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The Years Are Rolling On

Author: Palmer Hartsough Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The years of God are rolling on

[The years of God are rolling on]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. W. Lerman Used With Text: The Years Are Rolling On

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Author: Palmer Hartsough Hymnal: Quartets and Choruses for Men #130 (1913) First Line: The years of God are rolling on Languages: English Tune Title: [The years of God are rolling on]

The years of God are rolling on

Author: Palmer Hartsough Hymnal: Fillmore's Sunday School Songs No. 1 #d42 (1898) Languages: English

The years of God are rolling on

Author: Palmer Hartsough Hymnal: Fillmores' Gospel Songs for Young People's Meetings, Prayer Meetings, Revival Meetings, and Sunday School #d141 (1898) Languages: English

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Palmer Hartsough

1844 - 1932 Author of "The Years Are Rolling On" Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 1914 to 1927. He then returned to Plymouth, MI, where he lived the rest of his life. He never married, but was close to his two sisters, and wrote them a weekly letter for many years. With Fillmore Company he helped publish 20 songbooks. He died in Plymouth, MI. John Perry

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Person Name: J. W. Lerman Composer of "[The years of God are rolling on]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Born: December 23, 1865, London (possibly Bethnal Green), England. Died: October 24, 1935, Brooklyn, New York. Lerman emigrated to America as a child (he does not appear in the 1871 British census), and was a member of the Olivet Memorial Church in New York City. He played the organ there (1880-1908), and later at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Borough Park Christian Church, and Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, all in Brooklyn. He wrote a considerable amount of church and Sunday School music, and served as musical editor for the Tullar-Meredith Company of New York City, and the Theodore Pressure Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sources-- Hughes, p. 472 Reynolds, p. 336 --www.hymntime.com/tch