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[Shall we meet beyond the River]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. R. Palmer Incipit: 51332 32151 35654 Used With Text: Shall We Meet Beyond the River?

Sehn wir uns an jenen Ufern?

Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Sehn wir uns an jenen Ufern Refrain First Line: Ja, o ja Used With Tune: [Sehn wir uns an jenen Ufern]

Shall We Meet Beyond the River

Appears in 442 hymnals Refrain First Line: Yes, we'll meet, yes, we'll meet Lyrics: 1 Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll, Where, in all the bright forever, Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul? Chorus: Yes, we'll meet, yes, we'll meet, Where the surges cease to roll; Yes, we'll meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll. 2 Shall we meet with many a loved one, Torn on earth from our embrace? Shall we listen to their voices, And behold them face to face? [Chorus] 3 Shall we meet with Christ, our Savior, When he comes to claim his own? Shall we hear him bid us welcome, And sit down upon his throne? [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Shall we meet beyond the river]

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Shall We Meet Beyond the River

Hymnal: Minnetonka Songs #120 (1879) Refrain First Line: Yes, we'll meet, yes, we'll meet Lyrics: 1 Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll, Where, in all the bright forever, Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul? Chorus: Yes, we'll meet, yes, we'll meet, Where the surges cease to roll; Yes, we'll meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll. 2 Shall we meet with many a loved one, Torn on earth from our embrace? Shall we listen to their voices, And behold them face to face? [Chorus] 3 Shall we meet with Christ, our Savior, When he comes to claim his own? Shall we hear him bid us welcome, And sit down upon his throne? [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Shall we meet beyond the river]

Shall We Meet Beyond the River?

Author: H. L. Hastings Hymnal: Garnered Gems #76 (1892) First Line: Shall we meet beyond the River Refrain First Line: Yes, we'll meet Languages: English Tune Title: [Shall we meet beyond the River]

Sehn wir uns an jenen Ufern?

Hymnal: Jubeltöne #69 (1871) First Line: Sehn wir uns an jenen Ufern Refrain First Line: Ja, o ja Languages: German Tune Title: [Sehn wir uns an jenen Ufern]

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H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Composer of "[Shall we meet beyond the River]" in Garnered Gems Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

H. L. Hastings

1831 - 1899 Author of "Shall We Meet Beyond the River?" in Garnered Gems Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, was born at Blandford, Mass., Nov. 26, 1831; commenced writing hymns, and preaching, in his 17th year, and laboured as an evangelist in various parts of the U. S. In 1866 he established The Christian, a monthly paper, in which many of his hymns have appeared, and in 1865 the Scriptural Tract Repository in Boston. He published Social Hymns, Original and Selected, Boston, 1865; Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part i., 1880; and in August, 1886, the same completed, to tho extent of 1533 hymns, 450 of which are original and signed "H." The best known of these is "Shall we meet beyond the river," written in N. Y. city, 1858, and lately published as a leaflet in 14 stanzas of 8 lines. The text in Gospel Hymns and elsewhere consists of the 1st half of stanzas i., iv., xi. and ix. The Hastings Birthday Book, extracts from his prose writings, appeared 1886. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology