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[Some day I shall cross the river]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 33335 13222 34653 Used With Text: At Heaven’s Gate

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Some day I shall cross the river Refrain First Line: At portals of the Heav'nly gate Lyrics: 1 Some day I shall cross the river, I know not if soon or late, But this do I know—the Saviour Will meet me at Heaven’s gate! Refrain: At portals of the Heav’nly gate My Lord will stand and for me wait, All sorrow past—all safe at last, I’ll enter through the Heav’nly gate. 2 O joyful will be the meeting, When safe in His blest embrace! I’ll dwell in His glorious presence, Beholding Him face to face. [Refrain] 3 Earth’s sorrows will seem as nothing When loved ones again I see, And life but a little journey To that blest Eternity! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Some day I shall cross the river]

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At Heaven’s Gate

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Uplifted Voices #26 (1901) First Line: Some day I shall cross the river Refrain First Line: At portals of the Heav'nly gate Lyrics: 1 Some day I shall cross the river, I know not if soon or late, But this do I know—the Saviour Will meet me at Heaven’s gate! Refrain: At portals of the Heav’nly gate My Lord will stand and for me wait, All sorrow past—all safe at last, I’ll enter through the Heav’nly gate. 2 O joyful will be the meeting, When safe in His blest embrace! I’ll dwell in His glorious presence, Beholding Him face to face. [Refrain] 3 Earth’s sorrows will seem as nothing When loved ones again I see, And life but a little journey To that blest Eternity! [Refrain] Tune Title: [Some day I shall cross the river]

At Heaven's Gate

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Gospel Songs No. 2 #261 (1902) First Line: Some day I shall cross the river Refrain First Line: At portals of the heav'nly gate Topics: The Future Heaven; Special Songs, Soles, Etc. Languages: English Tune Title: [Some day I shall cross the river]

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Some day I shall cross the river]" in Uplifted Voices Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Alice Jean Cleator

1871 - 1926 Author of "At Heaven’s Gate" in Uplifted Voices Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Circa 1871, Andreas, Isle of Man, England. Died: Circa April 27, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleator’s family evidently emigrated to America in the 1870’s. She was living in Claridon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geauga County, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York City, retiring some time before 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/