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Along the Ancient Highway

Author: Palmer Hartsough Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng Refrain First Line: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David

[Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 33333 55544 443 Used With Text: Hosanna to the Son of David

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Author: Palmer Hartsough Hymnal: Hymns for Today #94 (1920) First Line: Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng Refrain First Line: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David Lyrics: 1 Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng, And hail the blessed Jesus as He meekly rides along; They strew with palms His pathway, their garments casting down: “The Son of David cometh,” “Go forth the King to crown.” “The Son of David cometh,” “Go forth the King to crown;” And now the holy city its portals open flings, And lo! within the temple there the host of children sings: Refrain: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David! Hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David! O Zion, from the dust arise, Thy Saviour and thy King behold! Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David! (Blessed is He, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,) Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, hosanna! 2 Up to the Holy City the countless throng has come; They enter thru the pearly gates to God’s eternal home; I see them in their white robes bow low in worship sweet, Their crowns in rapture casting at their Redeemer’s feet; Their crowns in rapture casting at their Redeemer’s feet; There, too, in gladness praising their Saviour and their King, With cherubim and seraphim I hear the children sing: [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng]

Hosanna to the Son of David

Author: Palmer Hartsough Hymnal: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #73 (1927) First Line: Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng Refrain First Line: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the Son of David Languages: English Tune Title: [Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[Along the ancient highway in crowds the people throng]" in Hymns for Today 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

Palmer Hartsough

1844 - 1932 Author of "Along the Ancient Highway" in Hymns for Today Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 1914 to 1927. He then returned to Plymouth, MI, where he lived the rest of his life. He never married, but was close to his two sisters, and wrote them a weekly letter for many years. With Fillmore Company he helped publish 20 songbooks. He died in Plymouth, MI. John Perry