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As We Go Traveling Home

O blest assurance, ever dear

Author: Will H. Ruebush
Tune: [O blest assurance ever dear]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Oh, blest assurance ever dear,
As we go traveling home;
It comes our drooping hearts to cheer,
As we go traveling home.

Refrain:
As we go traveling home,
As we go traveling home,
All sorrows past, sweet peace at last,
As we go traveling home.

2 Our pathway may be overcast,
As we go traveling home;
But joy and peace will come at last,
As we go traveling home. [Refrain]

3 Led by the pillar, by the cloud,
As we go traveling home;
Redeemed by Jesus’ precious blood,
As we go traveling home. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 5 #46

Author: Will H. Ruebush

William Howe Ruebush (Will H. Ruebush) 1873-1956 Born: June 4, 1873, Sing­ers Glen, Vir­gin­ia. Died: October 6, 1956, Elk­ton, Vir­gin­ia. A vo­cal mu­sic teach­er ear­ly in his ca­reer, Rue­bush di­rect­ed an ar­my band in France in World War I. Af­ter the war, he led ma­ny ci­vil­ian or­ches­tras and bands, and taught at sev­er­al schools, in­clud­ing the Shen­an­do­ah Con­serv­a­to­ry of Mu­sic in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. He com­posed ma­ny marches, in­clud­ing The Stone­wall Bri­gade March, Shen­an­do­ah, and the Al­ma Ma­ter Song for Tu­lane Un­i­ver­si­ty. Rue­bush spent most of his life in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia, where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Rue­bush-Kieff­er Pub­… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O blest assurance, ever dear
Title: As We Go Traveling Home
Author: Will H. Ruebush
Language: English
Refrain First Line: As we go traveling home
Copyright: Public Domain

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Crowning Day No. 5 #46

Gleanings of Praise #d129

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Victory Songs #138

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