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Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Author of "I'm Nearer My Home" in Loyal Praise Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Ar­den, Bar­bour Coun­ty, West Vir­gin­ia. Died: Ju­ly 8, 1951, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Buried: Eb­e­nez­er Meth­odi­st Church, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Reed is said to have writ­ten 2,000 hymns in her life­time. In 1939, the Amer­i­can So­ci­e­ty of Com­pos­ers, Au­thors and Pub­lish­ers re­cog­nized her "sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can mu­sic" by award­ing her a small "week­ly bo­nus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
Ida L. Reed

Geo. F. Rosche

1855 - 1935 Composer of "[I'm nearer my home today]" in Loyal Praise George F. Rosche In the late 19th and early 20th Cen­tu­ries, Rosche was pub­lish­ing Gos­pel songs books, in Ger­man and Eng­lish, in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. His works in­clude: Perlen und Blüt­hen, with C. A. Weiss (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, 1890) Songs of Praise and Wor­ship, (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, 1913) Music-- Children’s Praise Crown Him Have Faith in God He Keep­eth Me, Ev­er Homeland, The Home­land of Jesus I’m Near­er My Home Lord, My Heart Is Rested Mercy at the Cross Resting in the Arms of Je­sus Some Day, Some­where There Ne­ver Was a Friend Like Je­sus --hymntime.com/tch
Geo. F. Rosche

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