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[A crown of life laid up above]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Incipit: 51113 21113 21135
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A Crown of Life

Author: Rev. M. L. Hofford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A crown of life laid up above Lyrics: 1 A crown of life laid up above, A crown of glory bright! A crown whose peerless radiance Outshines the beams of light. Chorus: A crown of life With splendor all divine! O wond’rous love, A crown already mine! 2 A crown of life for one of earth, O Saviour, can it be, That such a gift of sovereign grace Has been reserved for me? [Chorus] 3 A royal crown, not to adorn Alone the head of kings! A crown that thro’ eternal life Immortal honor brings! [Chorus] 4 A crown of life with many stars, Dear Saviour, shall it be, That I may win a cluster bright By turning souls to Thee? [Chorus] 5 A crown of life from Jesus’ hand, Without a single gem, Would rob it of its highest joy And cause a blush of shame. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [A crown of life laid up above]
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A Crown of Life

Author: Rev. M. L. Hofford Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #268 (1885) First Line: A crown of life laid up above Lyrics: 1 A crown of life laid up above, A crown of glory bright! A crown whose peerless radiance Outshines the beams of light. Chorus: A crown of life With splendor all divine! O wond’rous love, A crown already mine! 2 A crown of life for one of earth, O Saviour, can it be, That such a gift of sovereign grace Has been reserved for me? [Chorus] 3 A royal crown, not to adorn Alone the head of kings! A crown that thro’ eternal life Immortal honor brings! [Chorus] 4 A crown of life with many stars, Dear Saviour, shall it be, That I may win a cluster bright By turning souls to Thee? [Chorus] 5 A crown of life from Jesus’ hand, Without a single gem, Would rob it of its highest joy And cause a blush of shame. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [A crown of life laid up above]
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Author: Rev. M. L. Hofford Hymnal: Jewels of Praise #14 (1884) First Line: A crown of life laid up above Languages: English Tune Title: [A crown of life laid up above]
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J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Composer of "[A crown of life laid up above]" in Gospel Praise Book. James Holmes Rosecrans stu­died at the Baxter Un­i­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic in Friend­ship, New York. Af­ter teaching for two years, he joined the Fill­more Bro­thers Mu­sic House in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teach­ing mu­sic in Doug­las Coun­ty, Col­o­ra­do. In 1884, was an evan­gel­ist in California, and later was as­so­ci­ated with evan­gel­is­tic efforts in Tex­as, and taught mu­sic and Bi­ble at Carl­ton College in Bon­ham, Tex­as. He pub­lished over 20 music col­lect­ions in his life­time. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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M. Lowrie Hofford

1825 - 1888 Person Name: Rev. M. L. Hofford Author of "A Crown of Life" in Gospel Praise Book. Born: January 27, 1825, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Died: January 9, 1888, Trenton, New Jersey. Hofford attended Lafayette and Princeton, where he graduated in 1849. He studied theology at the Princeton seminary for a year, and became principal of the Camden collegiate institute. While there, he organized a church at Beverly, New Jersey, being licensed by the Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855, he was ordained an evangelist in Burlington, New Jersey. In 1860, he began teaching at the Trenton Institute, and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pennsylvania that was later incorporated as Muhlenberg College; he served there as a professor and later president. He taught and pastored at Camden and Beverly, New Jersey, and Doylestown, Pennsylvania (1868-78), then became pastor at Morrisville, Pennsylvania. --www.hymntime.com/tch
M. Lowrie Hofford
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