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[Hear the invitation one and all]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. F. Myers Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55131 35556 54454 Used With Text: Whosoever Will, May Come
[Hear the invitation one and all]

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Whosoever Will, May Come

Author: D. E. Dortch Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Hear the invitation one and all Refrain First Line: Whosoever, Whosoever, Whosoever will may come Topics: Young Peoples Societies; Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions; Invitation Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Used With Tune: [Hear the invitation one and all]
Whosoever Will, May Come

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Whosoever Will, May Come

Author: D. E. Dortch Hymnal: The Search Light #5 (1894) First Line: Hear the invitation one and all Refrain First Line: Whosoever, Whosoever, Whosoever will may come Topics: Young Peoples Societies; Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions; Invitation Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the invitation one and all]
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Whosoever Will May Come

Author: D. E. Dortch Hymnal: Hymns of Victory #39 (1905) First Line: Hear the invitation one and all Refrain First Line: Whosoever, whosoever Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the invitation one and all]
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Whosoever Will May Come

Author: D. E. Dortch Hymnal: Dortch's Gospel Voices No. 1 #41 (1900) First Line: Hear the invitation one and all Refrain First Line: Whosoever, whosoever Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the invitation one and all]
Whosoever Will May Come

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D. E. Dortch

1851 - 1928 Author of "Whosoever Will, May Come" in The Search Light Born: March 5, 1851, The­ta, Ten­nes­see. Died: No­vem­ber 9/11, 1928, Ten­nes­see. Buried: Rose Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see. Dortch was teach­ing mu­sic in Mau­ry, Ten­ness­ee, in 1880, and was work­ing as an evan­gel­ist by 1886. His works in­clude: Tid­ings of Joy (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: 1878) National Tid­ings of Joy (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1878) Gospel Mel­o­dies, with Will­iam Dale & Charles Pol­lock (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­lish­ing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893) Choice Songs (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1894) Gospel Voic­es (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: South-West­ern Pub­lish­ing House, 1895) Gospel Voic­es No. 3 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Da­vid E. Dortch, 1902) Hymns of Vic­to­ry, Parts 1 and 2 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1905) Happy Greet­ings to All (Char­lotte, North Car­o­li­na: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1916) © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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A. F. Myers

Composer of "[Hear the invitation one and all]" in The Search Light Augustus (Gus) Franklin Myers USA 1850-1902. Born at Ashland, OH, he was a music composer and publisher. He may have taught music, as his title of ‘Professor’, is noted by one source. His song books include: “The life line”, “The search light” (1894), “The seed sower” (1897). He wrote many lyrics and tunes. He died at Toledo, OH. John Perry
A. F. Myers
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