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[In the dim and early morning]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alonzo Judson Abbey Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 32356 55111 21231 Used With Text: He Is Risen (Latta)

Author: Eden Reeder Latta Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: In the dim and early morning Refrain First Line: He is risen as He said Lyrics: 1. In the dim and early morning, As the day begins to dawn, To the sepulcher approaching, Loving hearts are drawing on. Refrain He is risen as He said; He is risen from the dead; He is risen as He said, Risen, risen from the dead. 2. They are seeking for the Savior In the dampness and the gloom; But He slumbers there no longer; They approach an empty tomb. [Refrain] 3. Oh, how sadly do they question, As in sorrow on they stray! But behold the shining angel, He has rolled the rock away! [Refrain] 4. Weep no more, ye sad disciples, Your Redeemer ye shall see; He is risen as He promised; Seek for Him in Galilee. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [In the dim and early morning] Text Sources: White Robes for the Sunday-School, by Alonzo Abbey & M. J. Munger (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879), page 96

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He Is Risen (Latta)

Author: Eden Reeder Latta Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2424 First Line: In the dim and early morning Refrain First Line: He is risen as He said Lyrics: 1. In the dim and early morning, As the day begins to dawn, To the sepulcher approaching, Loving hearts are drawing on. Refrain He is risen as He said; He is risen from the dead; He is risen as He said, Risen, risen from the dead. 2. They are seeking for the Savior In the dampness and the gloom; But He slumbers there no longer; They approach an empty tomb. [Refrain] 3. Oh, how sadly do they question, As in sorrow on they stray! But behold the shining angel, He has rolled the rock away! [Refrain] 4. Weep no more, ye sad disciples, Your Redeemer ye shall see; He is risen as He promised; Seek for Him in Galilee. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [In the dim and early morning]

He Is Risen

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: The Standard Sunday School Hymnal #45 (1888) First Line: In the dim and early morning Refrain First Line: He is risen as he said Languages: English Tune Title: [In the dim and early morning]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reeder Latta Author of "He Is Risen (Latta)" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

A. J. Abbey

1825 - 1887 Person Name: Alonzo Judson Abbey Composer of "[In the dim and early morning]" in The Cyber Hymnal Alonzo Judson Abbey, USA 1825-1887 Professor Abbey was a music teacher, collector, writer-composer, tune book compiler and sacred music publisher. George F Root often edited his published works. John Perry