[Beautiful Eden, refuge of peace]

[Beautiful Eden, refuge of peace]

Composer: William H. Doane
Published in 7 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: William H. Doane

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Beautiful Eden, refuge of peace]
Composer: William H. Doane
Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
Incipit: 56515 56516 17654
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Gems of Song #279

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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #190

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Hymns of the Advent #69

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Our Song Book #185

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The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School #122

Leo Hoonani Hou #84

Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii #158

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