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[When the famine waxed sore in the land]

[When the famine waxed sore in the land]

Composer: Geo. D. Elderkin
Published in 2 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Geo. D. Elderkin

Almost nothing is known about George D. Elderkin (b. 1845; d. 1928). There was a George D. Elderkin Publishing Company in Chicago which published four collections of gospel hymns entitled The Finest of the Wheat. Book Three (1904) includes 259 songs, including music by both George D. and George W. Elderkin, “for prayer and evangelistic meetings, church and missionary services, Sunday schools and young people’s societies,” and was edited by Geo. D. Elderkin, C. C. McCabe, Wm. J. Kirkpatrick, H. L. Gilmour, G. W. Elderikn, and F. A. Hardon.” It was hardbound, and sold for 30 cents per copy, postpaid. Emily Brink Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [When the famine waxed sore in the land]
Composer: Geo. D. Elderkin
Incipit: 12333 32345 56554
Copyright: Public Domain
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Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #166

Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #166
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The Finest of the Wheat #42

The Finest of the Wheat #42
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