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I Want to Be Ready to Meet Him

You may have your worldly pleasures, your silver and your gold

Author: Adger M. Pace (1938)
Tune: [You may have your worldly pleasures]
Published in 45 hymnals


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Author: Adger M. Pace

Born: August 13, 1882, Pelzer, South Carolina. Died: February 12, 1959, Lawrence County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Dunn Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Pseudonyms: Millard A. Glenn; Charles H. Huff; Audalene Mayfield; Fay Wallington. Born August 13, 1882 near Pelzer, South Carolina, Adger M. Pace soon gained a love and appreciation for music that characterized the remainder of his life. He sang bass for seventeen years as a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, singing over WOAN--one of the South's first radio stations. He was also active in singing conventions, serving as one of the organizers and the first president of the National Singing Convention in 1937. Pace's most significant cont… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: You may have your worldly pleasures, your silver and your gold
Title: I Want to Be Ready to Meet Him
Author: Adger M. Pace (1938)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I want to be ready to meet Him by and by
Copyright: Copyright 1938 by R. E. Winsett, Owner
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #399

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #399

Favorite Songs of the Church #202

Favorite Songs of the Church #202

Hymns for Worship #592

Hymns for Worship #592

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #110

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #110

Sacred Songs of the Church #278

Sacred Songs of the Church #278

Songs of Faith and Praise #604

Songs of Faith and Praise #604

Songs of the Church #357

Songs of the Church #357

Standard Songs Of The Church #305

Standard Songs Of The Church #305
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