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Sabbath Carols #52
Display Title: There's a Mansions Waiting First Line: There's a mansion waiting for each sinless child Tune Title: [There's a mansion waiting for each sinless child] Author: E. R. Latta Date: 1881
Sabbath Carols #52
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Heavenly Mansion
There's a mansion waiting for the faithful soul
Author: Eden Reeder LattaTune: [There's a mansion waiting for the faithful soul]
Published in 2 hymnals
Author: Eden Reeder Latta
Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being wi… Go to person page >Instances
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The Way of Life #18
Display Title: Heavenly Mansion First Line: There's a mansion waiting for the faithful soul Tune Title: [There's a mansion waiting for the faithful soul] Date: 1883
The Way of Life #18
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