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Ernst Gebhardt
1832 - 1899 Person Name: E. Gebhardt, geb. 1832 Author of "In dem Himmel ist's wunderschön" in Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodisten-Kirche
Ernst Gebhardt
James Nicholson
1828 - 1896 Author of "In dem Himmel ist's wunderschön" in Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche James L Nicholson United Kingdom/USA 1828-1876. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States around age 25. He lived in Philadelphia, PA, worked as a postal clerk, and was a member of the Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church there for about 20 years, where he taught Sunday school, led singing in church, and assisted in evangelical work. This was also hymn writer, William J Kirkpatrick’s, church. Around 1871 he moved to Washington, DC, and worked as a postal clerk there. In addition to his hymn writing, he also wrote several books, one on birds and their care, one on forensic medicine. He died in Washington, DC, but was buried in Philadelphia, PA.
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Nicholson, James, an American Methodist minister, is the author of (1) "Dear [Lord] Jesus I long to be perfectly whole" (Holiness desired); and (2) "There's a beautiful land on high " (Heaven), both of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
James Nicholson
William U. Butcher
1829 - 1910 Person Name: W. U. Butcher Composer of "[In dem Himmel ist's wunderschön]" in Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche He died on January 21, 1910 and is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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