Foursquare Church and composer of five oratorios. Evangelistic zeal is evident in her many published hymns. Full length biographical studies: Thomas, Lately. (1970). Storming heaven : the lives and turmoils of Minnie Kennedy and Aimee Semple McPherson. New York: William Morrow & Co. McPherson, Aimee Semple. (1973). The Story of My Life. Waco, Tex.: Word Books. --Terry W. York, DNAH Archives Letter to the editor from daughter Roberta Semple Salter describes the drive from New York to Los Angeles in 1918. (Smithsonian, November 1980). DNAH Archives