1 There’s a fountain free flowing ‘neath life’s tree,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
There the happy soul never shall grow old,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by.
Refrain:
We shall rest at the fountain by and by,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by,
There we all shall stand with the angel band,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by.
2 There’s a fountain bright in that land of light,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
On its banks are flow’rs growing ‘mid heav’n’s bow’rs
We shall rest at the fountain by and by. [Refrain]
3 There’s a fountain sweet where we all shall meet,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
Songs of joy we’ll raise to our Saviour’s praise,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by. [Refrain]
4 There’s a fountain free, sinner, ‘tis for thee,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
Will you meet me there and its blessings share?
We shall rest at the fountain by and by. [Refrain]
Source: Crowning Day No. 3 #24
Born: March 5, 1851, Theta, Tennessee.
Died: November 9/11, 1928, Tennessee.
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee.
Dortch was teaching music in Maury, Tennessee, in 1880, and was working as an evangelist by 1886. His works include:
Tidings of Joy (Columbia, Tennessee: 1878)
National Tidings of Joy (Nashville, Tennessee: National Baptist Convention of America, 1878)
Gospel Melodies, with William Dale & Charles Pollock (Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1890)
Spirit and Life, with Edmund Lorenz (Dayton, Ohio: Christian Publishing Association, 1893)… Go to person page >
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