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[My Father is rich in houses and lands]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins Incipit: 12332 13455 43566 Used With Text: Child of a King

Author: Harriet E. Buell Appears in 397 hymnals First Line: My Father is rich in houses and lands Refrain First Line: I'm the child of a King Used With Tune: [My Father is rich in houses and lands]

Instances

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Child of a King

Author: Hattie E. Buell Hymnal: Gathered Jewels #14 (1886) First Line: My Father is rich in houses and lands Refrain First Line: I'm the child of a King Languages: English Tune Title: [My Father is rich in houses and lands]

Child of a King

Author: Harriet E. Buell Hymnal: The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs #84 (1887) First Line: My Father is rich in houses and lands Refrain First Line: I'm a child of the King Languages: English Tune Title: [My Father is rich in houses and lands]

Child of a King

Author: Harriet E. Buell Hymnal: Pearls of Gospel Song #102 (1884) First Line: My Father is rich in houses and lands Refrain First Line: I'm the child of a King Languages: English Tune Title: [My Father is rich in houses and lands]

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George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[My Father is rich in houses and lands]" in The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Hattie E. Buell

1834 - 1910 Person Name: Harriet E. Buell Author of "Child of a King" in The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs Hattie (Katie) Eugenia Peck Buell USA 1834-1910. Born in Cazenovia, NY, she lived in Manlius, NY, until 1898, then moved to Washington, D.C., but maintained a summer residence at Thousand Island Park, NY. She married Willard Barnes Buell, and they had two sons. Her husband died in 1905. She wrote poems to the Northern Christian Advocate in Syracuse, NY. John Perry