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There are pleasures sweeter far

Author: Anzentia Igene Perry Chapman Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Earthly days are passing

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There are pleasures sweeter far

Author: E. W. Chapman Hymnal: Silver Cymbal #d4 (1885) First Line: Earthly days are passing

There are pleasures sweeter far

Author: E. W. Chapman Hymnal: Gospel Voices #d17 (1886) First Line: Earthly days are passing Languages: English

There are pleasures sweeter far

Author: E. W. Chapman Hymnal: Gospel Voices Supplemented #d38 (1890) First Line: Earthly days are passing Languages: English

1849 - 1889 Author of "There are pleasures sweeter far" Anzentia Igene (Angie) Perry Chapman, 1849-1889. Born near Lansing, MI, Angie was the wife of Free Methodist minister, Edwin W. Chapman. They had three children. She helped on his evangelism tours and rural preaching circuits. They worked in Sparta, MI, and helped found the first Free Methodist church in Grand Rapids, MI. She also wrote hymn lyrics. In 1888 they followed an evangelistic tour of Kansas, and them moved to Isabella County, MI. She died in Mt. Pleasant, MI. John Perry