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Take me home Father, take me home

Author: Vana R. Raye Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When the sun of my life has gone down

[When the sun of my life has gone down]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. O. Sanderson Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12313 27213 45617 Used With Text: Take Me Home, Father, Take Me Home

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Take Me Home, Father, Take Me Home

Author: Vana R. Raye Hymnal: Standard Songs Of The Church #277 (2017) First Line: When the sun of my life has gone down Tune Title: [When the sun of my life has gone down]

Take Me Home, Father, Take Me Home

Author: Vana R. Raye Hymnal: Christian Hymns #452 (1948) First Line: When the sun of my life has gone down Languages: English Tune Title: [When the sun of my life has gone down]

Take me home Father, take me home

Author: Vana R. Raye Hymnal: Christian Hymns III #452 (1966) First Line: When the sun of my life has gone down Languages: English

1901 - 1992 Composer of "[When the sun of my life has gone down]" in Christian Hymns See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym). ================== Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ. Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn. Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls