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<h2>Will Lamartine Thompson</h2>
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<h2>1847-1909</h2>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><em>Born:</em> November 7, 1847, East Liverpool, Ohio.
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<p><em>Died:</em> September 20, 1909, New York, New York.</p>
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<p><em>Buried:</em> Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio.</td>
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<p>Rebuffed in an early attempt to sell his songs to a commercial publisher, Thompson started his own publishing company. He later expanded, opening a store to sell pianos, organs and sheet music. Both a lyricist and composer, he ensured he would always remember words or melodies that came to him at odd times:</p>
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<p>No matter where I am, at home or hotel, at the store or traveling, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem worthy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this way I never lose it.</p>
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<p>Thompson took ill during a tour of Europe, and his family cut short their travels to return home. He died a few weeks later.</p>
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<p><em>Music</em>:</p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_a_jallworl.html" >Jesus Is All the World to Me</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_l_e_leadmegh.html" >Lead Me Gently Home, Father</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_o_softlyat.html" >Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_t_g_tgreatda.html" >There’s a Great Day Coming</a></li>
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