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There Is Joy

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I am on my way to the land of day, There is glory in my soul

Author: Edwin Wilson (1916)
Tune: [I am on my way to the land of day] (Wilson)
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: Edwin Wilson

Wilson, Rev. Edwin Henry, D.D. (Chester Park, Long Island, New York, August 23, 1898--?). He graduated from Boston University, 1922; from Meadville Theological School, 1926; and took the degree of M.A. at the University of Chicago, 1928. He served as minister of Unitarian churches in Chicago, Illinois; Schenectady, N.Y.; and Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1949 he became Director of the American Humanist Association. His hymn beginning "Where is our holy church?" written in 1928, in included in Hymns of the Spirit, 1937. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: I am on my way to the land of day, There is glory in my soul
Title: There Is Joy
Author: Edwin Wilson (1916)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: There is joy, wondrous joy
Publication Date: 1950
Copyright: © 1950, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Songs for All"
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Tune

[I am on my way to the land of day] (Wilson)Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[I am on my way to the land of day] (Wilson)


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Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1917.519201922.519251927.519301932.519351937.519401942.519451947.51950050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com
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Instances

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Songs for All #11

Songs for All #11
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Tidings of Glory #31

Tidings of Glory #31
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