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[When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 56533 22113 55565 Used With Text: The Everlasting Song

Author: Mrs. Emma M. Johnston Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: When the port of Heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin Refrain First Line: Glory, glory to his name Used With Tune: [When the port of Heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin]

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The Everlasting Song

Author: Emma M. Johnston Hymnal: The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #46 (1894) First Line: When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin Refrain First Line: Glory, glory to His name Lyrics: 1 When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin, When the great arch foe is vanquished, and the victors enter in, There will be a burst of triumph, like the sounding of the sea,— Like the voice of many waters shall that glorious anthem be: Refrain: Glory, glory to His name, Now and evermore the same; Let the ceaseless chorus be— Christ, whose love has set me free. 2 There the harps shall thrill as harps were never known to thrill before, And no voices shall be silent on the safe and happy shore, But with glorious commingling shall the mighty anthem swell, To the King of kings, and Lord or lords, who hath done all things well. [Refrain] 3 And when ceaseless ages shall have passed, with ages yet to come, When from all of earthly sorrow free we rest within that home, Still the chorus shall be pealing forth, unchanging, grand and free; “Unto Him who hath redeemed us let eternal glory be!” [Refrain] Tune Title: [When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin]

The Everlasting Song

Author: Mrs. Emma M. Johnston Hymnal: Glad Hallelujahs #106 (1887) First Line: When the port of Heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin Refrain First Line: Glory, glory to his name Languages: English Tune Title: [When the port of Heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin]

The Everlasting Song

Author: Emma M. Johnston Hymnal: Praise in Song #140 (1893) First Line: When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin Refrain First Line: Glory, glory to his name Languages: English Tune Title: [When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin]

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sin]" in The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Emma M. Johnston

1835 - 1904 Author of "The Everlasting Song" in The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 Born: October 18, 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: February 15, 1904, Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Daughter of Robert Elliott Johnston and Grace Acheson Johnston, Emma was baptized at the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. She attended different churches in Philadelphia, including Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, where composer William Kirkpatrick also worshipped. She worked as a school teacher, and McElroy’s 1873 Directory of Philadelphia listed her as an authoress. After her elder sister, Esther Elliott Johnston Boyd, was widowed, the two sisters moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey, and later to Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where they shared a house. © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)