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[Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus] (Chorus)

[Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus] (Chorus)

Composer: John Lane
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: John Lane

Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri. --Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus] (Chorus)
Composer: John Lane
Incipit: 55553 66665 55553
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CSSM Choruses (No. 1) #100

CSSM Choruses (No. 1) #100
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Songs of Victory #c126

Songs of Victory #c126
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