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O wondrous love divine

Author: Joseph McCreery

McCreery, Joseph. (Brutus, New York, April 8, 1814--December 2, Elgin, Illinois). His father was a Methodist preacher. He was married to Sidney Barnes. He graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and taught school for several years. He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1849 and served in that church from 1847-1858. He joined the Illinois Conference of the newly organized Free Methodist Church in 1865, and was appointed to the Marengo circuit. He left the active ministry in 1869. He was a writer, poet, and composer. For a while he, with a brother, edited a political paper in New York City, named The Plebian. His "A Lament for Ichabod Crane" appeared in the first volume of the New York Tribune. Two o… Go to person page >

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First Line: O wondrous love divine
Author: Joseph McCreery
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I'm glad salvation's free
Copyright: Public Domain
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Free Methodist Hymnal #207

Free Methodist Hymnal #207

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d153

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d153

The Highway Hymnal #d227

The Highway Hymnal #d227
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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #306

The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #306
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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #207

The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #207
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