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[To the promised home in glory]

[To the promised home in glory]

Composer: Geo. B. Holsinger (1892)
Published in 13 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Geo. B. Holsinger

Used pseudonym H. B. Groengils *************** Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Town­ship, Bed­ford Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia. Died: No­vem­ber 22, 1908, As­tor­ia, Il­li­nois. Holsinger was mu­sic di­rect­or of Bridge­wa­ter Coll­ege, Vir­ginia (1882-98), and mu­sic ed­it­or for the Church of the Breth­ren (1898-1908). His works in­clude: Song Prais­es (Elgin, Il­li­nois: Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1906) Psalms and Hymns (as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or) Lyrics-- I Lift My Heart To­day in Praise Little Ones Like Me Not Far from the King­dom of Hea­ven Our Coun­try’s Needs Are Plead­ing Music-- BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS © The Cyber… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [To the promised home in glory]
Composer: Geo. B. Holsinger (1892)
Incipit: 11651 16511 23212
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)
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Beautiful Melodies #17

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Bright Beautiful Bells #89

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #599

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #384

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Crowning Day, No. 6 #245

Golden Rainbow #39

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Gospel Songs and Hymns No. 1 #50

Great Joy #89

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New Onward and Upward #78

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Revival Tidings #124

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Sacred Chimes #151

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The Brethren Hymnal #567

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The Eureka Carols #93

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