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O who will go along with me

Author: William Hunter Appears in 54 hymnals First Line: We're marching to the promised land

[We're marching to the promis'd land]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Karl Reden Incipit: 55517 21332 46715 Used With Text: The Youthful Band

MARCHING TO THE PROMISED LAND

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 51333 14442 33531 Used With Text: Oh, come and join our youthful band

[We're marching to the promised land]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Richard R. Trench Incipit: 51111 23211 76543 Used With Text: The Promised Land

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Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Praises #39 (1905) First Line: We're marching to the promised land Refrain First Line: O come and join our faithful band Languages: English Tune Title: [We're marching to the promised land]

Oh, come and join our youthful band

Hymnal: The New Sabbath School Hosanna #62 (1870) First Line: We're marching to the promised land Lyrics: 1 We're marching to the promised land, A land all fair and bright; Come, join our happy, youthful band, And seek the plains of light. Chorus: Oh, come and join our youthful band, Our songs and triumphs share; We soon shall reach the promised land, And rest for ever there. 2 The Saviour feeds his little flock, His grace is richly given; The living waters from the rock, And daily bread from heaven. [Chorus] 3 In that bright land no sin is found, But all are happy there; And youthful voices there shall join With the angelic choir. [Chorus] 4 Our teachers kind do point the way, And guide our feet aright, To those bright realms of endless day Where Jesus is the light. [Chorus] Tune Title: MARCHING TO THE PROMISED LAND

We're Marching

Hymnal: Twilight Zephyrs #64 (1881) First Line: We're marching on to the promis'd land Refrain First Line: Oh, come and join our faithful band Languages: English Tune Title: [We're marching on to the promis'd land]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "The Promised Land" in Praises John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

William Hunter

1811 - 1877 Author of "The Promised Land" Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c. 2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c. 3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections. 4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859 5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)