Search Results

BEYOND THE RIVER (Rosecrans)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 53565 35452 46523

Shall we meet beyond the river, where the surges

Author: Horace L. Hastings Appears in 469 hymnals Used With Tune: SHALL WE MEET?

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Shall we meet beyond the river, where the surges

Author: Horace L. Hastings Hymnal: Pearly Gates #60 (1876) Tune Title: SHALL WE MEET?

Shall we meet beyond the river

Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1369 (1886) Lyrics: 1 Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll? Where in all the bright forever, Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul? Shall we meet in that blest harbor, When our stormy voyage is o'er? Shall we meet and cast our anchor, By the fair, celestial shore? Topics: Bible Songs Funeral Occasions Tune Title: BEYOND THE RIVER

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

H. L. Hastings

1831 - 1899 Person Name: Horace L. Hastings Author of "Shall we meet beyond the river, where the surges" in Pearly Gates Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, was born at Blandford, Mass., Nov. 26, 1831; commenced writing hymns, and preaching, in his 17th year, and laboured as an evangelist in various parts of the U. S. In 1866 he established The Christian, a monthly paper, in which many of his hymns have appeared, and in 1865 the Scriptural Tract Repository in Boston. He published Social Hymns, Original and Selected, Boston, 1865; Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part i., 1880; and in August, 1886, the same completed, to tho extent of 1533 hymns, 450 of which are original and signed "H." The best known of these is "Shall we meet beyond the river," written in N. Y. city, 1858, and lately published as a leaflet in 14 stanzas of 8 lines. The text in Gospel Hymns and elsewhere consists of the 1st half of stanzas i., iv., xi. and ix. The Hastings Birthday Book, extracts from his prose writings, appeared 1886. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Composer of "SHALL WE MEET?" in Pearly Gates James Holmes Rosecrans studied at the Baxter University of Music in Friendship, New York. After teaching for two years, he joined the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teaching music in Douglas County, Colorado. In 1884, was an evangelist in California, and later was associated with evangelistic efforts in Texas, and taught music and Bible at Carlton College in Bonham, Texas. He published over 20 music collections in his lifetime. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)