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[Oh, blest assurance ever dear]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Will H. Ruebush Incipit: 51315 61551 11135 Used With Text: As We Go Traveling Home

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As We Go Traveling Home

Author: W. H. R. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Oh, blest assurance ever dear Used With Tune: [Oh, blest assurance ever dear]

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As We Go Traveling Home

Author: W. H. R. Hymnal: Crowning Day No. 5 #46 (1902) First Line: Oh, blest assurance ever dear Lyrics: 1 Oh, blest assurance ever dear, As we go traveling home; It comes our drooping hearts to cheer, As we go traveling home. Refrain: As we go traveling home, As we go traveling home, All sorrows past, sweet peace at last, As we go traveling home. 2 Our pathway may be overcast, As we go traveling home; But joy and peace will come at last, As we go traveling home. [Refrain] 3 Led by the pillar, by the cloud, As we go traveling home; Redeemed by Jesus’ precious blood, As we go traveling home. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, blest assurance ever dear]
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As We Go Traveling Home

Author: W. H. R. Hymnal: Victory Songs #138 (1910) First Line: Oh, blest assurance ever dear Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, blest assurance ever dear]

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W. H. Ruebush

1873 - 1956 Person Name: W. H. R. Author of "As We Go Traveling Home" in Crowning Day No. 5 William Howe Ruebush (Will H. Ruebush) 1873-1956 Born: June 4, 1873, Sing­ers Glen, Vir­gin­ia. Died: October 6, 1956, Elk­ton, Vir­gin­ia. A vo­cal mu­sic teach­er ear­ly in his ca­reer, Rue­bush di­rect­ed an ar­my band in France in World War I. Af­ter the war, he led ma­ny ci­vil­ian or­ches­tras and bands, and taught at sev­er­al schools, in­clud­ing the Shen­an­do­ah Con­serv­a­to­ry of Mu­sic in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. He com­posed ma­ny marches, in­clud­ing The Stone­wall Bri­gade March, Shen­an­do­ah, and the Al­ma Ma­ter Song for Tu­lane Un­i­ver­si­ty. Rue­bush spent most of his life in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia, where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Rue­bush-Kieff­er Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny. Lyrics-- Cross Goes on Be­fore, The He Rolls the Stone Away I Am Hap­py Scatter Sun­shine Music-- --www.hymntime.com/tch
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