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By the beautiful gate

Author: John R. Clements Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate Used With Tune: [A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate]

[A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: P. P. Bilhorn Incipit: 55671 11767 44567 Used With Text: By the beautiful gate

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Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: The Century Gospel Songs #39 (1901) First Line: A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate Languages: English Tune Title: [A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate]

The Beautiful Gate

Author: John R. Clements; P. P. B. Hymnal: Sacred and Secular Selections #80 (1900) First Line: A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate Refrain First Line: By the Beautiful Gate Languages: English Tune Title: [A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "By the Beautiful Gate" John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

P. P. Bilhorn

1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. P. B. Arranger of "The Beautiful Gate" in Sacred and Secular Selections Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name) ================ Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936. John Perry