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[Nearer, yes nearer my Saviour]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Major R. Slater Incipit: 43217 65176 5617 Used With Text: Nearer, yes nearer my Saviour
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Nearer, yes, Nearer

Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Nearer, yes, nearer, my Saviour Topics: Choruses Used With Tune: [Nearer, yes, nearer, my Saviour]
Nearer, yes, Nearer

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Nearer, yes, Nearer

Hymnal: Redemption Songs #C32 (1937) First Line: Nearer, yes, nearer, my Saviour Topics: Choruses Languages: English Tune Title: [Nearer, yes, nearer, my Saviour]
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Author: Major R. Slater Hymnal: One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music #41c (1899) Languages: English Tune Title: [Nearer, yes nearer my Saviour]
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Richard Slater

1854 - 1939 Author of "Nearer, yes, nearer my Savior (Chorus)" Library of Congress name authority Sources: found: The musical Salvationist, 2011: t.p. (Richard Slater; 1854-1939) p. 32, etc. (b. June 7, 1854 in Clerkenwell; worked in the Salvation Army's Musical Dept. from 1883 until his retirement in 1913; was the principal Salvationist composer, arranger and musical editor of the period; awarded the Order of the Founder, the highest honour bestowed to Salvationists, in 1923; d. Dec. 7, 1939)
Richard Slater
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