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[Begin, my soul, the exalted lay]

[Begin, my soul, the exalted lay]

Composer: Charles Beecher (1854)
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: Charles Beecher

Beecher, Charles, son of the well-known Dr. Lyman Beecher, whose autobiography he chiefly edited, and brother of Henry Ward Beecher, was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, 1815. Mr. Beecher was for some time a Congregational pastor at Georgetown, Mass. He has published Review of Spiritual Manifestations, 1853; Pen Pictures of the Bible, 1855, &c. His hymns were contributed to his brother's Plymouth Collection, 1855, and include:— 1. There's rest in the grave. Heaven. 2. We are on our journey home. Heaven. The latter is in the more extensive use, but both are unknown to the English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Begin, my soul, the exalted lay]
Composer: Charles Beecher (1854)
Incipit: 51112 12321 52221

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The Alleluia #31

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