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Following Fully

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Following fully my Savior Refrain First Line: Following fully, following fully Used With Tune: [Following fully my Savior]

[Following fully my Savior]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. I. Baltzell Incipit: 56532 16715 65321 Used With Text: Following Fully

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Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Bright Light #14 (1893) First Line: Following fully my Savior Refrain First Line: Following fully, following fully Languages: English Tune Title: [Following fully my Savior]

Following Fully

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Heavenly Carols #66 (1878) First Line: Following fully my Savior Refrain First Line: Following fully, following fully Scripture: Luke 5:11 Languages: English Tune Title: [Following fully my Savior]

Following fully my Savior

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs of the Cross, for the Sabbath-school #28 (1876)

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I. Baltzell

1832 - 1893 Person Name: Rev. I. Baltzell Composer of "[Following fully my Savior]" in Heavenly Carols Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives

E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Following Fully" in Heavenly Carols 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