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[How much owest thou unto thy Lord]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. F. James Incipit: 51123 16561 23343 Used With Text: How Much Owest Thou

How Much Owest Thou?

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: How much owest thou unto thy Lord? Used With Tune: [How much owest thou unto thy Lord?]

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Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Tried and True #32 (1892) First Line: How much owest thou unto thy Lord Topics: Consecration Scripture: Luke 16:1-12 Languages: English Tune Title: [How much owest thou unto thy Lord]

How Much Owest Thou?

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Songs of the Morning #216 (1890) First Line: How much owest thou unto thy Lord? Languages: English Tune Title: [How much owest thou unto thy Lord?]

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Author of "How Much Owest Thou" in Tried and True Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives