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They Are Going Home

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They are going, only going

Published in 29 hymnals

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	They are going, only going
Title:	They Are Going Home
Source:	Elim; or Hymns of Holy Refreshment, 1866
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Notes

They are going, only going. [ Death.] From Lyra Anglicana, 1864, into Elim: Hymns of Holy Refreshment, 1865, and the Boston Unitarian Hymn and Tune Book, 1868.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Tune

[They are going, only going]

FABEN (Willcox)

CHAMOUNI (Lomas)

All tunes published with 'They Are Going Home'^ top

Timeline

Page Scans

Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal: for use in schools, prayer-meetings, and missions (1892), p.248

Instances

Instances (1 - 29 of 29)

Christian Hymn and Tune Book, for use in Churches, and for Social and Family Devotions #701

Elim; or Hymns of Holy Refreshment #d117

Fount of Blessing #66

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d710

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #751

Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #520

Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern #200

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d269

Loving Voices #133

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #514

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #514

New Starry Crown for the Sabbath School #d68

Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #248

Shining Pearls #d41

Song Garland; or, Singing for Jesus #49

Songs for Worship #119

Sparkling Jewels for the Sunday School #4

The Christian Hymn Book #1074

The Christian Hymnal #d685

The Christian Hymnal #596

The Christian hymnal #518

The Christian Hymnist #d537

The Church and School #d213

The Evergreen #d97

The Extra Hymn Book #79

The Gospel Hymnal #d620

The Shining Star #116b

The Voice of Praise #d268

Two Hundred and Fifty-two Familiar Hymns #d196

All instances ^ top

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