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[The world is growing better]
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 55351 33334 63222 Used With Text: The world Is Growing Better
[The world is growing better]
The World Is Growing Better
Author: Rev. John O. Foster, A.M. Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: 'Tis growing, growing Used With Tune: [The world is growing better]
The World Is Growing Better
The World Is Growing Better
Author: Rev. John O. Foster, A.M. Hymnal: Prohibition Melodist #10 (1888) Refrain First Line: 'Tis growing, growing Topics: Temperance Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is growing better]
The World Is Growing Better
The World Is Growing Better
Author: Rev. John O. Foster, A.M. Hymnal: Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 #43 (1887) Refrain First Line: 'Tis growing, growing Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is growing better]
The World Is Growing Better
The world Is Growing Better
Author: Rev. John O. Foster, A.M. Hymnal: Missionary Songs #74 (1895) Refrain First Line: Tis growing, growing Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is growing better]
The world Is Growing Better
John O. Foster
Person Name: Rev. John O. Foster, A.M. Author of "The world Is Growing Better" in Missionary Songs 19th Century
Currently, our only data on Foster is that he was a minister.
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John O. Foster
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[The world is growing better]" in Missionary Songs John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
