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Pearly Gates

Author: H. R. Jeffrey Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I am going to a home bright and fair Refrain First Line: Open wide

[I am going to a home bright and fair]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 12333 33215 55666 Used With Text: The Pearly Gates Ajar for Me

[I am going to a home bright and fair]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. L. K. Incipit: 34532 16165 34532 Used With Text: Open Wide

[I am going to a home bright and fair]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Incipit: 34554 51765 51777 Used With Text: Pearly Gates

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Author: H. R. Jeffrey Hymnal: Waves of Melody #14 (1901) First Line: I am going to a home bright and fair Refrain First Line: Gates ajar, gates ajar Languages: English Tune Title: [I am going to a home bright and fair]

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Hymnal: Songs and Solos used by the Christian Crusaders #43 (1892) First Line: I am going to a home bright and fair Refrain First Line: Open wide, open wide Languages: English Tune Title: [I am going to a home bright and fair]

Pearly Gates

Author: H. R. Jeffrey Hymnal: Songs of Victory #60 (1885) First Line: I am going to a home bright and fair Refrain First Line: Open wide! Open wide! Scripture: Revelation 21:21 Languages: English Tune Title: [I am going to a home bright and fair]

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Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[I am going to a home bright and fair]" in Waves of Melody Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Composer of "[I am going to a home bright and fair]" in Melodies of Zion Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.