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Hallelujah, I'll Be There

Soon the time will come, dear brother, to reward the faithful few

Author: R. E. Winsett
Tune: [Soon the time will come, dear brother]
Published in 6 hymnals


Author: R. E. Winsett

Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Soon the time will come, dear brother, to reward the faithful few
Title: Hallelujah, I'll Be There
Author: R. E. Winsett
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Then I'll be there, Yes, I'll be there
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Holiness to the Lord #d173

Holiness to the Lord #d173
Page Scan

Jewel Songs #199

Jewel Songs #199

Songs of Pentecostal Power, Complete #199

Songs of Pentecostal Power, Complete #199

Songs of Perennial Glory #53

Songs of Perennial Glory #53

Songs of Spiritual Power; Songs that Win #d143

Songs of Spiritual Power; Songs that Win #d143

Songs of the Kingdom #53

Songs of the Kingdom #53
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