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[My life is a wearisome journey]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Incipit: 55456 66655 77776 Used With Text: When I Get to the End of the Way

When I Get to the End of the Way

Author: B. P. C. Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: My life is a wearisome journey Refrain First Line: All the toils of the road, toils of the road Lyrics: 1 My life is a wearisome journey, I’m sick with the dust and the heat; The rays of the sun beat upon me, the briars are wounding my feet; But the city to which I am going Will more than my trials repay; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. Refrain: All the toils of the road, toils of the road, Jesus my Saviour will more than repay; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. 2 I know there are hills to climb upward, And oft I am sighing for rest; But he who appoints me my pathway Will lead me as seemeth him best; For I know in his word he has promised That strength he will give as my day; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. [Refrain] 3 O when the last step has been taken, And I to the City draw near;— When beautiful songs from the angels Are wafted with joy to my ear;— O the rapture and bliss of that moment Will more than my sorrow repay; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [My life is a wearisome journey]

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When I Get to the End of the Way

Author: B. P. C. Hymnal: Glorious Praise #108 (1904) First Line: My life is a wearisome journey Refrain First Line: All the toils of the road, toils of the road Lyrics: 1 My life is a wearisome journey, I’m sick with the dust and the heat; The rays of the sun beat upon me, the briars are wounding my feet; But the city to which I am going Will more than my trials repay; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. Refrain: All the toils of the road, toils of the road, Jesus my Saviour will more than repay; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. 2 I know there are hills to climb upward, And oft I am sighing for rest; But he who appoints me my pathway Will lead me as seemeth him best; For I know in his word he has promised That strength he will give as my day; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. [Refrain] 3 O when the last step has been taken, And I to the City draw near;— When beautiful songs from the angels Are wafted with joy to my ear;— O the rapture and bliss of that moment Will more than my sorrow repay; All the toils of the road will seem nothing When I get to the end of the way. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [My life is a wearisome journey]

The End of the Way

Author: B. P. C. Hymnal: Good as Gold #118 (1880) First Line: My life is a wearisome journey Refrain First Line: All the toils of the way, toils of the way Languages: English Tune Title: [My life is a wearisome journey]

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W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Composer of "[My life is a wearisome journey]" in Glorious Praise An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)