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Saved by Grace

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: O I long to see the beauty Refrain First Line: Lead me to the living fountain Used With Tune: [O I long to see the beauty]

[O I long to see the beauty]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Clark Used With Text: Saved by Grace

REDEEMING GRACE

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. Henry Showalter Incipit: 51312 16113 51232 Used With Text: Lead me to the living fountain

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Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs of Spring #35 (1948) First Line: O I long to see the beauty Refrain First Line: Lead me to the living fountain Languages: English Tune Title: [O I long to see the beauty]

Saved by Grace

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Faithful Guide #79 (1941) First Line: O I long to see the beauty Refrain First Line: Lead me to the living fountain Languages: English Tune Title: [O I long to see the beauty]

Saved by Grace

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Vision of Victory #151 (1945) First Line: O I long to see the beauty Refrain First Line: Lead me to the living fountain Languages: English Tune Title: [O I long to see the beauty]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Saved by Grace" in Faithful Guide Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

J. H. Clark

1839 - 1888 Composer of "[O I long to see the beauty]" in Faithful Guide Clark, John Haldenby, M.A., born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Jan. 28, 1839, and educated at the Grammar School there, and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1861. On taking Holy Orders, he became Curate of Barinby Moor and Fangfoss. After labouring in various parishes he became, in 1870, Vicar of West Dereham, Norfolk. Mr. Clark is known through his translation,"Soldiers, who are Christ's below." In 1880 he published The Marriage of Cana, and Other Verses; Lynn. It contains a few translations from the Latin, in addition to original verse. He died April 14, 1888. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)