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Under His Sheltering Wings

Author: V. O. Fossett

Died: December 20, 1964. Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include: Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952) --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There is a home of wondrous love
Title: Under His Sheltering Wings
Author: V. O. Fossett
Refrain First Line: I'm hiding, safely hiding
Publication Date: 1941
Copyright: Copyright, 1941, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Ptg. Co. in "Super Specials No. 2"

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Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Chords of Love #89

Encore #d162

Harmony Gems #d115

Humble Hearts #101

Sentimental Songs #d114

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