The Great Supper

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'Tis supper time, the feast is spread

Author: W. E. Penn
Tune: ['Tis supper time, the feast is spread]
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: W. E. Penn

Penn, William Evander. (Near village of Old Jefferson, Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 11, 1832--April 29, 1895, Eureka Springs, Arkansas). Southern Baptist. Evangelist in Texas and other states, 1875-1895. Compiled three hymnals titled Harvest Bells (1881, 1884, 1887) for use in his meetings. His hymns were primarily revivalistic in emphasis. His finest hymn, "There is a rock in a weary land, Its shadow falls on the burning sand" was paid the compliment of being reworked and issued under the name of Edward Husband in D.B. Towner's Revival Hymns (Chicago, 1905). He and his wife Corilla Frances Sayle adopted three children. Ordained December 4, 1880. --David W. Music, and additional information from the DNAH Archives See:… Go to person page >

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First Line:	'Tis supper time, the feast is spread
Title:	The Great Supper
Author:	W. E. Penn
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Too late, too late has been the cry
Copyright:	Public Domain