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[I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light]
Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. B. Register Hymnal Title: Favorite Songs and Hymns Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55671 11115 66155 Used With Text: I'm Going That Way
[I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light]
Allá Quiero Estar
Author: James Rowe; H. C. Ball Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Alabanzas Favoritas No. 2 First Line: Yo oigo decir que más allá hay un buen hogar Used With Tune: [Yo oigo decir que más allá hay un buen hogar]
Allá Quiero Estar
I'm Going That Way
Author: James Rowe Appears in 30 hymnals Hymnal Title: Sacred Selections for the Church First Line: I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light Refrain First Line: I'm going that way, I'm on that way Used With Tune: [I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light]
I'm Going That Way
Allá Quiero Estar
Author: James Rowe; H. C. Ball Hymnal: Alabanzas Favoritas No. 2 #212 (1993) Hymnal Title: Alabanzas Favoritas No. 2 First Line: Yo oigo decir que más allá hay un buen hogar Languages: Spanish Tune Title: [Yo oigo decir que más allá hay un buen hogar]
Allá Quiero Estar
I'm Going That Way
Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Christ Exalted in Song #100 (1924) Hymnal Title: Christ Exalted in Song First Line: I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light Refrain First Line: I'm going that way, I'm going that way Languages: English Tune Title: [I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light]
I'm Going That Way
I'm Going That Way
Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Church Hymnal #88 (1951) Hymnal Title: Church Hymnal First Line: I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light Languages: English Tune Title: [I've heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light]
I'm Going That Way
H. C. Ball
1896 - 1989 Hymnal Title: Alabanzas Favoritas No. 2 Translator of "Allá Quiero Estar" in Alabanzas Favoritas No. 2
H. C. Ball
L. B. Register
1887 - 1974 Hymnal Title: Soul Inspiring Songs Composer of "[I’ve heard of a land of joy and peace and wonderful light]" in Soul Inspiring Songs L. B. (Lonnie B.) Register lived in the Graceville, Florida area but in the country. He worked various jobs, while writing music and teaching singing schools and leading music at revivals and convention sings. A series of tragedies hit them right off the bat. Their infant daughter was born in 1916 but died very soon after birth. His main job ended and he became a rider in the turpentine woods, which was a big industry. He was a foreman, riding a horse from camp to camp checking progress and assigning work crews. Things were going fairly well. Then, tragedy. He was throwing his leg over the saddle, not knowing his scythe blade had flipped up on the other side. It went through his leg, piercing an artery and tendons. He lost use of the leg and nearly died from blood loss. While L. B. was recovering, the family lived with L.B.s father-in-law who owned a country store and also had the usual farm. They lived just south of Graceville, still basically in the town. It took an entire year to recover, strengthen and learn to walk again. During the year with his in-laws, he said he would drag himself out on the porch in the morning to see people going by and see the store. He would work on songs. It was there he put music to "I'm Going That Way". He wrote the music and his friend (they collaborated on many songs) wrote the words. It was published in the Fall if 1918. He always said that if you had to live a year with your father-in-law, you would be ready to start "Going That Way" too.
From an account of his grandson, sent by his great grandson Noah Hicks
L. B. Register
James Rowe
1865 - 1933 Hymnal Title: Vocal Gems Author of "I'm Going That Way" in Vocal Gems Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
James Rowe
