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[Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Used With Text: Once More We Meet

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Once More We Meet

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne Refrain First Line: We praise Thee, Lord, that held by Thine own hand Used With Tune: [Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne]

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Once More We Meet

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Hymnal: Songs for Men #20 (1913) First Line: Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne Refrain First Line: We praise Thee, Lord, that held by Thine own hand Languages: English Tune Title: [Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne]

Once More We Meet

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Hymnal: Songs for Men #20 (1949) First Line: Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne Refrain First Line: We praise Thee, Lord, that held by Thine own hand Languages: English Tune Title: [Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne]

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Ernest G. Wellesley-Wesley

Person Name: Ernest G. W. Wesley Author of "Once More We Meet" in Songs for Men Ernest G. W. Wesley was born and educated in England. At the age of seventeen he started writing for local newspapers. When he was twenty-two he worked as special correspondent for The New York Times in Buenos Aries. While he was in Buenos Aries he became licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to the United States in the early 1870's and continued writing and contributing to religious and secular papers. He wrote between five and six hundred hymns and nearly two thousand articles on religious and theological topics. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Once more we meet, O Lord before Thy throne]" in Songs for Men Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives
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