Mein Herzensgesang

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Ich preise so gern den Namen des Herrn

Author: Eden Reeder Latta; Translator: E. C. Magaret
Tune: [All praise to His name]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Eden Reeder Latta

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 wi… Go to person page >

Translator: E. C. Magaret

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First Line:	Ich preise so gern den Namen des Herrn
Title:	Mein Herzensgesang
English Title:	The Song of My Soul (All praise to His name, all honor and fame)
Translator:	E. C. Magaret
Author:	Eden Reeder Latta
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Mein Herzensgesang
Copyright:	Public Domain