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Whatever I Can

Author: Eden Reeder Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: If there's aught that I can say Refrain First Line: Hear the Savior's gentle voice

[If there's aught that I can say]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. E. Helton Incipit: 12335 31176 17651 Used With Text: What'er I Can

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Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Golden Songs of Glory #34 (1906) First Line: If there's aught that I can say Refrain First Line: Hear the Saviour's gentle voice Languages: English Tune Title: [If there's aught that I can say]

Whate'er I can

Author: Eden Reade Latta Hymnal: In His Name #d54 (1916) First Line: If there's aught that I can say Refrain First Line: Hear the Savior's gentle voice Languages: English

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Alfred E. Helton

Person Name: A. E. Helton Composer of "[If there's aught that I can say]" in Golden Songs of Glory

E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reeder Latta Author of "Whatever I Can" 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