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It Is Good to Be Here

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: It is good for us to be here Used With Tune: [It is good for us to be here]

[It is good for us to be here]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. C. Hanson Incipit: 51354 77135 66544 Used With Text: It Is Good to Be Here

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Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Heavenly Carols #7 (1878) First Line: It is good for us to be here Scripture: Mark 9:5 Languages: English Tune Title: [It is good for us to be here]

It Is Good to Be Here

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs of Refreshing No. 2 #30 (1891) First Line: It is good for us to be here Languages: English Tune Title: [It is good for us to be here]

It Is Good to Be Here

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #120 (1882) First Line: It is good for us to be here Languages: English Tune Title: [It is good for us to be here]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "It Is Good to Be Here" 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