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PROSPECT OF HEAVEN

Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. Grambling Tune Sources: See Baptist Harm, p. 433 Used With Text: The faithless world promiscuous flows

Prospect of Heaven

Appears in 23 hymnals First Line: The faithless world promiscuous flow Used With Tune: PROSPECT OF HEAVEN

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Prospect of Heaven

Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion… #24t (1835) First Line: The faithless world promiscuous flow Tune Title: PROSPECT OF HEAVEN

The faithless world promiscuous flows

Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #24 (1854) Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1. The faithless world promiscuous flows, Enrapt in fancy's vision, Allured by sounds, beguiled by show, And empty dreams; they scarcely know There is a brighter heaven. Languages: English Tune Title: PROSPECT OF HEAVEN

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Andrew Grambling

1783 - 1874 Person Name: A. Grambling Composer of "PROSPECT OF HEAVEN" in The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) William Andrew Grambling, (sometimes spelled Gramling), born in 1783 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He composed at least five tunes which can be found in The Southern Harmony. He died in 1874 in Cherokee County, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website findagrave.com) and The Makers of the Sacred Harp by David Warren Steele and Richard H. Hulan (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010)