Though they may lay beneath the ground

Though they may lay beneath the ground

Author: Sidney Dyer
Published in 8 hymnals

Author: Sidney Dyer

Dyer, Sidney, who served in the U. S. Army from 1831 to c. 1840, is a native of White Creek, Washington County, New York, where he was born in 1814. On leaving the army he was ordained a Baptist Minister in 1842, and acted first as a Missionary to the Choctaws, then as Pastor in Indianapolis, Indiana (1852), and as Secretary to the Baptist Publication Society, Phila. (1859). He has published sundry works, and in the Southwestern Psalmist, 1851, 16 of his hymns are found. The following are later and undated:— 1. Go, preach the blest salvation. Missions. In the Baptist Praise Book, 1871, and The Baptist Hymn & Tune Book, 1871. 2. Great Framer [Maker] of unnumbered worlds. National Humiliation. In the Boston Unitarian Hymn [an… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Though they may lay beneath the ground
Author: Sidney Dyer
Refrain First Line: The angels told me so
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Hymns of Progress #d194

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d209

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book No. 1-5 #d179

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book Nos. 1 and 2 with additions #d51

Page Scan

The Children's Progressive Lyceum #54

Page Scan

The Sabbath School Bell #69

The Spiritual Harp #d259

The Westminster Collection of Sabbath School Hymns and Tunes #d111

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us