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There's a city bright and fair, Free from sorrow, pain and care

Author: W. Stillman Martin
Tune: [There's a city bright and fair] (Martin)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: W. Stillman Martin

Born: March 8, 1862, Rowley, Massachusetts. Died: December 16, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia. Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. Husband of hymnist Civilla Martin, Stillman attended Harvard University and was ordained a Baptist minister, though he later switched to the Disciples of Christ denomination. In 1916, he became a professor of Bible studies at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina. Three years later, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. It was from there he went all over America to run Bible conferences and evangelistic meetings. Sources: Hustad, p. 282 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/t/martin_ws.htm Go to person page >

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First Line:	There's a city bright and fair, Free from sorrow, pain and care
Title:	Over There
Author:	W. Stillman Martin
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Over there
Copyright:	Public Domain