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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
* | * 1833–1896 | ||
William Gould Tomer, the author of the music, is of German ancestry. He has been a school teacher, a soldier in the [American] Civil War, and a clerk in the Treasury Department. | William Gould Tomer, the author of the music, is of German ancestry. He has been a school teacher, a soldier in the [American] Civil War, and a clerk in the Treasury Department. | ||
Source: “Sankey’s Story of The Gospel Hymns” and of “Sacred Songs and Solos” | Source: “Sankey’s Story of The Gospel Hymns” and of “Sacred Songs and Solos” | ||
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Life
- 1833–1896
William Gould Tomer, the author of the music, is of German ancestry. He has been a school teacher, a soldier in the [American] Civil War, and a clerk in the Treasury Department.
Source: “Sankey’s Story of The Gospel Hymns” and of “Sacred Songs and Solos”
Publ: Philadelphia THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES COMPANY 1906
List of Works
- God Be with You (used with God Be with You Till We Meet Again) Mr. Tomer was music director at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC., in 1882 when he wrote the music to "God Be With You" at the request of Dr. J. R. Rankin.
