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[When a wand'ring one comes back]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rhea A. Walker Incipit: 32113 43223 21656 Used With Text: When the Wanderer Comes Home
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When the Wanderer Comes Home

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When a wand'ring one comes back Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, thy Father calls thee Used With Tune: [When a wand'ring one comes back]
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When the Wanderer Comes Home

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: New Victory #a69 (1918) First Line: When a wand'ring one comes back Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, thy Father calls thee Languages: English Tune Title: [When a wand'ring one comes back]
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When the Wanderer Comes Home

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Victory #69 (1918) First Line: When a wand'ring one comes back Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, thy Father calls thee Languages: English Tune Title: [When a wand'ring one comes back]
When the Wanderer Comes Home

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "When the Wanderer Comes Home" in Victory Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================
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Rhea A. Walker

Composer of "[When a wand'ring one comes back]" in Victory
Rhea A. Walker
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