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Which Life Shall It Be?

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Author: Robert M. Offord

Offord, Robert M., son of an English "open-communion" Baptist, was born at St. Austell, Cornwall, Sept. 17, 1846. In 1870 he removed to America, where he was associated for some time with the Methodists, but subsequently joined the Reformed Dutch Church in 1878. He is editor of the New York Observer. To that paper he contributed:— 1. Jesus, heed me, lost and dying. Lent. 2. It is no untried way. Christ's Burden. No. 1 appeared on Jan. 25th, and No. 2 on Feb. 1st, 1883. They were revised for Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884 (Duffield's English Hymns, N. Y., 1886). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: How brief the life we live below
Title: Which Life Shall It Be?
Author: Robert M. Offord
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Life of joy, that is forever
Publication Date: 1890
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Bells of Heaven #d127

Bells of Heaven #d127
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Crowning Glory #171

Crowning Glory #171
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Rose of Sharon Hymns #560

Rose of Sharon Hymns #560

Songs of Jesus #d26

Songs of Jesus #d26

Sunday School Chimes #d41

Sunday School Chimes #d41

The Revival Harp No. 2 #d28

The Revival Harp No. 2 #d28
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