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O Cling to the Bible

Author: W. G. Cooper Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O, cling to the Bible, the book God has given Refrain First Line: O cling to the Bible! yes, cling to the Bible
O Cling to the Bible

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[O, cling to the Bible—the book God has giv'n]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. E. Dortch Incipit: 51123 33414 33322 Used With Text: O Cling to the Bible
[O, cling to the Bible—the book God has giv'n]

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O Cling to the Bible

Author: W. G. Cooper Hymnal: Hymns of Victory #10 (1905) First Line: O, cling to the Bible—the book God has giv'n Refrain First Line: O cling to the Bible! yes, cling to the Bible Languages: English Tune Title: [O, cling to the Bible—the book God has giv'n]
O Cling to the Bible

O, cling to the Bible

Author: W. G. Cooper Hymnal: Ministry of Song #d81 (1909) Languages: English
O, cling to the Bible

O, cling to the Bible

Author: W. G. Cooper Hymnal: Our Cumberland Presbyterian Hymnal #d226 (1911)
O, cling to the Bible

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W. G. Cooper

1861 - 1938 Author of "O Cling to the Bible" in Hymns of Victory Rv William Gustin Cooper USA 1861-1938. Born in Evansville, WI, he married Mabel Luella Cooper. He became a Baptist minister having pastorates in Hortonville Village, WI, 1897 – 1901, and later in Ira, VT, in 1922. He also conducted camp meetings. He wrote a number of hymn lyrics and a few tunes. He died in Canton, ME. Note: In a campmeeting service in 1889, when the service was over, a lyricist, Warren Cornell, sat writing a poem. As he left the site, he dropped the paper he was writing and didn't notice it. An hour or or so later, Rev. Cooper came in to tidy up the tent area for the next service, saw the paper, picked it up and read it, and was so inspired by the words, that he finished writing the text and went to the organ and composed the tune for the hymn, “Wonderful peace”. John Perry
W. G. Cooper

D. E. Dortch

1851 - 1928 Composer of "[O, cling to the Bible—the book God has giv'n]" in Hymns of Victory Born: March 5, 1851, The­ta, Ten­nes­see. Died: No­vem­ber 9/11, 1928, Ten­nes­see. Buried: Rose Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see. Dortch was teach­ing mu­sic in Mau­ry, Ten­ness­ee, in 1880, and was work­ing as an evan­gel­ist by 1886. His works in­clude: Tid­ings of Joy (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: 1878) National Tid­ings of Joy (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1878) Gospel Mel­o­dies, with Will­iam Dale & Charles Pol­lock (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­lish­ing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893) Choice Songs (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1894) Gospel Voic­es (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: South-West­ern Pub­lish­ing House, 1895) Gospel Voic­es No. 3 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Da­vid E. Dortch, 1902) Hymns of Vic­to­ry, Parts 1 and 2 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1905) Happy Greet­ings to All (Char­lotte, North Car­o­li­na: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1916) © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
D. E. Dortch
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