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It Is Better Farther On

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Shadows may gather around me Refrain First Line: Farther on Used With Tune: [Shadows may gather around me]

[Shadows may gather around me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Used With Text: It Is Better Farther On

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Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Kingdom of Praise #34 (1920) First Line: Shadows may gather around me Refrain First Line: Farther on, farther on Lyrics: 1 Shadows may gather around me, As on my journey I go, Yet they can never confound me, Sunshine will come soon, I know. Brighter the journey is growing, Glory-lights shine on my way, Faith in the morrow Will banish each sorrow, By night or day. Refrain: Farther on, Farther on, Yes, the way is growing brighter, It is better farther on. Farther on, Farther on, Burdens all are growing lighter, It is better farther on. 2 Some day the storm-clouds will lighten, Tempests around me will cease, Rainbows my skies then will brighten, Flooding my pathway with peace. Then in my heart will be gladness, Unceasing praises shall roll, Brighter the dawning Of ev’ry new morning Which greets my soul. [Refrain] 3 Upward and onward I’m pressing, Happy each step of the way, Trials are never distressing, Nothing my soul can dismay; Knowing each step of my journey Better and brighter will be, Clouds all are rifted, Life’s burdens are lifted, I’m glad and free. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Shadows may gather around me]

It Is Better Farther On

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Excelsior Hymnal #84 (1919) First Line: Shadows may gather around me Refrain First Line: Farther on Languages: English Tune Title: [Shadows may gather around me]

It is better farther on

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: Favorite Gospel Hymns #d25 (1917) First Line: Shadows may gather around me Refrain First Line: Farther on, farther on Languages: English

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Author of "It is better farther on" in The Kingdom of Praise Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Composer of "[Shadows may gather around me]" in The Kingdom of Praise Pseudonyms Charles C. Ackley (taken from his wife’s name, Clarissa Ackley Cowan) Broughton Edwards Floyd Engle (from his address on Floyd Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Arthur Grantley Bruce Kennedy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton