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The Happy By and By

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: By and by! O soft and low Refrain First Line: O the gladness we shall find

[By and by! O soft and low]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: H. N. Lincoln Incipit: 35126 15453 32123 Used With Text: The Happy By and By

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Author: E. E. Rexford Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger Complete #187 (1894) First Line: By and by! O soft and low Refrain First Line: O the gladness we shall find Languages: English Tune Title: [By and by! O soft and low]

The happy by and by

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Songland Melodies ... a New Song Book for Revivals #d6 (1900) First Line: By and by, O soft and low Refrain First Line: O the gladness we shall find

The happy by and by

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Song Land Melodies #d22 (1897) First Line: By and by, O soft and low Refrain First Line: O the gladness we shall find

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Person Name: E. E. Rexford Author of "The Happy By and By" in Song-Land Messenger Complete Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================

H. N. Lincoln

1859 - 1948 Composer of "[By and by! O soft and low]" in Song-Land Messenger Complete Horace Neely Lincoln, 1859-1948. Horace was the son of James Lincoln and Emaline King, and husband of Etta Lee Thurmand (married 1887). He moved with his family to Texas when he was seven years old. At age 10, he began attending a singing school conducted by James M. Jolley of Mississippi. In 1880, he taught his first singing class in his old neighborhood school house. Later that year, he attended his first normal music school, taught at Mountain Home (now Holland), Texas. Lincoln had other musical training under L. B. Shook (a former student of Philip Bliss) and John McPherson of Illinois. In 1898, he graduated from the Chicago National College of Music, and in 1906 took a post-graduate course under Horatio Palmer. Lincoln eventually became president of the Songland Music Company, and the World’s Normal Musical College. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime/tch)