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It Will Only Be Going Home

Author: Jennie Wilson Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour Used With Tune: [We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour]

[We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. Baltzell Incipit: 34551 12315 55667 Used With Text: It Will Only be Going Home

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Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Songs of Refreshing No. 2 #34 (1891) First Line: We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour Languages: English Tune Title: [We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour]

It Will Only Be Going Home

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Songs of the Morning #59 (1890) First Line: We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour Languages: English Tune Title: [We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour]

It Will Only be Going Home

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: With Heart and Voice #136 (1905) First Line: We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour Languages: English Tune Title: [We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour]

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Jennie Wilson

1857 - 1913 Author of "It Will Only be Going Home" in With Heart and Voice Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives. =============================== Jennie Bain Wilson, 1857-1913 Born: 1857, on a Farm Near South Whitley, Indiana. Died: Circa 1913. Afflicted with a spinal condition at age four, Wilson spent her life in a wheel chair. She never attended school, but was educated at home. She is said to have written over 2,200 texts. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

I. Baltzell

1832 - 1893 Composer of "[We sometimes speak of a sad, still hour]" in With Heart and Voice Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives