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Leo Hoonani Hou #119
Display Title: Kei ka Hoa o Iesu la First Line: Kei ka Hoa, o Iesu la Tune Title: [Kei ka Hoa, o Iesu la] Author: Joseph Scriven; Laiana Date: 1967
Leo Hoonani Hou #119
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KEI KA HOA O IESU LA
Kei ka Hoa, o Iesu la, Nana i ka'i i 'na lu'ulu'u
Translator: Laiana (Lorenzo Lyons), 1807-1886; Author: Joseph Scriven, 1819-1886Tune: CONVERSE (Converse)
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Translator: Laiana (Lorenzo Lyons), 1807-1886
Lorenzo Lyons also known as Makua Laiana, missionary to Hawaii.
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Go to person page >Author: Joseph Scriven, 1819-1886
Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be di… Go to person page >Arrangements
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