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[While we with joyful hearts unite]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Incipit: 17127 13532 14321 Used With Text: Missionary Hymn

Author: J. Nicholson Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: While we with joyful hearts unite Refrain First Line: Our Father, hear for Jesus' sake Topics: Missionary Used With Tune: [While we with joyful hearts unite]

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Missionary Hymn

Author: J. Nicholson Hymnal: Missionary Songs #20 (1895) First Line: While we with joyful hearts unite Refrain First Line: Our Father, hear for Jesus' sake Languages: English Tune Title: [While we with joyful hearts unite]

Missionary Hymn

Author: J. Nicholson Hymnal: Missionary Songs #20 (1880) First Line: While we with joyful hearts unite Refrain First Line: Our Father, hear for Jesus' sake Languages: English Tune Title: [While we with joyful hearts unite]

Missionary Hymn

Author: J. Nicholson Hymnal: Garlands of Praise #78 (1876) First Line: While we with joyful hearts unite Refrain First Line: Our Father, hear for Jesus' sake Topics: Missionary Languages: English Tune Title: [While we with joyful hearts unite]

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James Nicholson

1828 - 1896 Person Name: J. Nicholson Author of "Missionary Hymn" in Garlands of Praise James L Nicholson United Kingdom/USA 1828-1876. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States around age 25. He lived in Philadelphia, PA, worked as a postal clerk, and was a member of the Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church there for about 20 years, where he taught Sunday school, led singing in church, and assisted in evangelical work. This was also hymn writer, William J Kirkpatrick’s, church. Around 1871 he moved to Washington, DC, and worked as a postal clerk there. In addition to his hymn writing, he also wrote several books, one on birds and their care, one on forensic medicine. He died in Washington, DC, but was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry =============== Nicholson, James, an American Methodist minister, is the author of (1) "Dear [Lord] Jesus I long to be perfectly whole" (Holiness desired); and (2) "There's a beautiful land on high " (Heaven), both of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[While we with joyful hearts unite]" in Garlands of Praise Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry