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[The debt I owed I could not pay]

[The debt I owed I could not pay]

Composer: J. W. Van DeVenter
Published in 3 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: J. W. Van DeVenter

Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [The debt I owed I could not pay]
Composer: J. W. Van DeVenter
Incipit: 53243 32252 13221
Key: G Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1917, by J. W. Van De Venter. Homer A. Rodeheaver, Owner
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Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
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Life and Service Hymns #15

Life and Service Hymns #15
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Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #136

Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #136
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Victory Songs #136

Victory Songs #136
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