1843 - 1918 Topics: Anger of God Righteous; Backsliding; Character New Birth Essential go Good; Christ Communion with; Christ Glorying in; Christ The Savior; Christians Duties of; Church Unfaithful; God Adored and Exalted; God Attributes of; God Creator; God King; God Supremacy of; Gospel Invitations of ; Gospel Time of Acceptance; Heart Claimed of God; Heart Evil, Hard, and Stubborn; Praise A Part of Public Worship; Praise Calls to; Praise For God's Power; Praise For Works of Creation; Praise For Works of Providence; Procrastination; Retribution Inflicted; The Sabbath; Salvation Accepted Time of; Salvation Thanksgiving for; The Wicked Warned; Worship Acts of; Worship Only as God Appoints Composer of "[O come, let us in songs to God]" in Bible Songs Charles Clinton Case USA 1843-1918. Born in Linesville, PA, his family moved to Gustavus, OH, when he was four. His father was an accomplished violinist, but a neighbor gave him a small violin when he was nine, and he mastered it before he could read music. At age 16 he went to singing school (without parental consent), borrowing the money from a neighbor. C. A. Bentley, a prominent conductor, was his first vocal music instructor, and William Bradbury's “Jubilee” was the school textbook. For three winters in a row, he attended Bentley's singing school, working his father's farm in the summer. He married Annie Williams. In 1866 he studied music in Boston with B. F. Baker. He also studied under George Root, Horatio Palmer, Philip Bliss, George Webb, and others, hymnwriters in their own right. Soon after, Case began teaching music, and when James McGranahan moved two miles from his home, they became friends. Case wrote and edited a number of Gospel song books in his life. 6 works.
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