He Died For Me

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I do not know how Jesus came to set my life apart

Author: Katherine A. Grimes
Tune: [I do not know how Jesus came to set my life apart]
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Author: Katherine A. Grimes

Born: April 26, 1877, Argentine, Michigan. Died: September 3, 1967, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Grimes was the first child of Stephen and Ada Potter Atherton, and had seven brothers. In 1900, she married broom maker Elliot Grant Grimes in Vernon, Michigan. She had a stepdaughter, Corabelle Grimes Shorden, one son, Leon Elliot Grimes, and an adopted daughter, Mary Patricia Green Jacobs. She became a writer at an early age, and worked as an editor for the Southern Agriculturist magazine in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to writing, she was an accomplished pianist and a music teacher. In 1920, she and her son Leon worked for Dr. William Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institute, exploring the A… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I do not know how Jesus came to set my life apart
Title:	He Died For Me
Author:	Katherine A. Grimes
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	No reason for the gift have I
Publication Date:	1912
Copyright:	Public Domain