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[O Lord, Thou hast ascended]
Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ira D. Sankey Incipit: 55671 31114 12335 Used With Text: All glory, might and honor
[O Lord, Thou hast ascended]
All glory, might and honor
Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: O Lord, Thou hast ascended Used With Tune: [O Lord, Thou hast ascended]
All glory, might and honor
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Sometimes I hear strange music Refrain First Line: O sweet, unearthly music Scripture: Revelation 14:3 Used With Tune: [Sometimes I hear strange music]
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
A veces oigo un himno
Author: Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916); Walton J. Brown (1913-2001) Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A veces oigo un himno cual yo jamás oí Refrain First Line: ¡Oh, música divina! Topics: El evangelio Hogar celestial; The Gospel Heavenly home Scripture: Revelation 15:2-3 Used With Tune: [A veces oigo un himno cual yo jamás oí]
A veces oigo un himno
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Hallowed Hymns, New and Old #20 (1908) First Line: Sometimes I hear strange music Refrain First Line: O sweet, unearthly music Lyrics: 1 Sometimes I hear strange music,
Like none e'er heard before,
Come floating, softly earthward
As thro' Heav'n's open door.
It seems like angel voices,
In strains of joy and love
That swell the mighty chorus,
Around the throne above.
Chorus:
O sweet, unearthly music,
Heard from a land afar--
The song of Heav'n and Homeland,
Thro' doors God leaves ajar.
2 Now soft, and low, and restful
It floods my soul with peace,
As if God's benediction
Bade all earth's troubles cease.
Then grander than the voices
Of wind, and wave, and sea,
It fills the dome of Heaven
With glorious harmony. [Chorus]
3 This music haunts me ever
Like something heard in dreams,
It seems to catch the cadence
Of heav'nly winds and streams.
My heart is filled with rapture,
To think, some day to come,
I'll sing it with the angels,--
The song of Heav'n and home. [Chorus] Topics: Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes I hear strange music]
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
Author: E. E. Rexford (1848-1916) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #472 (1985) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain First Line: Sometimes I hear strange music Refrain First Line: O sweet, celestial music, Heard from a land afar- Lyrics: 1 Sometimes I hear strange music,
Like none e’er heard before,
Come floating softly earthward
As thro’ heav’n’s open door:
It seems like angel voices,
In strains of and love,
That swell the mighty chorus
Around the throne above.
Refrain
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afar-
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
Thro’ doors God leaves ajar!
2 Now soft, and low, and restful,
It floods my soul with peace,
As if God’s benediction
Bade all earth’s troubles cease.
Then grander than the voices,
Of wind, and wave, and sea-
It fills the dome of heaven
With glorious harmony. [Refrain]
3 This music haunts me ever,
Like something heard in dreams-
It seems to catch the cadence
Of heav’nly winds and streams,
My heart is filled with rapture,
To think, some day to come,
I’ll sing it with the angels-
The song of heav’n and home. [Refrain] Topics: Christan Life Hope and Comfort Tune Title: [Sometimes I hear strange music]
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
Author: Eben E. Rexford, 1848-1916 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6211 First Line: Sometimes I hear strange music Refrain First Line: O sweet, celestial music Lyrics: 1. Sometimes I hear strange music,
Like none e’er heard before,
Come floating softly earthward
As thro’ Heav’n’s open door:
It seems like angel voices,
In strains of joy and love,
That swell the mighty chorus
Around the throne above.
Refrain
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afar—
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
Thro’ doors God leaves ajar!
2. Now soft, and low, and restful,
It floods my soul with peace,
As if God’s benediction
Bade all earth’s troubles cease.
Then, grander than the voices
Of wind, and wave, and sea—
It fills the dome of Heaven
With glorious harmony. [Refrain]
3. This music haunts me ever,
Like something heard in dreams—
It seems to catch the cadence
Of heav’nly winds and streams.
My heart is filled with rapture,
To think, some day to come,
I’ll sing it with the angels—
The song of Heav’n and home. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes I hear strange music]
A Song of Heaven and Homeland
Ira David Sankey
1840 - 1908 Person Name: Ira D. Sankey Composer of "[O Lord, Thou hast ascended]" in Bible Songs No. 4 Sankey, Ira David, was born in Edinburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1840, of Methodist parents. About 1856 he removed with his parents to New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Four years afterwards he became the Superintendent of a large Sunday School in which he commenced his career of singing sacred songs and solos. Mr. Moody met with him and heard him sing at the International Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Indianapolis, and through Mr. Moody's persuasion he joined him in his work at Chicago. After some two or three years' work in Chicago, they sailed for England on June 7, 1872, and held their first meeting at York a short time afterwards, only eight persons being present. Their subsequent work in Great Britain and America is well known.
