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[Going up to my purchas'd possession]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. E. Nickerson Incipit: 12333 44431 12222 Used With Text: Going Up
[Going up to my purchas'd possession]
James Nicholson
1828 - 1896 Person Name: Jas. Nicholson Author of "Going Up" in Songs and Solos used by the Christian Crusaders James L Nicholson United Kingdom/USA 1828-1876. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States around age 25. He lived in Philadelphia, PA, worked as a postal clerk, and was a member of the Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church there for about 20 years, where he taught Sunday school, led singing in church, and assisted in evangelical work. This was also hymn writer, William J Kirkpatrick’s, church. Around 1871 he moved to Washington, DC, and worked as a postal clerk there. In addition to his hymn writing, he also wrote several books, one on birds and their care, one on forensic medicine. He died in Washington, DC, but was buried in Philadelphia, PA.
John Perry
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Nicholson, James, an American Methodist minister, is the author of (1) "Dear [Lord] Jesus I long to be perfectly whole" (Holiness desired); and (2) "There's a beautiful land on high " (Heaven), both of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
James Nicholson
Asa Hull
1828 - 1907 Composer of "[Going up, to the joys everlasting]" in Songs and Solos used by the Christian Crusaders Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA.
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Asa Hull
Edward E. Nickerson
Person Name: E. E. Nickerson Composer of "[Going up to my purchas'd possession]" in Highway Songs
Edward E. Nickerson
