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I Listened and I Heard

In fancy I can see the cross of Calvary

Author: W. Elmo Mercer (1958)
Tune: [In fancy I can see]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: W. Elmo Mercer

William Elmo Mercer wrote more than 1,600 songs and worked extensively as a music arranger. Arguably his best known song is “Each Step I Take." Mercer worked for the John T. Benson company from 1951 to 1981 as a music editor. He also consulted for LifeWay, Lorenz, Brentwood, and other music companies. He and his wife Marcia traveled as singing evangelists for three decades and he served as the music minister for Scottsboro First Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Monty Lynn, from "William Elmo Mercer," Southern Gospel History, https://www.sghistory.com/ Go to person page >

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First Line: In fancy I can see the cross of Calvary
Title: I Listened and I Heard
Author: W. Elmo Mercer (1958)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I listened and I heard my blessed Savior's words
Copyright: © 1958, in "New Songs of Inspiration No. 3" by John T. Benson, Jr.
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Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

New Songs of Inspiration Book Five #d97

New Songs of Inspiration Book Five #d97

New Songs of Inspiration No. 4 #d106

New Songs of Inspiration No. 4 #d106

New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #29

New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #29
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