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Songs of Praise and Delight #43
Display Title: Come! First Line: Come, weary wand'rer to thy rest Tune Title: [Come, weary wand'rer to thy rest] Author: Mary D. James Date: 1898
Songs of Praise and Delight #43
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Come!
Come, weary wanderer, to thy rest
Author: Mary D. JamesTune: [Come, weary wanderer, to thy rest]
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Author: Mary D. James
Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >Instances
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Sunday School Anthem and Chorus Book #21
Display Title: Come! First Line: Come, weary wand'rer, to thy rest Tune Title: [Come, weary wand'rer, to thy rest] Author: Mary D. James Date: 1901
Sunday School Anthem and Chorus Book #21
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