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[Afar from earth is a summer-land]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Incipit: 55351 23213 51746 Used With Text: God's Summerland

God's Summerland

Author: Jennie Wilson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Afar from earth is a summer-land Refrain First Line: Sweet summer-land Used With Tune: [Afar from earth is a summer-land]

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Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #128 (1903) First Line: Afar from earth is a summer land Refrain First Line: Sweet summer land Topics: Funeral; Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [Afar from earth is a summer land]

God's Summerland

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Ocean Grove Songs #58 (1900) First Line: Afar from earth is a summer-land Refrain First Line: Sweet summer-land Languages: English Tune Title: [Afar from earth is a summer-land]

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I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Composer of "[Afar from earth is a summer-land]" in Ocean Grove Songs Pseudonyms Charles C. Ackley (taken from his wife’s name, Clarissa Ackley Cowan) Broughton Edwards Floyd Engle (from his address on Floyd Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Arthur Grantley Bruce Kennedy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton

Jennie Wilson

1857 - 1913 Author of "God's Summerland" in Ocean Grove Songs Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives. =============================== Jennie Bain Wilson, 1857-1913 Born: 1857, on a Farm Near South Whitley, Indiana. Died: Circa 1913. Afflicted with a spinal condition at age four, Wilson spent her life in a wheel chair. She never attended school, but was educated at home. She is said to have written over 2,200 texts. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)