The Land of Perfect Day

We are on our journey to a blessed country

Author: Will W. Ramsey
Tune: [We are on our journey to a blessed country]
Published in 4 hymnals

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Author: Will W. Ramsey

William Morgan Ramsey Born: Au­gust 24, 1872, Bel­ton, Tex­as. Died: March 12, 1939, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas. Buried: Rose­lawn Ce­me­te­ry, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas. Will was the son of Charles Crump Ram­sey and Mar­tha Ann Fran­ces Burns. He mar­ried twice, to Vir­gie Ce­lem­ma Stat­ton and Will­ie Man­na­sas Law­ing. Ramsey moved with his fa­mi­ly to north­west Ar­kan­sas as a child. He stu­died mu­sic in Nor­mal schools un­der Eph­ra­im Hil­de­brand, Ste­phen Os­lin, and Ben­ja­min Un­seld. He be­gan teach­ing shape notes and sing­ing while still a teen­ag­er, and be­came well known in sing­ing schools through­out the Am­er­i­can South. He went on to be­come pre­si­dent and own­… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We are on our journey to a blessed country
Title: The Land of Perfect Day
Author: Will W. Ramsey
Source: "Songs of Praise No. 4"
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Lead me all the way across the stormy sea of life
Publication Date: 1935
Copyright: Copyright, 1935, in "Songs of Praise No. 4". Owned by Morris, Henson and Ramsey.

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Church Hymnal #22

Encore #d185

Garden of Melody #118

Radio Beams No. 2 #108

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