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[We are children of a King, wondrous King]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frank M. Davis Incipit: 12333 21176 57122
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Wond'rous King

Author: Mrs. Harriet E. Jones Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We are daughters of a King, wond'rous King Refrain First Line: Wond'rous King, wond'rous King Used With Tune: [We are daughters of a King, wond'rous King]
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Wondrous King

Author: Harriet E. Jones Hymnal: Brightest Glory #36 (1894) First Line: We are children of a King, wondrous King Languages: English Tune Title: [We are children of a King, wondrous King]
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Author: Mrs. Harriet E. Jones Hymnal: Crown of Gold #95 (1892) First Line: We are daughters of a King, wond'rous King Refrain First Line: Wond'rous King, wond'rous King Languages: English Tune Title: [We are daughters of a King, wond'rous King]
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Frank M. Davis

1839 - 1896 Composer of "[We are children of a King, wondrous King]" in Brightest Glory Frank Marion Davis USA 1839-1896. Born at Marcellus, NY, he became a teacher and professor of voice, a choirmaster and a good singer. He traveled extensively, living in Marcellus, NY, Vicksburg, MS, Baltimore, MD, Cincinnati, OH, Burr Oak and Findley, MI. He compiled and published several song books: “New Pearls of Song” (1877), “Notes of Praise” (1890), “Crown of gold” (1892), “Always welcome” (1881), “Songs of love and praise #5” (1898), “Notes of praise”, and “Brightest glory”. He never married. John Perry
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Harriet E. Jones

1823 - 1915 Author of "Wondrous King" in Brightest Glory Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: Ap­ril 18, 1823, Pom­pey Hol­low, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Died: 1915, Bing­ham­ton, New York. Buried: Oran Com­mun­i­ty Church Cem­e­te­ry, Pom­pey, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Daughter of El­e­a­zer Rice, Jones lived in Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Her girl­hood was spent on a farm, re­ceiv­ing what ed­u­ca­tion the count­ry schools and one term at high school could pro­vide. She was al­ways fond of read­ing, and was a great sing­er, with a clear ring­ing voice. On Ju­ly 7, 1844, she mar­ried a son of Rev. Ze­nas Jones; her hus­band died in 1879. Her song writ­ing ca­reer b­egan when her po­e­try came to the at­ten­tion of Dr. M. J. Mun­ger, who asked if she could write some Sun­day school hymns for him. She went on to write for Daniel Town­er, J. C. Ew­ing, the Fill­more bro­thers, and others. --hymntime.com/tch
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