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[I had wandered far from home]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 51333 45321 11211 Used With Text: Why the Saviour Loves Me So
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Why the Saviour Loves Me So

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I had wandered far from home Refrain First Line: Loves me so, loves me so Used With Tune: [I had wandered far from home]
Why the Saviour Loves Me So

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Why the Saviour Loves Me So

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman Hymnal: Words of Life #133 (1889) First Line: I had wandered far from home Refrain First Line: Loves me so, loves me so Languages: English Tune Title: [I had wandered far from home]
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Why the Saviour Loves Me So

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman Hymnal: Sparkling and Bright #134 (1890) First Line: I had wandered far from home Refrain First Line: Loves me so, loves me so Languages: English Tune Title: [I had wandered far from home]
Why the Saviour Loves Me So

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Mrs. E. W. Chapman

Author of "Why the Saviour Loves Me So" in Sparkling and Bright See Anzentia Chapman.
Mrs. E. W. Chapman

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[I had wandered far from home]" in Sparkling and Bright John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch
J. H. Tenney
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