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Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jacob M. Showalter; Joseph S. Overholt (1876-1937) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11123 56531 53321 Used With Text: Wanderer in Sinful Ways

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Will You Go to Jesus

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Wanderer in sinful ways Refrain First Line: He is waiting to receive Used With Tune: [Wanderer in sinful ways]

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Wanderer in Sinful Ways

Author: Eden Reeder Latta, b. 1839 Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #900 (1972) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Refrain First Line: He is waiting to receive Lyrics: 1 Wanderer in sinful ways, Will you go to Jesus? He will save you by his grace, Will you go to Jesus? Refrain: He is waiting to receive, If you only will believe, And to him your heart will give, Will you go to Jesus? 2 Wanderer on barren ground, Will you go to Jesus? Only so can peace be found, Will you go to Jesus? [Refrain] 3 Wanderer, before too late, Will you go to Jesus? Death may seal your awful fate, Will you go to Jesus? [Refrain] 4 Wanderer, do not delay! Will you go to Jesus? Start for heaven—Start today! Will you go to Jesus? [Refrain] Topics: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Commission Inviting Men to Christ Scripture: Matthew 22:4 Languages: English Tune Title: WILL YOU GO TO JESUS

Will You Go to Jesus

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #220 (1902) First Line: Wanderer in sinful ways Refrain First Line: He is waiting to receive Languages: English Tune Title: [Wanderer in sinful ways]

Will You Go to Jesus

Author: Eden R. Latta, b. 1839 Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #238 (1959) First Line: Wanderer in sinful ways Refrain First Line: He is waiting to receive Languages: English Tune Title: [Wanderer in sinful ways]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reeder Latta, b. 1839 Author of "Wanderer in Sinful Ways" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry