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Come!

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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 >

Text Information

First Line: Come, weary wanderer, to thy rest
Title: Come!
Author: Mary D. James
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[Come, weary wanderer, to thy rest]Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[Come, weary wanderer, to thy rest]


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals18981898.251898.51898.7518991899.251899.51899.7519001900.251900.51900.751901050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

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Songs of Praise and Delight #43

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Sunday School Anthem and Chorus Book #21

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