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Notes for Deane EDWARDS

Deane Edwards was born on 31 Mar 1885 in St. Paul, Minnisota. He was educated in 1906 in A.B., Princeton. He was educated in 1912 in Grad. Auburn Theol. Seminary. He lived in Bronxville, NY. Deane Edwards and Margaret Josephine Dulles were married on 30 Dec 1913. Margaret Josephine Dulles (daughter of Rev. Allen Macy Dulles) died. Deane Edwards and Margaret Josephine Dulles had the following children: Robert Lansing Edwards, Richard Edwards, Edith Foster Edwards, and Mary Parke Edwards.

Dr. Deane Edwards, president of the 2,000-member Hymn Society of America, argues that "hymnody must be kept abreast of the life of the church.'' We have found through experience," says the Hymn Society's Dr. Edwards, "that if you try to launch a new text with a new tune, you come right up against a stone wall. However, if it is a new lyric and an old tune, people will sing it readily.'' The society has even issued a space-age hymn, written by Dr. Edwards' son Robert:' From Time Magazine | Religion - "A Joyful Noise" Posted Friday, Mar. 1, 1963
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