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Will You Go?

Author: Anonymous Appears in 254 hymnals First Line: We're traveling home to Heav'n above Lyrics: 1. We’re traveling home to Heav’n above, Will you go? Will you go? We sing the Savior’s dying love, Will you go? Will you go? Millions have reached that blest abode, Anointed kings and priests to God, And millions now are on the road, Will you go? Will you go? 2. Ye weary, heavy laden, come, Will you go? Will you go? In the blest house there still is room, Will you go? Will you go? The Lord is waiting to receive, If thou wilt on Him now believe, He’ll give thy troubled conscience ease, Come believe, come believe. 3. The way to Heav’n is straight and plain, Will you go? Will you go? Repent, believe, be born again, Will you go? Will you go? The Savior cries aloud to thee, Take up thy cross and follow Me, And thou shalt My salvation see, Come to Me, come to Me. Used With Tune: [We're traveling home to Heav'n above] Text Sources: The Junior Hymnal, by Edwin A. Schell & Mary Chisholm Foster (New York: Eaton & Mains, 1895), number 3

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BETTER WORLD

Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 54 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. P. Main Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13555 16155 4343 Used With Text: Will You Go?

[We're traveling home to Heav'n above]

Appears in 39 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. A. Carter Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51122 34554 33215 Used With Text: Will You Go?

[We're travelling home to heaven above]

Appears in 65 hymnals Incipit: 54333 33456 55432 Used With Text: Will you go?

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We're Traveling Home to Heaven (Will You Go?)

Author: Unknown Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #496 (2011) Meter: 8.3.8.3.8.8.8.3 First Line: We're traveling home to heaven above Lyrics: 1 We’re traveling home to heaven above, Will you go? Will you go? To sing the Savior’s dying love, Will you go? Will you go? Millions have reached that blest abode, Anointed kings and priests to God; And millions now are on the road, Will you go? Will you go? 2 We're going to see the bleeding Lamb, Will you go? Will you go? In rapturous strains to praise His name, Will you go? Will you go? The crown of life we there shall wear, The conqueror's palm our hands shall bear, And all the joys of heaven we'll share, Will you go? Will you go? 3 We're going to join the heavenly choir, Will you go? Will you go? To raise our voice and tune the lyre, Will you go? Will you go? There saints and angels gladly sing Hosanna to their God and King, And make the heavenly arches ring, Will you go? Will you go? 4 We're going to walk the plains of light, Will you go? Will you go? Where perfect day excludes the night, Will you go? Will you go? Our sun will there no more go down In that blest world of great reknown, Our days of mourning past and gone, Will you go? Will you go? 5 The way to heaven is free for all, Will you go? Will you go? For Jew and Gentile, great and small, Will you go? Will you go? Make up your mind, give God your heart, With every sin and idol part, And now for glory make a start, Will you go? Will you go? 6 The way to heaven is straight and plain, Will you go? Will you go? Repent, believe, be born again, Will you go? Will you go? The Savior cries aloud to thee: Take up thy cross and follow Me, And thou shalt My salvation see, Will you go? Will you go? Topics: The Christian Life Death and Life Eternal; Death; Heaven; Jesus Love Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Languages: English Tune Title: WILL YOU GO

We're traveling home to heaven above: Will you go? Will you go?

Hymnal: The New Sabbath School Hosanna #98 (1870) Lyrics: 1 We’re traveling home to heaven above: Will you go? Will you go? To sing the Saviour’s dying love: Will you go? Millions have reach'd that blest abode, Anointed kings and priests to God, And millions more are on the road: Will you go? 2 We're going to walk the plains of light: Will you go? Will you go? Far, far from death, and curse, and night: Will you go? The crown of life we then shall wear, The conqueror's palm we then shall bear, And all the joys of heaven we'll share: Will you go? 3 The way to heaven is straight and plain: Will you go? Repent, believe, be born again? Will you go? The Saviour cries aloud to thee, "Take up thy cross and follow me, And thou shalt my salvation see:" Will you go? 4 Oh, could I hear some sinner say, "I will go." Oh, could I hear him humbly pray, "Make me go." And all his old companions tell, "I will not go with you to hell; I long with Jesus Christ to dwell. Let us go." Tune Title: WILL YOU GO?

We're traveling home to heaven above

Hymnal: The Book of Worship #273 (1867) Lyrics: 1 We’re traveling home to heaven above, Will you go? To sing the Saviour’s dying love; Will you go? Millions have reached that blest abode, Anointed kings and priests to God, And millions now are on the road, Will you go? 2 We're going to see the bleeding Lamb, Will you go? In rapturous strains to praise His name; Will you go? The crown of life we there shall wear, The conqueror's palms our hands shall bear, And all the joys of heaven we'll share, Will you go? 3 We're going to join the heavenly choir, Will you go? To raise our voice and tune the lyre; Will you go? There saints and angels gladly sing Hosanna to their God and King, And make the heavenly arches ring, Will you go? 4 Ye weary, heavy-laden, come, Will you go? In the blest house there still is room; Will you go? The Lord is waiting to receive; If thou wilt on Him now believe, He’ll give thy troubled conscience ease, Come believe. 5 The way to heaven is straight and plain, Will you go? Repent, believe, be born again; Will you go? The Saviour cries aloud to thee, "Take up thy cross and follow Me, And thou shalt My salvation see, Come to Me." 6 Oh could I hear some sinner say, I will go! I will go! I'll start this moment, on the way; Let me go! let me go! My old companions, fare you well, I will not go with you to hell, I mean with Jesus Christ to dwell, I will go! I will go! Topics: Man a Sinner Invited Languages: English

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Will You Go?" in Redemption Songs In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Hubert P. Main

1839 - 1925 Person Name: H. P. Main Adapter of "BETTER WORLD" in Redemption Songs Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ. John Perry

Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[We're trav'ling home to heav'n above]" in Echoes of Paradise Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch

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