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Somewhere the Sun Is Shining (Beautiful Isle of Somewhere)

Author: Jessie B. Pounds, 1861-1921 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 112 hymnals First Line: Somewhere the sun is shining Refrain First Line: Somewhere, somwhere Lyrics: 1 Somewhere the sun is shining, Somewhere the songbirds dwell; Hush, then, thy sad repining, God lives, and all is well. Refrain: Somewhere, somewhere, Beautiful isle of somewhere; Land of the true, where we live anew, Beautiful isle of somewhere. 2 Somewhere the day is longer, Somewhere the task is done; Somewhere the heart is stronger, Somewhere the guerdon won. [Refrain] 3 Somewhere the load is lifted, Close by an open gate; Somewhere the clouds are rifted, Somewhere the angels wait. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Death and Life Eternal; God Eternity and Power; Heaven Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Used With Tune: BEAUTIFUL ISLE

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BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE

Appears in 87 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. S. Fearis Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 32151 17432 67653 Used With Text: Some Day!

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Somewhere the Sun Is Shining (Beautiful Isle of Somewhere)

Author: Jessie B. Pounds, 1861-1921 Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #494 (2011) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain First Line: Somewhere the sun is shining Refrain First Line: Somewhere, somwhere Lyrics: 1 Somewhere the sun is shining, Somewhere the songbirds dwell; Hush, then, thy sad repining, God lives, and all is well. Refrain: Somewhere, somewhere, Beautiful isle of somewhere; Land of the true, where we live anew, Beautiful isle of somewhere. 2 Somewhere the day is longer, Somewhere the task is done; Somewhere the heart is stronger, Somewhere the guerdon won. [Refrain] 3 Somewhere the load is lifted, Close by an open gate; Somewhere the clouds are rifted, Somewhere the angels wait. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Death and Life Eternal; God Eternity and Power; Heaven Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Languages: English Tune Title: BEAUTIFUL ISLE

Beautiful Isle of Somewhere

Hymnal: The Majestic Hymnal, number two #28 (1959) First Line: Somewhere the sun is shining Refrain First Line: Somewhere, Somewhere Topics: Heaven; Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [Somewhere the sun is shining]

Beautiful Isle of Somewhere

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #397 First Line: Somewhere the sun is shining Refrain First Line: Somewhere, somewhere Lyrics: 1. Somewhere the sun is shining, Somewhere the songbirds dwell; Hush, then, thy sad repining, God lives, and all is well. Refrain Somewhere, somewhere, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere! Land of the true, where we live anew, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere! 2. Somewhere the day is longer, Somewhere the task is done; Somewhere the heart is stronger, Somewhere the guerdon won. [Refrain] 3. Somewhere the load is lifted, Close by an open door; Somewhere the clouds are rifted, Somewhere the angels sing. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Somewhere the sun is shining]

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Jessie Brown Pounds

1861 - 1921 Person Name: Jessie B. Pounds Author of "Somewhere The Sun is Shining" in Great Songs of the Church Jessie Brown Pounds was born in Hiram, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on 31 August 1861. She was not in good health when she was a child so she was taught at home. She began to write verses for the Cleveland newspapers and religious weeklies when she was fifteen. After an editor of a collection of her verses noted that some of them would be well suited for church or Sunday School hymns, J. H. Fillmore wrote to her asking her to write some hymns for a book he was publishing. She then regularly wrote hymns for Fillmore Brothers. She worked as an editor with Standard Publishing Company in Cincinnati from 1885 to 1896, when she married Rev. John E. Pounds, who at that time was a pastor of the Central Christian Church in Indianapolis. A memorable phrase would come to her, she would write it down in her notebook. Maybe a couple months later she would write out the entire hymn. She is the author of nine books, about fifty librettos for cantatas and operettas and of nearly four hundred hymns. Her hymn "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" was sung at President McKinley's funeral. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Author (v. 2, 3, and refrain) of "Some Day! " in Favorite Hymns of Praise Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary

J. S. Fearis

1867 - 1932 Person Name: J. S. Ferris Composer of "BEAUTIFUL ISLE" in Great Songs of the Church John Sylvester Fearis, 1867-1932 Born: February 5, 1867, Richland, Iowa. Died: September 2, 1932, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Fearis’ father was a successful singing school teacher, and a painter by trade. At a young age, John learned to read music in his father’s classes. He was passionately fond of music, and, taking lessons on the reed organ, he was soon able to play in Sunday school and church. Later he took charge of the church choir, and taught singing classes in nearby towns. He wrote his first hymn tune at age 16. He eventually joined the editorial staff of the Choir Leader, published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in Dayton, Ohio. Sources-- Choir Herald, December 1932, p. 219 Emurian, p. 17 Hall, pp. 393-4 Lyrics-- Brightly Beams Another Morning Children’s Day Show Me the Way, My Shepherd What Comfort to Our Hearts What Wonderful Love Is the Love Music-- Be Thou Exalted Beautiful Isle of Somewhere God May Call for You Little Raindrops Promise Made to Mother, The Songs in the Night Show Me the Way, My Shepherd There’s Light for a Step Wherever He Leads Me I’ll Go --hymntime.com/tch