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[We are marching to a land above]

Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 56711 22321 53212 Used With Text: Marching to the Land Above

Author: Mrs. W. W. Savage Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: We are marching to a land above Topics: Anthems; Choir and Convention Pieces for special occasions; Heaven; Praise; Processional Used With Tune: [We are marching to a land above]

There's a Battle On

Author: Palmer Hartsough Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There's a battle on against the wrong Refrain First Line: There's a battle on against the wrong Used With Tune: [There's a battle on against the wrong]

Froh wir reisen nach dem Himmelsland

Author: A. Flammann Appears in 1 hymnal Refrain First Line: Wir sind Pilger die da heimwärts geh'n Used With Tune: [Froh wir reisen nach dem Himmelsland]

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Marching To The Land Above

Author: Mrs. W. W. Savage Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9417 First Line: We are marching to a land above Lyrics: 1 We are marching to a land above, Beautiful land above, beautiful land above; To a land where dwells eternal love, The beautiful land above. And we sing a glad, triumphant song, Marching along, marching along, marching along. While our glorious captain leads us on, Marching along, marching along, marching along. We are marching to a land above, Beautiful land above, beautiful land above; To a land where dwells eternal love, Beautiful land above, land above. 2 We are marching toward the city fair, Beautiful city fair, beautiful city fair; Where the angel anthems fill the air, The beautiful city fair. And we sing a glad, triumphant song, Marching along, marching along, marching along. While our glorious captain leads us on, Marching along, marching along, marching along. We are marching toward the city fair, Beautiful city fair, beautiful city fair; Where the angel anthems fill the air, Beautiful city fair, city fair. 3 We are marching to the home of God, Beautiful home of God, beautiful home of God; And our guidebook is His holy Word, The beautiful Word of God. And we sing a glad, triumphant song, Marching along, marching along, marching along. While our glorious captain leads us on, Marching along, marching along, marching along. We are marching to the home of God, Beautiful home of God, beautiful home of God; And our guidebook is His holy Word, Beautiful Word of God, Word of God. Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching to a land above]

Marching to the Land Above

Author: Mrs. W. W. Savage Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #20 (1897) First Line: We are marching to a land above Lyrics: 1 We are marching to a land above, Beautiful land above, beautiful land above; To a land where dwells eternal love, The beautiful land above. And we sing a glad, triumphant song, Marching along, marching along, marching along; While our glorious Captain leads us on, Marching along, marching along, marching along. We are marching to a land above, Beautiful land above, beautiful land above; To a land where dwells eternal love, The beautiful land above, land above. 2 We are marching toward the city fair, Beautiful city fair, beautiful city fair; Where the angel-anthems fill the air, The beautiful city fair. And we sing a glad, triumphant song, Marching along, marching along, marching along; While our glorious Captain leads us on, Marching along, marching along, marching along. We are marching toward the city fair, Beautiful city fair, beautiful city fair; Where the angel-anthems fill the air, The beautiful city fair, city fair. 3 We are marching to the home of God, Beautiful home of God, beautiful home of God; And our guide-book is his holy word, The beautiful word of God. And we sing a glad, triumphant song, Marching along, marching along, marching along; While our glorious Captain leads us on, Marching along, marching along, marching along. We are marching to the home of God, Beautiful home of God, beautiful home of God; And our guide-book is his holy word, The beautiful word of God, word of God. Scripture: Jeremiah 46:22 Tune Title: [We are marching to a land above]

Marching to the Land Above

Author: Mrs. W. W. Savage Hymnal: Salvation Songs #130 (1895) First Line: We are marching to a land above Refrain First Line: We are marching to a land above Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching to a land above]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[We are marching to a land above]" in The Search Light James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

Palmer Hartsough

1844 - 1932 Author of "There's a Battle On" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 1914 to 1927. He then returned to Plymouth, MI, where he lived the rest of his life. He never married, but was close to his two sisters, and wrote them a weekly letter for many years. With Fillmore Company he helped publish 20 songbooks. He died in Plymouth, MI. John Perry