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There is rest for the weary

Author: Samuel Young Harmer Appears in 5 hymnals

[There is rest for the weary]

Appears in 135 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. Wm. McDonald Incipit: 34556 55112 32165 Used With Text: Rest for the Weary

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Author: Rev. S. Y. Harmer Hymnal: Pilot Hymns #226 (1934) First Line: There is rest for the weary Lyrics: There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for you. On the other side of Jordan, In the sweet fields of Eden, Where the tree of life is blooming, There is rest for you. Languages: English Tune Title: [There is rest for the weary]

Rest for the Weary

Author: Rev. S. Y. Harmer Hymnal: Precious Hymns #302 (1938) First Line: There is rest for the weary Languages: English

There is rest for the weary

Author: Samuel Young Harmer Hymnal: The American Hymnal #137 (1933)

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W. McDonald

1820 - 1901 Person Name: Rev. Wm. McDonald Composer of "[There is rest for the weary]" in Pilot Hymns McDonald, Rev. William. (Belmont, Maine, March 1, 1820--September 11, 1901, Monrovia, California). Becoming a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839 he was admitted to the Maine Conference in 1843, being transferred to that of Wisconsin in 1855 and of New England in 1859. For a number of years he was editor of the Advocate of Christian Holiness. In addition to being a writer of biographies and religious books, he compiled, or assisted in compiling, a number of song books of the gospel song type, among them being the Western Minstrel (1840), Wesleyan Minstrel (1853), Beulah Songs (1870), Tribute of Praise (1874). This last book was that which had been compiled by McDonald and L.F. Snow, and re-edited by Eben Tourjée, appeared in 1882 as the official hymnal of the Methodist Protestant Church. From 1870 he spent many years in evangelistic work before his retirement to Monrovia. Sources: Metcalf, Frank J., American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music; Tillett, Wilbur F., Our Hymns and Their Authors; Nutter and Tillett, Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church; McCutchan, Robert G., Our Hymnody; Benson, L.F., The English Hymn. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

S. Y. Harmer

1809 - 1884 Person Name: Rev. S. Y. Harmer Author of "Rest for the Weary" in Pilot Hymns Harmer, Samuel Young, son of Samuel Harmer, a member of the Society of Friends, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 1809. In 1827 he joined the American Methodist Episcopalian Church, and was engaged for several years as a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. In 1842 he became a local preacher of that body, and, in 1847, was admitted into the ministry. He has held appointments in Philadelphia and Iowa. His well-known hymn "In the Christian's home in glory" (Heaven) was written in 1856 for a camp-meeting collection which the Rev. John Gladding was then compiling. It has been slightly altered, and set to music by the Rev. W. McDonald of Boston, Massachusetts. (For these details we are indebted to Dr. Hatfield's Poets of the Church N. Y., 1884.) -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907