O there's a better world on high

O there's a better world on high

Author: F. E. Belden
Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: F. E. Belden

Belden was born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1858. He began writing music in his late teenage years after moving to California with his family. For health reasons he later moved to Colorado. He returned to Battle Creek with his wife in the early 1880s, and there he became involved in Adventist Church publishing. F. E. Belden wrote many hymn tunes, gospel songs, and related texts in the early years of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Belden was able to rapidly write both music and poetry together which enabled him to write a song to fit a sermon while it was still being delivered. He also wrote songs for evang­el­ist Bil­ly Sun­day. Though Belden’s later years were marred by misunderstandings with the church leadership over his royal… Go to person page >

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First Line: O there's a better world on high
Author: F. E. Belden
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. ETHELDREDA

Thomas Turton (b. Hatfield, Yorkshire, England, 1780; d. Westminster, Middlesex, England, 1864) composed ST. ETHELDREDA in 1860; it was published in James Turle's Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship (1863). Educated at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, England, Turton became a professor of mathematics at C…

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #460

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #712

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #283

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #283

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #274

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #865

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The Christian Hymn Book #433

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The Brethren Hymnal #355

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