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[Rest, weary pilgrim, thy journey is over]

[Rest, weary pilgrim, thy journey is over]

Composer: J. H. Tenney
Published in 9 hymnals


Composer: J. H. Tenney

John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Rest, weary pilgrim, thy journey is over]
Composer: J. H. Tenney
Incipit: 54534 56665 11177
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
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Heavenly Carols #95

Heavenly Carols #95
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Notes of Triumph #118

Notes of Triumph #118
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Notes of Triumph #118

Notes of Triumph #118
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Riches of Grace #115

Riches of Grace #115
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Songs of the Kingdom #55

Songs of the Kingdom #55
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Sparkling and Bright #48

Sparkling and Bright #48
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Sweet Fields of Eden #23

Sweet Fields of Eden #23
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The Beacon Light #101

The Beacon Light #101
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The Otterbein Hymnal #503

The Otterbein Hymnal #503
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