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[Jesus, and didst Thou leave the sky]

[Jesus, and didst Thou leave the sky]

Composer: J. H. Rosecrans
Published in 13 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: J. H. Rosecrans

James Holmes Rosecrans stu­died at the Baxter Un­i­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic in Friend­ship, New York. Af­ter teaching for two years, he joined the Fill­more Bro­thers Mu­sic House in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teach­ing mu­sic in Doug­las Coun­ty, Col­o­ra­do. In 1884, was an evan­gel­ist in California, and later was as­so­ci­ated with evan­gel­is­tic efforts in Tex­as, and taught mu­sic and Bi­ble at Carl­ton College in Bon­ham, Tex­as. He pub­lished over 20 music col­lect­ions in his life­time. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Jesus, and didst Thou leave the sky]
Composer: J. H. Rosecrans
Incipit: 51176 65535 54235
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)
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Crown of Beauty #92

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Crowning Praises #139

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Priceless Pearls #40

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Sermons in Song #141

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Songs and Praises #57

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Songs of Evangelism #225

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Songs of the Peacemaker #170

Songs of Zion #18

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Sunday-School Praises #68

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The Best Standard Songs #65

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The Christian Church Hymnal #55

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The King of Kings #62

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Voice of Praise #22

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