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[Bei dir, Jesu, will ich bleiben]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Max Weiss Incipit: 34545 65434 23434 Used With Text: Bei dir, Jesu, will ich bleiben

Bei dir, Jesu, will ich bleiben

Appears in 60 hymnals Refrain First Line: Du allein sollst es sein Used With Tune: [Bei dir, Jesu, will ich bleiben]

To Thee, Jesus, I am Coming

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: To thee, Jesus I am coming Refrain First Line: Lord, be mine, make me thine Used With Tune: [To thee, Jesus I am coming]

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Bei dir, Jesu, will ich bleiben

Hymnal: Perlen und Blüthen #15 (1890) Refrain First Line: Du allein sollst es sein Languages: German Tune Title: [Bei dir, Jesu, will ich bleiben]

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: The New Song #162 (1891) First Line: To thee, Jesus I am coming Refrain First Line: Lord, be mine, make me thine Languages: English Tune Title: [To thee, Jesus I am coming]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "To Thee, Jesus, I am Coming" in The New Song 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