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[See the cross, see the cross of Jesus]

[See the cross, see the cross of Jesus]

Composer: Joseph C. Fisher; Harmonizer: A. L. Byers (1911)
Published in 2 hymnals


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Composer: Joseph C. Fisher

(no biographical information available about Joseph C. Fisher.) Go to person page >

Harmonizer: A. L. Byers

Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on Au­gust 26, 1869 in Al­bany, Il­li­nois. Byers’ mo­ther was song writer Nancy By­ers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel War­ner & Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work; later joined the Gos­pel Trump­et pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evan­gel­ist and pastor in Ida­ho & Or­e­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works in­clude: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and La­bors of D. S. War­ner, 1922 NN, Hymnary. Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [See the cross, see the cross of Jesus]
Composer: Joseph C. Fisher
Harmonizer: A. L. Byers (1911)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 34534 56132 13565
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

The Crimson Cross

See the cross, the cross of Jesus,
Crimson with His own life’s blood;
Thus He dide, lest we should perish,
Wondrous love! Thou Son of God.

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Timeless Truths #799

Timeless Truths #799
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