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[There's a grand home-coming by and by]

[There's a grand home-coming by and by]

Composer: Mrs. Lynn Hassler; Harmonizer: Paul H. Epps
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: Mrs. Lynn Hassler

Possibly Madolyn Pearl (Cawyer) Hassler (1915-2002), wife of Lynn Medicus Hassler (1914-1973), an elder of the churches of Christ in Texas. - Garrett Herndon, from findagrave.com, accessed 2/19/2025 Go to person page >

Harmonizer: Paul H. Epps

Born: March 20, 1914, Booneville, Arkansas. Died: June 14, 2002, Dallas, Texas. Buried: Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Texas. Epps lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1923-45. He studied at West Texas University in Canyon, Texas, and the Hartford School of Music in Arkansas. He studied voice under W. W. Combs, and was associated with L. O. Sanderson in Music Normals starting in 1945. He taught in music camps at Lubbock Christian College and the Firm Foundation Music Camp; at the Camp Hensel Music School at Travis Peak, Texas, for over 25 years, and directed singing in meetings with Gospel preachers such as Jimmy Allen, Mack Lyon, George Benson, John Bannister, and Willard Collins. In 1945, he began serving as a minister, educational director and… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There's a grand home-coming by and by]
Composer: Mrs. Lynn Hassler
Harmonizer: Paul H. Epps
Key: F Major

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Instances

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Heart Melodies No. 2 #60

Hymns of Praise #6

Songs for the Master #158

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