They Are Gathering

Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line: They are gathering, slowly gathering
Title: They Are Gathering
Author: George F. Root
Language: English
Refrain First Line: They have entered life eternal
Copyright: Public Domain

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Harvest Bells No. 2 #46

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Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 #158

Our Favorite Hymnal #d320

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Pure Delight #106

The Hour of Praise #d67

Sacred Songs and Solos #574

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