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[There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 34555 55567 11111 Used With Text: On the Hills Beyond the River

Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by Refrain First Line: Oh, the hills beyond the river Lyrics: 1 There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by, Where the Eden flow’rs are blooming underneath a cloudless sky; There the stately palms are swaying in the soft and balmy breeze; Birds of paradise are singing from the ever-verdant trees. Chorus: Oh, the hills beyond the river, Stately hills majestic hills; We shall rest in peace forever, On those hills, enduring hills. 2 On those hills beyond the river is our heavenly Father’s throne, And the brightness of that city mortal eye hath never known; Oh, its gates are shining brightly in the never-fading day, For the sunshine is eternal, and can never pass away. [Chorus] 3 While we walk along the valley we may sometimes gain a view Of the hills beyond the river underneath the arching blue; If our footsteps never falter, in the path that should be trod, We may one day claim a dwelling in the city of our God. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by]

Auf des Himmels lichten Höhen

Author: C. Röhl Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Wo die Jordansfluthen golden Refrain First Line: O des Himmels licht Höhen Used With Tune: [Wo die Jordansfluthen golden]

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On the Hills Beyond the River

Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #136 (1890) First Line: There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by Refrain First Line: Oh, the hills beyond the river Lyrics: 1 There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by, Where the Eden flow’rs are blooming underneath a cloudless sky; There the stately palms are swaying in the soft and balmy breeze; Birds of paradise are singing from the ever-verdant trees. Chorus: Oh, the hills beyond the river, Stately hills majestic hills; We shall rest in peace forever, On those hills, enduring hills. 2 On those hills beyond the river is our heavenly Father’s throne, And the brightness of that city mortal eye hath never known; Oh, its gates are shining brightly in the never-fading day, For the sunshine is eternal, and can never pass away. [Chorus] 3 While we walk along the valley we may sometimes gain a view Of the hills beyond the river underneath the arching blue; If our footsteps never falter, in the path that should be trod, We may one day claim a dwelling in the city of our God. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by]

Auf des Himmels lichten Höhen

Author: C. Röhl Hymnal: Die Perle #61 (1894) First Line: Wo die Jordansfluthen golden Refrain First Line: O des Himmels licht Höhen Languages: German Tune Title: [Wo die Jordansfluthen golden]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[There are hills beyond the valley where the river glideth by]" in Gems and Jewels James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry