Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again
Text:Far across the burning desert
Author:Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-
Tune:BEACH SPRING
Composer (attributed to):Benjamin Franklin White, 1800-1879
Harmonizer:James H. Wood

188. Far across the burning desert

Text Information
First Line: Far across the burning desert
Title: Far across the burning desert
Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-
Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Church Year: Lent; Desert / Wilderness; Fear (2 more...)
Copyright: © G.I.A. Publications, 1993
Notes: Alternate tune: GENEVA
Tune Information
Name: BEACH SPRING
Composer (attributed to): Benjamin Franklin White, 1800-1879
Harmonizer: James H. Wood
Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Sacred Harp 1844
Copyright: Harmony © 1958. Renewed 1986 Broadman Press



Media
More media are available on the tune authority page.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.