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I will sing you a song of that beautiful land

Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Appears in 339 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I will sing you a song of that beautiful land, The far away home of the soul, Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll, While the years of eternity roll; Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. 2 O, that home of the soul! in my visions and dreams Its bright, jasper walls I can see, Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes Between the fair city and me, Between the fair city and me; Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes Between the fair city and me. 3 That unchangeable home is for you and for me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kingdoms forever, is he, And he holdeth our crowns in his hands, And he holdeth our crown in his hands; The King of all kingdoms forever, is he, And he holdeth our crowns in his hands. 4 O, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again! To meet one another again! With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again! Topics: Bible Songs Reward of Saints Scripture: Revelation 21:1-3 Used With Tune: HOME OF THE SOUL

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HOME OF THE SOUL

Appears in 150 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Philip Phillips Incipit: 13545 35567 15554 Used With Text: Home of the soul

I WILL SING YOU A SONG

Meter: 12.8.12.9 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Edward Pollock, b. 1853 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 34556 53517 65511 Used With Text: I Will Sing You a Song

[I'll sing you a song of a beautiful land]

Appears in 190 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. D. Moore Incipit: 53333 21161 55111 Used With Text: My Beautiful Home

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I Will Sing You a Song of that Beautiful Land

Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Hymnal: Lutherförbundets Sångbok #E178 (1913) Meter: 12.8.12.9 Lyrics: 1 I will sing you a song of that beautiful land, The far away home of the soul, Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll, While the years of eternity roll; Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. 2 Oh, that home of the soul in my visions and dreams, Its bright, jasper walls I can see; Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes Between the fair city and me, Between the fair city and me; Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes Between the fair city and me. 3 That unchangeable home is for you and for me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kingdoms forever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands; The King of all kingdoms forever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands. 4 Oh, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again, To meet one another again; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again. Topics: Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: HOME OF THE SOUL

I Will Sing You A Song

Author: Ellen H. Gates Hymnal: Reformed Press Hymnal #180 (1934) First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Lyrics: 1 I will sing you a song of that beautiful land, The faraway home of the soul, Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. While the years of eternity roll; Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. 2 Oh, that home of the soul! In my visions and dreams, Its bright, jasper walls I can see; Till I fancy but thinly the veil intervenes Between the fair city and me, Between the fair city and me; Till I fancy but thinly the veil intervenes Between the fair city and me. 3 That unchangeable home is for you and for me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kingdoms for ever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands; The King of all kingdoms for ever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands. 4 Oh, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again, To meet one another again; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again. Languages: English Tune Title: [I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]

Home of the Soul

Hymnal: New Sacred Quartettes for Male, Female and Mixed Voices #13 (1914) First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Lyrics: 1 I will sing you a song of that beautiful land, The far away home of the soul, Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll, While the years of eternity roll; Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. 2 O, that home of the soul, in my visions and dreams, Its bright jasper walls I can see, Till I fancy but thinly the vale intervenes Between the fair city and me, Between the fair city and me; Till I fancy but thinly the vale intervenes Between the fair city and me. 3 There the great trees of life in their beauty do grow, And the river of life floweth by, For no death ever enters that city, you know, And nothing that maketh a lie, And nothing that maketh a lie; For no death ever enters that city, you know, And nothing that maketh a lie. 4 That unchangeable home is for you and for me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kingdoms forever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands; The King of all kingdoms forever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands. 5 O how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain! With songs on our lips and our harps in our hands, To meet one another again, To meet one another again; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again. Languages: English Tune Title: [I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]

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Hubert P. Main

1839 - 1925 Person Name: H. P. Main Arranger of "[I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]" in Spiritualist Hymnal Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ. John Perry

Ellen M. H. Gates

1835 - 1920 Person Name: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Author of "I will sing you a song of that beautiful land" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book Gates, Ellen, née Huntingdon, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is the author of several popular pieces in the American Mission and Sunday School hymn-books. Of these the following have passed from the American books into Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos:— 1. Come home, come home, you are weary at heart. Invitation. 2. I am now a child of God. Saved through Jesus. 3. I will sing you a song of that beautiful land. Concerning Heaven. 4. O the clanging bells of time. Yearning for Heaven. 5. Say, is your lamp burning, my brother. Watching and Waiting. Concerning her poem which is used as a hymn in America, "If you cannot on the ocean" (Duty), Duffield says her account of its origin is as follows:—"The lines were written upon my slate one snowy afternoon in the winter of 1860. I knew, as I know now, that the poem was only a simple little thing, but somehow 1 had a presentiment that it had wings, and would fly into sorrowful hearts, uplifting and strengthening them." (English Hymns, 1886, p. 257.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ====================== Gates, Ellen, p. 1565, i., now (1906) of New York city, was born at Torrington, Conn., and married to Isaac E. Gates. Her poems, &c, were published as Treasures of Kurium, 1895. Concerning Dr. March's hymn, "Hark! the voice of Jesus crying" (q.v.), and Mrs. Gates's "If you cannot on the ocean," some confusion has arisen, mainly, we think, from the fact that the opening line of Mrs. Gates's hymn, written in 1860, and the first line of Dr. March's second stanza are nearly the same, i.e., "If you cannot on the ocean," and "If you cannot cross the ocean." The incident which associates the late President Lincoln's name with this hymn is thus set forth by Mr. Philip Phillips in his Singing Pilgrim, 1866, p. 97:— "The words of this truly beautiful song ['If you cannot on the ocean'] were written by Mrs. Ellen H. Gates . . . When our lamented President Lincoln heard Mr. Phillips sing it at the Hall of Representatives in Washington, Feb. 29, 1865, he was overcome with emotion, and sent up the following written request [given in facsimile on p. 97] to Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Chairman, for its repetition:—' Near the end let us have "Your Mission" [the title of the hymn] repeated by Mr. Phillips. Don't say I called for it. A. Lincoln.' " It was through this incident that the hymn became known through America as " President Lincoln's favourite hymn." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Philip Phillips

1834 - 1895 Composer of "[I will sing you a song of the beautiful land]" in The Cokesbury Hymnal Phillips, Philip, commonly known as the "Singing Pilgrim," was born in Chautauqua County, N. York, Aug. 13, 1834. Although engaged in farming for a time, from an early age he devoted himself to music, and ultimately devoted himself to the work of a "Singing Evangelist," in which capacity he has visited most English-speaking countries. His popular hymnals are: (1) Early Blossoms, 1860; (2) Musical Leaves, 1862; and (3) The Singing Pilgrim, 1866. In these works he published one or two hymns, including "I have heard of a Saviour's love" (The love of Christ), as in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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