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Nearer Home Today

We know not what's before us

Author: Kate Cameron
Tune: [We know not what's before us]
Published in 14 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Author: Kate Cameron

Mrs. K. W. B. Barnes, was born in Deerfield, Mass in 1836. She was christened Maria Burbank Williams but was called by the name Kitty. She also used the pen name "Kate Cameron" In 1856 she married Dr. Norman S. Barnes. She was a writer of many stories, poems, and hymns. From Waifs and their authors by A. A. Hopkins, 1879  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We know not what's before us
Title: Nearer Home Today
Author: Kate Cameron
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We're nearer, nearer home
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 14 of 14)
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A Selection of Hymns #45

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #71[120]

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Bradbury's Golden Shower of S.S. Melodies #30

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Chapel Melodies #126

Musical Leaves for Sabbath Schools #d133

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Pilgrim's Songs #30

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Salvation Army Music #489

Songs of Praise #d132

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The Baptist Praise Book #1055

The Clariona #d236

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The Eclectic Sabbath School Hymn Book #123

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The New Golden Shower #30

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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #164

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