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[Sailing down the stream of time]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 33234 33111 27123 Used With Text: Where Wilt Thou Land?
[Sailing down the stream of time]
Where Wilt Thou Land?
Author: Rev. Wm. H. Bancroft Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Sailing, down the stream of time Refrain First Line: Where, O sinner, wilt thou land Used With Tune: [Sailing, down the stream of time]
Where Wilt Thou Land?
Where Wilt Thou Land?
Author: William H. Bancroft Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 #131 (1898) First Line: Sailing down the stream of time Refrain First Line: Where, O sinner, wilt thou land Languages: English Tune Title: [Sailing down the stream of time]
Where Wilt Thou Land?
Where Wilt Thou Land?
Author: Rev. Wm. H. Bancroft Hymnal: Celestial Songs #672 (1921) First Line: Sailing, down the stream of time Refrain First Line: Where, O sinner, wilt thou land Languages: English Tune Title: [Sailing, down the stream of time]
Where Wilt Thou Land?
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Sailing down the stream of time]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
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John R. Sweney
William H. Bancroft
Author of "Where Wilt Thou Land?" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 5
William H. Bancroft
