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A sinner coming home

There is great joy in heaven

Author: John Lane
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: John Lane

Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri. --Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: There is great joy in heaven
Title: A sinner coming home
Author: John Lane
Refrain First Line: O, the way was dark and dreary
Copyright: Public Domain
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Salvation Melodies. New ed. #d48

Salvation Melodies. New ed. #d48
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