[Some day the silver cord will break] (Doane)

[Some day the silver cord will break] (Doane)

Composer: W. H. Doane
Published in 10 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: W. 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: [Some day the silver cord will break] (Doane)
Composer: W. H. Doane
Incipit: 32314 32335 43223
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
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Glorious Praise #172

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Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #27

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Jubilant Voices for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings #81

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Songs of Praise and Service #129

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The Best of All #210

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The Christian Church Hymnal #369

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The Old Story in Song #57

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The Praise Book #289

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The Young People's Hymnal No. 3 #122

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Voices of Victory #190

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