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[Here we shall not always linger]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: R. S. Harrington Used With Text: Summer land of Song
[Here we shall not always linger]
Summer land of Song
Author: R. G. Staples Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Here we shall not always linger Used With Tune: [Here we shall not always linger]
Summer land of Song
Summer land of Song
Author: R. G. Staples Hymnal: Gospel Echoes #131 (1877) First Line: Here we shall not always linger Languages: English Tune Title: [Here we shall not always linger]
Summer land of Song
R. G. Staples
b. 1833 Author of "Summer land of Song" in Gospel Echoes Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA.
Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)
R. G. Staples
