Beautiful Name

Beautiful name of Jesus, Jesus who died for me

Author: Eden Reeder Latta
Tune: [Beautiful name of Jesus]
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Eden Reeder Latta

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 wi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Beautiful name of Jesus, Jesus who died for me
Title: Beautiful Name
Author: Eden Reeder Latta
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Banner of Love #d5

Banner of Love Nos. 1, 2 & 3 #d9

Echoes of Zion Nos. 1 & 2 #d16

The Evangelists' Songs of Praise No. 2 #7

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