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One Day (Chorus)

Hymn on One License

Living He loved me

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman
Tune: [Living He loved me]
Published in 5 hymnals

Representative Text

Living he loved me, dying he saved me,
buried he carried my sins far away.
Rising he justified, freed me for heaven.
One day he's coming back, glorious day.

Living he loved me, dying he saved me,
buried he carried my sins far away.
Rising he justified, freed me for heaven.
One day he's coming back, glorious day.

Source: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #362

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman

Rv John Wilbur Chapman DD LLD USA 1859-1918. Born in Richmond, IN, he attended Quaker Day School and Methodist Sunday school. At age 17 he made a public declaration of his Christian faith and joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church. He received his seminary degree from Lane Theoloical Seminary, Cincinnati, OH. He was later awarded a Doctorate in Divinity from the College of Wooster, and an LL.D. from Heidelberg University. In 1882 he married Irene Steddon. They had a daughter. His wife died in 1886. In 1888 he married Agnes Pruyn Strain, and they had four children. His second wife died in 1907. In 1910 he married Mabel Cornelia Moulton. He held six pastorates in OH, IN, NY, PA, NY, NY before becoming an evangelist, generally trave… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Living He loved me
Title: One Day (Chorus)
Author: J. Wilbur Chapman
Language: English

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African American Heritage Hymnal #235

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Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #362

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #c185

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Total Praise #227

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