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[O hallowed cross of Calvary]

[O hallowed cross of Calvary]

Composer: Lida Shivers Leech
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: Lida Shivers Leech

Born: Ju­ly 12, 1873, May­ville, New Jer­sey. Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia. Leech spent her child­hood in Cape May Court House, New Jer­sey, and at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Un­i­ver­si­ty and Tem­ple Un­i­ver­si­ty. She played the or­gan at Be­tha­ny Meth­od­ist Church in Cam­den, New Jer­sey, served as ac­com­pa­nist at evan­gel­i­cal serv­ic­es, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her life­time. Sources-- Emurian, pp. 112-3 Reynolds, p. 336 Lyrics-- God’s Way Is Best I Have Re­deemed Thee I’ll Go Any­where No Fault in Him Some Day He’ll Make It Plain Thine for Ser­vice Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928 When the Veil is Lifte… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O hallowed cross of Calvary]
Composer: Lida Shivers Leech
Incipit: 51234 32151 23123
Copyright: Public Domain

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Life Songs #42

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The Gospel Message No. 1 #63

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The Voice of Praise No. 3 #131

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