[When in the grave the Savior lay]

[When in the grave the Savior lay]

Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore
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Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore

Born: May 15, 1856, Par­is, Ill­i­nois. Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1925, Ter­race Park, Ohio. Buried: Mil­ford, Ohio. Frederick Augustus Fillmore, who was born on May 15, 1856, in Paris, IL, one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to Augustus Damon and Hannah Lockwood Fillmore. His father was a preacher in the Christian Church, as well as a composer, songbook compiler, and hymn publisher who developed his own system of musical notation using numbers on the staff in place of note heads. Augustus eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH, and established a music publishing business there. Until 1906, there was no official distinction between "Christian Churches" and "Churches of Christ." The names were used pretty much inte… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When in the grave the Savior lay]
Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore
Incipit: 55443 32117 24565
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

He Lives and Reigns

When in the grave the Savior lay,
Death triumphed for an hour,
But soon the Lord of life arose,
And passed beyond its power.

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The Cyber Hymnal #2294
Text: He Lives and Reigns
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