Still on the homeward journey

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Still on the homeward journey

Author: Jane L. Borthwick
Published in 7 hymnals

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	The Church's One Foundation - (Suite on…

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	Hymn Introductions and Descants for Trum…

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	Ring for Joy! (Easy Reproducible Hymn Me…

Author: Jane L. Borthwick

Miss Jane Borthwick, the translator of this hymn and many others, is of Scottish family. Her sister (Mrs. Eric Findlater) and herself edited "Hymns from the Land of Luther" (1854). She also wrote "Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (1859), and has contributed numerous poetical pieces to the "Family Treasury," under the signature "H.L.L." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Still on the homeward journey
Author:	Jane L. Borthwick
Meter:	7.6.7.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY

WELLESLEY (Elvey)

AURELIA

Composed by Samuel S. Wesley (PHH 206), AURELIA (meaning "golden") was published as a setting for “Jerusalem the Golden” in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was compiled by Charles Kemble and Wesley in 1864. Though opinions vary concerning the tune's merits (Henry J. Gauntlett once condemned…

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