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I stand on memory's golden shore

Author: Sanford F. Bennett Appears in 2 hymnals

[I stand on mem'ry's golden shore]

Appears in 1 hymnal Incipit: 51353 21617 12212 Used With Text: I Stand On Memory's Golden Shore

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I Stand On Memory's Golden Shore

Hymnal: Spiritualist Hymnal #67 (1911) First Line: I stand on mem'ry's golden shore Refrain First Line: I stand on mem'ry's golden shore Languages: English Tune Title: [I stand on mem'ry's golden shore]

I stand on memory's golden shore

Author: Sanford F. Bennett Hymnal: The Spiritual Harp #d97 (1868)

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Sanford Fillmore Bennett

1836 - 1898 Author of "I stand on memory's golden shore" Sanford Fillmore Bennett was born in Eden, New York, 21 June 1836. He and his parents moved to Plainfield, Illinois when he was two years old. He worked on the farm and attended district school during the winter. He was a voracious reader. At sixteen he entered Waukegon Academy. Two years later he began teaching at Wauconda. In 1858 he entered the University of Michigan, Afterward he had charge of the schools in Richmond, Illinois. Two years later he resigned and became Associate Editor of the Independent at Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In 1864 he enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteers and served as Second Lieutenant. After the war he returned to Elkhorn and opened a drug store and began the study of medicine. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1874. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)