[There is a gate that stands ajar] (Vail)

[There is a gate that stands ajar] (Vail)

Composer: S. J. Vail (1872)
Published in 120 hymnals


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Composer: S. J. Vail

In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosb… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There is a gate that stands ajar] (Vail)
Composer: S. J. Vail (1872)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.6
Incipit: 55351 16536 53131
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #686
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #1685
Text: The Gate Ajar for Me
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #204
Text: The Gate Ajar for Me
  • The_Gate_Ajar_for_Me.pdf (PDF)
  • The_Gate_Ajar_for_Me.xml (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)
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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #259

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Celebremos Su Gloria #197

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #686

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #538

Gospel Songs of Praise #11

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #220

Himnos de la Iglesia #134

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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #661

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Sacred Selections for the Church #533

Sacred Songs of the Church #494

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Small Church Music #5983

Songs of Faith and Praise #336

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The Cyber Hymnal #1685

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The Cyber Hymnal #15125

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Timeless Truths #204

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ترانيم الإيمان #167

تسابيح المحبة #309

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نظم المرامير #414

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