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[Some time the burden will be lifted]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 55561 71326 17671 Used With Text: Some Time the Burden Will Be Lifted

Some Time the Burden Will Be Lifted

Author: Elizabeth E. Richardson Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: [Some time the burden will be lifted]

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Some Time the Burden Will Be Lifted

Author: Elizabeth E. Richardson Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church #283 (1921) Languages: English Tune Title: [Some time the burden will be lifted]

Some time the burden will be lifted

Author: E. E. Richardson Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church #320 (1926) Languages: English Tune Title: [Some time the burden will be lifted]

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Some time the burden will be lifted]" in Great Songs of the Church Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry