NEARER MY HOME (Evans)

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NEARER MY HOME (Evans)

Composer: J. M. Evans
Published in 25 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Composer: J. M. Evans

Evans, John M. (Hilltown, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1825--?). Baptist. Appointed superintendent of the Sunday School at Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia, in 1854. Under his direction, the Sunday School became the first in that city to make music a prominent feature of its activities. In 1872, he was elected President of the Baptist Sunday School Association of Philadelphia. Author of several hymns and tunes. Included in Devotional Hymn Book (Philadelphia, 1864) is the text "Amid the joyous scenes of earth" which is interesting in that the refrain is the same as the one for the Doddridge text "Oh, happy day, that fixed my choice." --Deborah Carlton Loftis, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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Title:	NEARER MY HOME (Evans)
Composer:	J. M. Evans
Meter:	S. M., with Chorus
Incipit:	53323 21512 25435
Copyright:	Public Domain

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One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Nearer My Home

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Organ Solo

The Hymnlet: A Choice Collection of Hymns and Hymntunes from 17th, 18th, & 19th Century American Hymnals, Songbooks and Psalters
Composer/Editor Samuel Walter
Published By: The Organ Historical Society, Inc. (1976) pp. 29

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