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[When the road is rough and the way is dim]

[When the road is rough and the way is dim]

Composer: Paul H. Epps (1961)
Published in 6 hymnals


Composer: Paul H. Epps

Born: March 20, 1914, Booneville, Arkansas. Died: June 14, 2002, Dallas, Texas. Buried: Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Texas. Epps lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1923-45. He studied at West Texas University in Canyon, Texas, and the Hartford School of Music in Arkansas. He studied voice under W. W. Combs, and was associated with L. O. Sanderson in Music Normals starting in 1945. He taught in music camps at Lubbock Christian College and the Firm Foundation Music Camp; at the Camp Hensel Music School at Travis Peak, Texas, for over 25 years, and directed singing in meetings with Gospel preachers such as Jimmy Allen, Mack Lyon, George Benson, John Bannister, and Willard Collins. In 1945, he began serving as a minister, educational director and… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When the road is rough and the way is dim]
Composer: Paul H. Epps (1961)
Incipit: 34565 12343 43254
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Copyright © 1961. Renewal 1987 by Firm Foundation Publishing House.

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #437

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #358

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #435

Sacred Songs of the Church #366

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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