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I Am Thinking Tonight of a Far Away Home

Author: E. T. Hildebrand Meter: 12.8.12.8 with refrain Appears in 9 hymnals Refrain First Line: Beautiful home, land of the blest Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Heaven Yearning, Hope for Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:2 Used With Tune: MY FAR AWAY HOME

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MY FAR AWAY HOME

Meter: 12.8.12.8 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. T. Hildebrand Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 34555 35566 65332 Used With Text: I Am Thinking Tonight of a Far Away Home

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My Far Away Home

Author: Ephraim T. Hildebrand Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4401 First Line: I am thinking tonight of a far away home Refrain First Line: Beautiful home, land of the blest Lyrics: 1. I am thinking tonight of a far away home, Where the angels are happy in song, And the streets of pure gold, which I long to behold, Are trod by the bright angel throng. Refrain Beautiful home, land of the blest, Whose glories forever are bright; My soul goes up to the great white throne, Where Jesus is ever the light. 2. I am thinking tonight of that heavenly land, And those who are crowned with the blest; ’Tis the host of the Lord, who received the reward Which is promised to all who seek rest. [Refrain] 3. I am thinking tonight of those who have gone To view that great city above; Oh, may we at length, through Jesus the Son, Pass into that haven of love. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I am thinking tonight of a far away home]

I Am Thinking Tonight of a Far Away Home

Author: E. T. Hildebrand Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #585 (1972) Meter: 12.8.12.8 with refrain Refrain First Line: Beautiful home, land of the blest Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Heaven Yearning, Hope for Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:2 Languages: English Tune Title: MY FAR AWAY HOME

My Far Away Home

Author: E. T. H. Hymnal: New Onward and Upward #124 (1909) First Line: I am thinking tonight of a far away home Refrain First Line: Beautiful home, land of the blest Languages: English Tune Title: [I am thinking tonight of a far away home]

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E. T. Hildebrand

1866 - 1931 Person Name: Ephraim T. Hildebrand Author of "My Far Away Home" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: January 18, 1866, Rockingham County, Virginia. Died: March 23, 1931. Buried: Weaver Mennonite Church Cemetery, Dayton, Virginia. Hildebrand attended the public schools and Shenandoah Seminary. His mother taught him to sing as soon as he could talk, but his first regular teacher was D. M. Click. He later studied with James Ruebush, Benjamin Unseld, P. J. Merges, George and Frederick Root, C. B. Shaw, F. H. Tubbs and others. He began teaching singing schools during the summer months while pursuing his college course. He was elected principal of the Dayton Music School in 1894, resigning in 1899 to become Director of Music at Bridgewater College, Virginia. He owned the Hildebrand-Burnette music publishing company in Waynesboro, Virginia, and helped edit several music books. Hildebrand married Zona T. Wise in 1902. His parents and other members of his family were Mennonites, but his membership was with the United Brethren Church. --www.hymntime.com/tch/ ================= Ephraim Timothy Hildebrand (1866-1932) was raised in a Mennonite family near Bridgewater and Dayton, Virginia. He attended Shenandoah College, associated with the United Brethren Church, and was a member of that body during his adult life.(Gospel Herald) He studied music education at Shenandoah, which at that time was located in Dayton, VA, where he also joined the influential circle of the Ruebush-Kieffer gospel music enterprise. From 1895-99 Hildebrand actually directed the music program at Shenandoah, rather remarkable for such a recent graduate; then beginning in 1899 he did the same at Bridgewater College. In the early 20th century he also pursued a more classical career in New York City, studying under the popular composer George F. Root and singing with the New York Oratorio Society.(Bridgewater) A search of Worldcat.org shows that Hildebrand continued to publish primarily in the gospel song genre, however, collaborating with the Fillmore Brothers and even decidedly "Southern gospel" publishers such as James D. Vaughan and Virgil O. Stamps. For someone who was so active and apparently well-known in his time, it is surprising how few of his works have survived to the present day. --drhamrick.blogspot.com