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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "To Jesus Now" in Rich in Blessing Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

Charles K. Langley

1852 - 1904 Person Name: Chas. K. Langley Composer of "[I will go to Jesus now]" in Rich in Blessing Charles King Langley, Sr., 1852-1904 Born: March 17, 1852, Marysville, Ohio. Died: 1904, Stuttgart, Arkansas, of typhoid fever. Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Belcher, Arkansas. Music ALPERTON CROWN HIM WITH REJOICING GOING ON JUDAH'S STAR IS RISEN ON WHICH SIDE WILL YOU BE FOUND? WE'LL FOLLOW ON --www.hymntime.com/tch/

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