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Lights Along the Shore
Author: John H. Stockton Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over Refrain First Line: There are lights along the shore
Lights Along the Shore
[I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over]
Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. G. Fischer Incipit: 12333 33213 56653 Used With Text: Lights along the Shore
[I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over]
Lights along the Shore
Author: Rev. J. H. Stockton Hymnal: Beulah Songs #62 (1879) First Line: I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over Refrain First Line: There are lights along the shore that never grow dim Lyrics: 1 I’m a pilgrim and a stranger passing over,
The road may be rough, but ‘tis clear,
And a starry crown awaits me o’er the river,
And Jesus bids me welcome there.
Refrain:
There are lights along the shore that never grow dim,
That never, never grow dim;
These souls are all aflame with the love of Jesus’ name,
They guide us, yes, they guide us unto him.
2 Sometimes I meet with trials on my journey,
Temptation and sorrow by the way;
But Jesus speaks, and says “I’m ever near thee,
To guide to realms of endless day.” [Refrain]
3 Friends of Jesus! may your lights be trimmed and burning,
And shining along the way of love;
Soon you’ll gain the heights of glory, and be singing
The happy song of saints above. [Refrain]
4 We’re a happy band of Christians, bound for Canaan,
The land is in view, the wind’s fair;
We will sing redeeming love beyond the Jordan,
With Jesus dwell forever there. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over]
Lights along the Shore
Lights Along the Shore
Author: Rev. J. H. Stockton Hymnal: Songs of the Sun Bright Clime #41 (1881) First Line: I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over Refrain First Line: There are lights along the shore that never grow dim Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over]
Lights Along the Shore
Lights Along the Shore
Author: Rev. J. H. Stockton Hymnal: Golden Leaves #41 (1880) First Line: I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over Refrain First Line: There are lights along the shore that never grow dim Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over]
Lights Along the Shore
John H. Stockton
1813 - 1877 Person Name: Rev. J. H. Stockton Author of "Lights along the Shore" in Beulah Songs Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875.
Hymn Writers of the Church by Charles Nutter, 1911
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Stockton, John Hart, b. April 19, 1813, and d. March 25, 1877, was the author of "Come, every soul by sin oppressed" (Invitation), in I.D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and of "The Cross, the Cross, the blood¬stained Cross" (Good Friday) in the same collection.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Stockton, John Hart. (New Hope, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1813--March 25, 1877). Born of Presbyterian parents, he was converted at a Methodist camp meeting in 1838, being received into full membership in the New Jersey Conference in 1857. Because of ill health he twice took the "supernumerary relations." He withdrew from actual pastoral work in 1874 and engaged in compiling and publishing gospel hymn books, issuing Salvation Melodies that year and Precious Songs in 1875, writing both words and music for a number of the songs. He died suddenly after attending a Sunday morning service at Arch Street Church, Philadelphia. Our Hymnody, McCutchan, has, perhaps, the fullest account of him readily available.
--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives
John H. Stockton
W. G. Fischer
1835 - 1912 Arranger of "[I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing over]" in Beulah Songs William Gustavus Fischer In his youth, William G. Fischer (b. Baltimore, MD, 1835; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1912) developed an interest in music while attending singing schools. His career included working in the book bindery of J. B. Lippencott Publishing Company, teaching music at Girard College, and co-owning a piano business and music store–all in Philadelphia. Fischer eventually became a popular director of music at revival meetings and choral festivals. In 1876 he conducted a thousand-voice choir at the Dwight L. Moody/Ira D. Sankey revival meeting in Philadelphia. Fischer composed some two hundred tunes for Sunday school hymns and gospel songs.
Bert Polman
W. G. Fischer
