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[This is not death, our friends are asleep]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. O. Sanderson Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55653 34211 44454 Used With Text: This is Not Death

This is not death

Author: T. O. Chisholm Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: This is not death, our friends are asleep Used With Tune: [This is not death, our friends are asleep]

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Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Christian Hymns III #339 (1966) First Line: This is not death, our friends are asleep Languages: English Tune Title: [This is not death, our friends are asleep]

This is Not Death

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Hymns of Praise #561 (1978) First Line: This is not death, our friends are asleep Tune Title: [This is not death, our friends are asleep]

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Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Person Name: T. O. Chisholm Author of "This is not death" in Christian Hymns III Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

L. O. Sanderson

1901 - 1992 Composer of "[This is not death, our friends are asleep]" in Christian Hymns III See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym). ================== Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ. Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn. Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls