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[Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Emmett S. Dean Incipit: 56512 32312 32121 Used With Text: Over There

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Over There

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh Refrain First Line: Over there in that land of rest Used With Tune: [Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh]

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Over There

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: New Victory #a104 (1918) First Line: Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh Refrain First Line: Over there in that land of rest Languages: English Tune Title: [Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh]
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Over There

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Victory #104 (1918) First Line: Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh Refrain First Line: Over there in that land of rest Languages: English Tune Title: [Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh]

Over There

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Hymns of Praise #432 (1978) First Line: Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh Tune Title: [Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh]

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Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Author of "Over There" in Victory Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry

Emmett S. Dean

1876 - 1951 Composer of "[Beautiful homes the Saviour maketh]" in Victory Born: June 29, 1876, Con­e­cuh Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma. Died: October 8, 1951, Wa­co, Tex­as. Buried: Oak­wood Cem­e­tery, Wa­co, Tex­as. A Meth­od­ist, Dean taught sing­ing schools for 40 years, wrote some 500 songs, and for four years head­ed the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny. With Frank­lin Ei­land and Ho­mer El­li­ott, he found­ed the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal Mu­sic School in Wa­co, Tex­as. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
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