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[There is a bright home just beyond the weary years]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 55123 11211 65555 Used With Text: My Own Dear Fatherland
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My Own Dear Fatherland

Author: W. S. Martin Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There is a bright home just beyond the weary years Refrain First Line: This happy place is my own dear Fatherland Used With Tune: [There is a bright home just beyond the weary years]
My Own Dear Fatherland

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My Own Dear Fatherland

Author: W. S. Martin Hymnal: Gospel Trio of Sacred Song #124 (1891) First Line: There is a bright home just beyond the weary years Refrain First Line: This happy place is my own dear Fatherland Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a bright home just beyond the weary years]
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My Own Dear Fatherland

Author: W. S. Martin Hymnal: Sparkling and Bright #129 (1890) First Line: There is a bright home just beyond the weary years Refrain First Line: This happy place is my own dear Fatherland Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a bright home just beyond the weary years]
My Own Dear Fatherland

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[There is a bright home just beyond the weary years]" in Gospel Trio of Sacred Song 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 & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch
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W. Stillman Martin

1862 - 1935 Person Name: W. S. Martin Author of "My Own Dear Fatherland" in Gospel Trio of Sacred Song Born: March 8, 1862, Rowley, Massachusetts. Died: December 16, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia. Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. Husband of hymnist Civilla Martin, Stillman attended Harvard University and was ordained a Baptist minister, though he later switched to the Disciples of Christ denomination. In 1916, he became a professor of Bible studies at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina. Three years later, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. It was from there he went all over America to run Bible conferences and evangelistic meetings. Sources: Hustad, p. 282 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/t/martin_ws.htm
W. Stillman Martin
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