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Take thy children home

Why do we linger, we have

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Published in 8 hymnals

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Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Why do we linger, we have
Title: Take thy children home
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)
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Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #32

Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #32
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Hymns for the use of the Sabbath School of the Second Reformed Church, Albany N. Y. #85

Hymns for the use of the Sabbath School of the Second Reformed Church, Albany N. Y. #85
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Sabbath Carols #29

Sabbath Carols #29

Sabbath Carols #d145

Sabbath Carols #d145

The Golden Promise #d132

The Golden Promise #d132
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The New Shining Star #20

The New Shining Star #20
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The Revivalist #458

The Revivalist #458

The Sunday School Banner #d156

The Sunday School Banner #d156
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