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This is episode 56 and we're continuing our look at some of the great hymn writers of all time. Today we're looking at the man who wrote one of the most popular hymns of the early 20th century and what is also my mother in-law's third favorite hymn - James Milton Black. Black is best remembered as the man behind When the Roll is Called Up Yonder. There's not a ton of biographical information on him so this will be a little on the shorter side but the song is very famous and the story behind it is a good one that I think it merits inclusion. 

RESOURCES

Lycoming College: https://www.lycoming.edu/umarch/image/black/black.pdf

Wordwise Hymns: https://wordwisehymns.com/2010/08/19/today-in-1856-james-milton-black-born/

Christianity.com: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900/james-milton-black-wanted-his-name-on-gods-roll-11630502.html