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[I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. E. Pollock Incipit: 34556 53517 65511 Used With Text: Home of the Soul

Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Appears in 343 hymnals First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Refrain First Line: While the years of eternity roll Scripture: John 14:2 Used With Tune: [I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]

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I Will Sing You a Song

Author: Ellen H. Gates, 1835-1920 Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #576 (1972) Meter: 12.8.12.9 with refrain First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Refrain First Line: While the years of eternity roll Lyrics: 1 I will sing you a song of that beautiful land, The far away home of the soul; Where no storms ever beat on that glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. Refrain: While the years of eternity roll. While the years of eternity roll, Where no storms ever beat on that glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll. 2 Oh, that home of the soul in my visions and dreams, Its bright jasper walls I can see; Till I fancy but thinly the vale intervenes Between the fair city and me. [Refrain] 3 That unchangable home is for you and for me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kingdoms forever, is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands. [Refrain] 4 Oh, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands To meet one another again. [Refrain] Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Heaven Future Life Scripture: Philippians 1:23 Languages: English Tune Title: I WILL SING YOU A SONG

Home of the Soul

Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Hymnal: Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #164 (1902) First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Refrain First Line: While the years of eternity roll Scripture: John 14:2 Languages: English Tune Title: [I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]

Home of the Soul

Author: Ellen H. Gates, 1835-1920 Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #588 (1959) First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Refrain First Line: While the years of eternity roll Languages: English Tune Title: [I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]

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Ellen M. H. Gates

1835 - 1920 Person Name: Ellen H. Gates, 1835-1920 Author of "I Will Sing You a Song" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Gates, Ellen, née Huntingdon, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is the author of several popular pieces in the American Mission and Sunday School hymn-books. Of these the following have passed from the American books into Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos:— 1. Come home, come home, you are weary at heart. Invitation. 2. I am now a child of God. Saved through Jesus. 3. I will sing you a song of that beautiful land. Concerning Heaven. 4. O the clanging bells of time. Yearning for Heaven. 5. Say, is your lamp burning, my brother. Watching and Waiting. Concerning her poem which is used as a hymn in America, "If you cannot on the ocean" (Duty), Duffield says her account of its origin is as follows:—"The lines were written upon my slate one snowy afternoon in the winter of 1860. I knew, as I know now, that the poem was only a simple little thing, but somehow 1 had a presentiment that it had wings, and would fly into sorrowful hearts, uplifting and strengthening them." (English Hymns, 1886, p. 257.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ====================== Gates, Ellen, p. 1565, i., now (1906) of New York city, was born at Torrington, Conn., and married to Isaac E. Gates. Her poems, &c, were published as Treasures of Kurium, 1895. Concerning Dr. March's hymn, "Hark! the voice of Jesus crying" (q.v.), and Mrs. Gates's "If you cannot on the ocean," some confusion has arisen, mainly, we think, from the fact that the opening line of Mrs. Gates's hymn, written in 1860, and the first line of Dr. March's second stanza are nearly the same, i.e., "If you cannot on the ocean," and "If you cannot cross the ocean." The incident which associates the late President Lincoln's name with this hymn is thus set forth by Mr. Philip Phillips in his Singing Pilgrim, 1866, p. 97:— "The words of this truly beautiful song ['If you cannot on the ocean'] were written by Mrs. Ellen H. Gates . . . When our lamented President Lincoln heard Mr. Phillips sing it at the Hall of Representatives in Washington, Feb. 29, 1865, he was overcome with emotion, and sent up the following written request [given in facsimile on p. 97] to Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Chairman, for its repetition:—' Near the end let us have "Your Mission" [the title of the hymn] repeated by Mr. Phillips. Don't say I called for it. A. Lincoln.' " It was through this incident that the hymn became known through America as " President Lincoln's favourite hymn." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Charles Edward Pollock, b. 1853 Composer of "I WILL SING YOU A SONG" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).