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Author: Edgar Page Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Friends of yore have flown to heaven Refrain First Line: While on Pisgah's mount I'm standing Used With Tune: [Friends of yore have flown to heaven]

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[Friends of yore have flown to heaven]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 55151 35313 21231 Used With Text: At the Golden Landing

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At the Golden Landing

Author: Edgar Page Hymnal: Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s15 (1888) First Line: Friends of yore have flown to heaven Refrain First Line: While on Pisgah's mount I'm standing Languages: English Tune Title: [Friends of yore have flown to heaven]

At the Golden Landing

Author: Edgar Page Hymnal: Temple Songs #15 (1892) First Line: Friends of yore have flown to heaven Refrain First Line: While on Pisgah's mount I'm standing Languages: English Tune Title: [Friends of yore have flown to heaven]

At the Golden Landing

Author: Edgar Page Hymnal: Cheerful Songs #35 (1891) First Line: Friends of yore have flown to heaven Refrain First Line: While on Pisgah's mount I'm standing Languages: English Tune Title: [Friends of yore have flown to heaven]

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Edgar Page

1836 - 1921 Author of "At the Golden Landing" in Temple Songs Real name Edgar Page Stites. Used Edgar Page ====================== Page, Edgar, is set forth in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878-81, as the author of (1) "I've reached the land of corn and wine" (Peace with God); (2) ”Simply trusting every day" (Trust in Jesus). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Page, Edgar, p. 1585, i. In his Sacred Songs, &c, Mr. Sankey attributes the hymns "I've reached the land of corn and wine," and "Simply trusting every day," to "Edgar Page," as stated on p. 1585, i.; but in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, he gives both to "E. P. Stites," together with some details concerning them, but without any reference to the change in his ascription of authorship. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Friends of yore have flown to heaven]" in Temple Songs John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission