1848 - 1916 Person Name: Eben Eugen Rexford Author of "How Can I Let Thee Go? (Dear Lord, I need Thee)" in The Cyber Hymnal Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton.
See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.
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Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:—
1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World.
2. O where are the reapers. Missions.
3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty.
4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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