Mr. Sankey's special duty was the singing of sacred songs and solos at religious gatherings, a practice which was in use in America for some time before he adopted it. His volume of Sacred Songs and Solos is a compilation from various sources, mainly American and mostly in use before. Although known as Sankey and Moody’s Songs, only one song, "Home at last, thy labour done" is by Mr. Sankey, and not one is by Mr. Moody. Mr. Sankey supplied several of the melodies. The English edition of the Sacred Songs & Solos has had an enormous sale; and the work as a whole is very popular for Home Mission services. The Songs have been translated into several languages.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Pseudonymns:
Harry S. Lower
Rian A. Dykes
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Sankey, I. D., p. 994, i. During the past fifteen years Mr. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos have had a very large sale, which has justified him in increasing the number of songs and hymns, including " New Hymns and Solos," to 1200. In 1906 he published My Life and Sacred Songs (London : Morgan & Scott). In addition to the "Story of his Own Life," the work contains an account of the most popular of his solos, with interesting reminiscences of the spiritual awakening of many who were influenced through his singing of them in public. In this respect it corresponds in some measure with G. J. Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book, &c, 1883 (p. 1094, i.). It is an addition to the Sacred Songs and Solos, which will be held in esteem by many. In addition to his hymn, noted on p. 994, ii., Mr. Sankey gives details of the following:—
1. Out of the shadow-land into the sunshine. [Heaven Anticipated.] Mr. Sankey's account of this hymn is:—
"I wrote this hymn specially for the memorial service held for Mr. Moody in Carnegie Hall, where 1 also sang it as a solo. It is the last sacred song of which I wrote both the words and music. The idea was suggested by Mr. Moody's last words, 'Earth recedes; heaven opens before me . . . God is calling me, and I must go.' On account of its peculiar association with my fellow-labourer in the Gospel for so many years, the words are here given in full."
The hymn follows on p. 185, in 3 stanzas of 4 lines and a chorus.
2. Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming, [Advent.] Mr. Sankey writes concerning this hymn:—
"During one of my trips to Great Britain on the SS. City of Rome a storm raged on the sea. The wind was howling through the rigging, and waves like mountains of foam were breaking over the bow of the vessel. A great fear had fallen upon the passengers. When the storm was at its worst, we all thought we might soon go to the bottom of the sea. The conviction came to me that the Lord would be with us iu the trying hour, and sitting down in the reading room, I composed this hymn. Before reaching England the tune had formed itself in my mind, and on arriving in London I wrote it out, and had it published in Sacred Songs and Solos, where it is No. 524 in the edition. of 1888.
From Mr. Sankey's autobiographical sketch we gather that he was born at Edinburgh, in Western Pennsylvania, Aug. 28, 1840, joined Mr. Moody in 1871, and visited England for the first time in 1873. The original of the Sacred Songs, &c, of 23 pieces only, was offered as a gift to the London publishers of P. Phillips's Hallowed Song, and declined by them. It was subsequently accepted by Mr. K. O. Morgan, of Morgan & Scott, and is now a volume of 1200 hymns.
From a return kindly sent us by Messrs. Morgan & Scott, we find that the various issues of the Sacred Songs and Solos were:—
In 1873, 24 pp.; 1874, 72 pp. ; 1876, 153 hymns; 1877, 271 hymns; 1881, 441 hymns; 1888, 750 hymns; 1903, 1200 hymns.
In addition, The Christian Choir, which is generally associated with the Sacred Songs and Solos, was issued in 1884 with 75 hymns, and in 1896 with 281. The New Hymns & Solos, by the same firm, were published in 1888.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Ira David Sankey
Eben E. Rexford
1848 - 1916 Author of "A Song of Heaven and Homeland" in Hallowed Hymns, New and Old Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton.
See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.
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Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:—
1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World.
2. O where are the reapers. Missions.
3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty.
4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Eben E. Rexford
Walton J. Brown
1913 - 2001 Person Name: Walton J. Brown (1913-2001) Vers. esp. of "A veces oigo un himno" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día Used pseudonym Juan Marrón.
Walton John Brown was the education director of the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide. He worked in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba.
Dianne Shapiro from obituary
Walton J. Brown
