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Our Pleasant Sunday School

Author: H. H. Hawley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We have come from hill and valley

[We have come from hill and valley]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: John W. Hutchinson Incipit: 17666 66513 55555 Used With Text: Our Pleasant Sunday School

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Our Pleasant Sunday School

Author: H. H. H. Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal #C128 (1887) First Line: We have come from hill and valley Languages: English Tune Title: [We have come from hill and valley]

Our Pleasant Sabbath School

Author: H. H. H. Hymnal: The Iris #20 (1881) First Line: We have come from hill and valley Languages: English

1817 - 1904 Person Name: H. H. H. Author of "Our Pleasant Sunday School" in The Christian Hymnal Hawley, H. H., author of "There is a hope, a blessed hope" [Hope in Christ], which appeared in A. C. Thomas's Hymns of Zion, 1839, was born in Lewis County, New York, April 10, 1817. In 1881 he published The Iris; Songs of Jesus for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings, to which he contributed seven hymns. The music of this collection is mainly by Mr. Hawley. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============================ Hawley, Horace H. (Lewis County, New York, April 10, 1817--?). Baptist. Associated with Bennett, Backus, and Hawley and other bookselling firms in Utica, N.Y. Became secretary of the Aetna Insurance Company in Utica in 1852. Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, shortly thereafter and to Burlington, Iowa, in 1856. Operated a music and book store as well as an insurance agency there. He is listed in the Burlington city directory as late as 1872. In Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers and Their Hymns, it is noted that his health became impaired that year and he moved to southwestern Wisconsin. In 1886, he was living in Chicago, Illinois. --Paul Hammond, DNAH Archives ============================ Date of death: Perhaps 1904. Find A Grave.