Lo, My Name Is Written

Lo, my name is written in the Lamb's book of life

Author: W. G. Cooper
Tune: [Lo, my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: W. G. Cooper

Rv William Gustin Cooper USA 1861-1938. Born in Evansville, WI, he married Mabel Luella Cooper. He became a Baptist minister having pastorates in Hortonville Village, WI, 1897 – 1901, and later in Ira, VT, in 1922. He also conducted camp meetings. He wrote a number of hymn lyrics and a few tunes. He died in Canton, ME. Note: In a campmeeting service in 1889, when the service was over, a lyricist, Warren Cornell, sat writing a poem. As he left the site, he dropped the paper he was writing and didn't notice it. An hour or or so later, Rev. Cooper came in to tidy up the tent area for the next service, saw the paper, picked it up and read it, and was so inspired by the words, that he finished writing the text and went to the organ… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Lo, my name is written in the Lamb's book of life
Title: Lo, My Name Is Written
Author: W. G. Cooper
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O the glory I shall wear, O the rapture I shall share
Copyright: Public Domain

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Happy Greetings to All #d148

Hymns of Victory #30

The Go Ye Hymnal #d75

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