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Author: Maria F. Anderson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Yes, she is gone—yet do not thou Lyrics: 1 Yes, she is gone—yet do not thou The goodness of the Lord distrust; But meekly to His wisdom bow, Who lays thy loved one in the dust. The form is there—but seek not there The spirit born for light and love; Look upward—free from sin and care, It rests in joy with God above. 2 Through many checkered scenes of life Ye hand in hand have journeyed on; For her the labor and the strife Are o’er—the peaceful goal is won. The pleasant voice and cheering smile, Which oft have soothed thy harassed mind, Are gone but for a little while, She hath not left thee far behind. 3 Then mourn not that an heir of grace, Has reached the goal of hope and faith, Press onward in the Christian race, Brief is your parting now by death; Soon thou too wilt be called to leave This earth, where sadly thou dost roam; Soon, joyfully wilt thou receive, In Heav’n, her gentle "Welcome home." Used With Tune: SILVER CORD Text Sources: The Baptist Harp (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1849)

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SILVER CORD

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 189 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Coles Stebbins Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 33432 52117 14326 Used With Text: Yes, She Is Gone

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Yes, She Is Gone

Author: Maria F. Anderson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8722 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Yes, she is gone—yet do not thou Lyrics: 1 Yes, she is gone—yet do not thou The goodness of the Lord distrust; But meekly to His wisdom bow, Who lays thy loved one in the dust. The form is there—but seek not there The spirit born for light and love; Look upward—free from sin and care, It rests in joy with God above. 2 Through many checkered scenes of life Ye hand in hand have journeyed on; For her the labor and the strife Are o’er—the peaceful goal is won. The pleasant voice and cheering smile, Which oft have soothed thy harassed mind, Are gone but for a little while, She hath not left thee far behind. 3 Then mourn not that an heir of grace, Has reached the goal of hope and faith, Press onward in the Christian race, Brief is your parting now by death; Soon thou too wilt be called to leave This earth, where sadly thou dost roam; Soon, joyfully wilt thou receive, In Heav’n, her gentle "Welcome home." Languages: English Tune Title: SILVER CORD

Yes, she is gone, yet do not thou

Hymnal: A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #426 (1876) Languages: English

Yes, she is gone--yet do not thou

Author: Mrs. G. W. Anderson Hymnal: The Baptist Harp #112 (1849)

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George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: George Coles Stebbins Composer of "SILVER CORD" in The Cyber Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Maria Frances (Hill) Anderson

1819 - 1895 Person Name: Maria F. Anderson Author of "Yes, She Is Gone" in The Cyber Hymnal Anderson, Maria Frances. (Paris, France, January 30, 1819--October 13, 1895, Rosemont, Pennsylvania). Baptist. Daughter of Thomas F. Hill of Exeter, England. Married Rev. George W. Anderson, 1847. Author of several works on Baptists and missions for which she often used the pen name, L.M.N. Asked by George B. Ide, pastor of First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, to write a home mission hymn for the Baptist Harp (1849) in the same meter as Bishop Heber's "From Greenland's icy mountains." This hymn, "Our country's voice is pleading" was first sung in a home mission meeting at that Philadelphia church soon after the Baptist Harp was published. Another hymn appearing in the same collection and subtitled "The Bereaved Husband" begins "Yes she is gone, yet do not thou The goodness of the Lord distrust." --Deborah Carlton Loftis, DNAH Archives =========================================== Anderson, Maria Frances, born in Paris, France, Jan. 30, 1819, and married to G. W. Anderson, Professor in the University of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Two of her hymns are given in the Baptist Harp, 1849. Of these— "Our country's voice is pleading," has come into common use. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Anderson, Maria Frances, née Hill, p. 67, i., is the daughter of Thomas F. Hill, of Exeter, England, and a Baptist. She published in 1853 Jessie Carey, and in 1861, The Baptists in Sweden. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================