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[In this world of sin and trouble]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Woodie W. Smith Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34517 65345 65223

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: In this world of sin and trouble Refrain First Line: On the cross He died to save me Used With Tune: [In this world of sin and trouble]

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I Am Kept By Him Alone

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Song Crown #112 (1912) First Line: In this world of sin and trouble Refrain First Line: On the cross He died to save me Languages: English Tune Title: [In this world of sin and trouble]

I Am Kept By Him Alone

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: The New Gospel Song Book #121 (1914) First Line: In this world of sin and trouble Refrain First Line: On the cross He died to save me Languages: English Tune Title: [In this world of sin and trouble]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "I Am Kept By Him Alone" in The New Gospel Song Book 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

Woodie W. Smith

1877 - 1958 Composer of "[In this world of sin and trouble]" in The New Gospel Song Book Woodie Washington Smith born in Alabama, died in Oklahoma Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)