GIVING (Leech)

GIVING (Leech)

Composer: Lida Shivers Leech
Published in 18 hymnals


Composer: Lida Shivers Leech

Born: Ju­ly 12, 1873, May­ville, New Jer­sey. Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia. Leech spent her child­hood in Cape May Court House, New Jer­sey, and at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Un­i­ver­si­ty and Tem­ple Un­i­ver­si­ty. She played the or­gan at Be­tha­ny Meth­od­ist Church in Cam­den, New Jer­sey, served as ac­com­pa­nist at evan­gel­i­cal serv­ic­es, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her life­time. Sources-- Emurian, pp. 112-3 Reynolds, p. 336 Lyrics-- God’s Way Is Best I Have Re­deemed Thee I’ll Go Any­where No Fault in Him Some Day He’ll Make It Plain Thine for Ser­vice Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928 When the Veil is LiftÂ… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: GIVING (Leech)
Composer: Lida Shivers Leech
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 11111 71235 66665
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)
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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #616

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Baptist Hymnal 2008 #379

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #244

Audio

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #437

Text

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #353

Include 13 pre-1979 instances
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