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Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 60 hymnals First Line: Come to Jesus! he will save you Refrain First Line: Come to Jesus! Used With Tune: [Come to Jesus! he will save you]

[Come to Jesus! he will save you]

Appears in 36 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. T. Incipit: 34511 65312 34532 Used With Text: Come to Jesus

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Author: Eden R. Latta Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1063 First Line: Come to Jesus, He will save you Refrain First Line: Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus! Lyrics: 1. Come to Jesus, He will save you, Though your sins as crimson glow, If you give your heart to Jesus, He will make it white as snow. Refrain Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus! come today! Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus! come, come today! 2. Come to Jesus do not tarry, Enter in at mercy’s gate, O delay not till the morrow, Lest Thy coming be too late. [Refrain] 3. Come to Jesus, dying sinner, Other Savior there is none, He will share with you His glory, When your pilgrimage is done. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Come to Jesus, He will save you]

Come to Jesus! He will save you Though your sins as crimson glow

Author: Eden Reade Latta Hymnal: Gospel Songs No. 2 #d17 (1919) Languages: English

Come to Jesus! He will save you Though your sins as crimson glow

Author: Eden Reade Latta Hymnal: Zion Songs, Spiritual Hymns #d23 (1927)

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Come to Jesus" in The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship 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 widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Person Name: John Tenney Composer of "[Come to Jesus, He will save you]" in The Cyber Hymnal John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch