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[We come, we come, a waiting band]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. R. Hanby Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34565 34515 56176
[We come, we come, a waiting band]
The Courts of the Lord
Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: We come, we come, a waiting band Used With Tune: [We come, we come, a waiting band]
The Courts of the Lord
The Courts Of The Lord
Author: Banjamin R. Hanby Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12973 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: We come, we come, a waiting band Lyrics: 1 We come, we come, a waiting band
A flock that knows the Shepherd’s name;
Our feet this holy day shall stand
Within thy gates, Jerusalem.
2 We come to join the humble train
Of those who worship and who praise,
To lift the heart, to swell the strain
To Him who lengthens out our days.
3 And He, whom yon angelic throng
Doth worship with majestic lay,
Will smile to hear the children’s song,
Will haste to bless them when they pray.
4 O, yes! we come, a waiting band,
A flock that knows the Shepherd’s name;
Our feet this holy day shall stand
Within thy courts, Jerusalem! Languages: English Tune Title: GUIMARÃES
The Courts Of The Lord
The Courts of the Lord
Hymnal: Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #72 (1866) First Line: We come, we come, a waiting band Languages: English Tune Title: [We come, we come, a waiting band]
The Courts of the Lord
The Courts of the Lord
Hymnal: Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #72 (1868) First Line: We come, we come, a waiting band Refrain First Line: Sing, little children Languages: English Tune Title: [We come, we come, a waiting band]
The Courts of the Lord
B. R. Hanby
1833 - 1867 Person Name: Banjamin R. Hanby Author of "The Courts Of The Lord" in The Cyber Hymnal Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He?
Mary Louise VanDyke
B. R. Hanby
