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[Crossing the river]

[Crossing the river]

Composer: H. M. Eagle
Published in 7 hymnals


Composer: H. M. Eagle

Herschel Mark Eagle For a while, Eagle was a singing teacher at Anthony Showalter’s Southern Normal Institute. As of 1914, he was living in Burke’s Garden, Virginia. In 1918, he was a member of the Big Quartet, which performed & promoted songs for Showalter’s music publishing company. --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Crossing the river]
Composer: H. M. Eagle
Incipit: 11115 77121 71111
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Comfort and Consolation #75

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Favorite Gospel Songs #95

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Favorite Radio Songs #11

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Gospel Quartets #89

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The Gospel Way #149

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The Stamps-Baxter Quartet Book #31

Universal Songs and Hymns #175

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