[My heart is in the Homeland] (Doane)

[My heart is in the Homeland] (Doane)

Composer: W. Howard Doane
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: W. Howard Doane

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [My heart is in the Homeland] (Doane)
Composer: W. Howard Doane
Incipit: 55435 11653 22234

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)
Page Scan

Sunny-Side Songs for Sunday Schools #97

The Praise Hymnal #480

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us