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[There is only one foundation]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. E. Long Incipit: 34555 12334 32254 Used With Text: Only One Foundation

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Only One Foundation

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There is only one foundation Refrain First Line: There is only one foundation Used With Tune: [There is only one foundation]

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Only One Foundation

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: New Onward and Upward #203 (1909) First Line: There is only one foundation Refrain First Line: There is only one foundation Languages: English Tune Title: [There is only one foundation]
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Only One Foundation

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Onward and Upward No. 2 #203 (1900) First Line: There is only one foundation Refrain First Line: There is only one foundation Languages: English Tune Title: [There is only one foundation]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Only One Foundation" in New Onward and Upward 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

A. E. Long

Composer of "[There is only one foundation]" in New Onward and Upward
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