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[Over the river, shining forever]

Meter: 10.7.10.7 D Appears in 19 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. D. Williams, 1881-? Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55561 32311 11121 Used With Text: Wonderful City

Wonderful City

Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: Over the river, shining forever Used With Tune: [Over the river, shining forever]

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Hymnal: Melodies of Love #156 (1962) First Line: Over the river, shining forever Refrain First Line: Wonderful city; beautiful city Lyrics: 1 Over the river, shining forever, There is a city, I know, Wonderful story! mansions of glory Waiting for pilgrims below. Refrain: Wonderful city; beautiful city, Built without hands by our King; Marvelous city, glorious city, Where we forever shall sing. 2 Home of the sages, saints of all ages, martyrs and angels of light; Free of all sadness, city of gladness, Always so peaceful and bright! [Refrain] 3 Hasten tomorrow, end of all sorrow, When this glad home I shall see; When with my Savior, happy forever, Resting above I shall be. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Over the river, shining forever]

Wonderful City

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The Crown #9 (1923) First Line: Over the river, shining forever Refrain First Line: Wonderful city, beautiful city Languages: English Tune Title: [Over the river, shining forever]

Wonderful City

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Gospel Quartets #24 (1938) First Line: Over the river, shining forever Refrain First Line: Wonderful city, beautiful city Languages: English Tune Title: [Over the river, shining forever]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Wonderful City" in The Crown Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)