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O Land of God
Author: E. E. Rexford Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: In dreams I see the heavenly land Refrain First Line: O land of God, so fair, so bright Used With Tune: [In dreams I see the heavenly land]
O Land of God
[In dreams I see the heav'nly land]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32135 61332 34616 Used With Text: O Land Of God
[In dreams I see the heav'nly land]
O Land of God
Author: E. E. Rexford Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #63 (1904) First Line: In dreams I see the heavenly land Refrain First Line: O land of God, so fair, so bright Tune Title: [In dreams I see the heavenly land]
O Land of God
O Land Of God
Author: Eben Eugene Rexford Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10748 First Line: In dreams I see the heav’nly land Refrain First Line: O land of God, so fair, so bright! Lyrics: 1 In dreams I see the heav’nly land,
With verdant vales on either hand;
Bathed in the sunshine of a day,
As fair, as sweet as those of May.
A day that ends not, and I hear
Glad voices ringing far and near
With sweeter songs than earth can know,
The heav’nly songs that haunt us so.
Refrain:
O land of God, so fair, so bright!
O land in which there is no night!
I dream of thee, and dreaming, pray
That I may wake in thee some day;
I dream of thee, and dreaming, pray
That I may wake in thee some happy day.
2 Thro’ gates ajar my eager feet
Go in to tread the golden street;
And prophets, priests, and kings I see
A grand and goodly company,
And in the midst, a great white throne
I see, and Him who sits therein;
And oh, the awe that comes to me,
When God’s face in my dreams I see. [Refrain]
3 Then comes a low still voice to me;
"Wouldst thou be of this company
Thou seest in thy dreams, and sing
The songs of Heav’n before the King?
Then live, and dare, and do for God,
And by and by, earth’s journey trod,
Thou shalt go in beyond the gate
And claim an heir of God’s estate." [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [In dreams I see the heav'nly land]
O Land Of God
O land of God
Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Soul Songs #d100 (1904) First Line: In dreams I see the heavenly land Refrain First Line: O land of God, so fair and bright
O land of God
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Composer of "[In dreams I see the heavenly land]" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades.
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Chas. H. Gabriel
Eben E. Rexford
1848 - 1916 Person Name: E. E. Rexford Author of "O Land of God" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers 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.
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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)
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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)
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Eben E. Rexford
