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[We will sweetly sing on the golden shore]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 12333 23455 55665

Author: M. E. Servoss Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: We will sweetly sing on the golden shore Refrain First Line: Then along the way, the Lord's highway Lyrics: 1 He will sweetly sing on the golden shore, Where all is joy and gladness; Forevermore with Christ we’ll reign, Released from care and sadness. Refrain: Then along the way, the Lord’s highway, With voices clear and ringing, We’ll shout hosanna as we go, And enter Zion singing. 2 We are sure our Father knows all our need, Each heartache, pain, and sorrow; So in His hand we’ll leave it all, And trust Him for the morrow. [Refrain] 3 We will sing of Jesus, our Saviour-King, Whose wondrous love is o’er us; Who guides our footsteps, lest they stray, And makes all plain before us. [Refrain] 4 We will sing of heaven,—our home above, With all its joy and glory; And to the world, where’er we go, We’ll tell salvation’s story. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [We will sweetly sing on the golden shore]

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Singing on the Way

Author: M. E. Servoss Hymnal: The Helper in Sacred Song #112 (1889) First Line: We will sweetly sing on the golden shore Refrain First Line: Then along the way, the Lord's highway Lyrics: 1 He will sweetly sing on the golden shore, Where all is joy and gladness; Forevermore with Christ we’ll reign, Released from care and sadness. Refrain: Then along the way, the Lord’s highway, With voices clear and ringing, We’ll shout hosanna as we go, And enter Zion singing. 2 We are sure our Father knows all our need, Each heartache, pain, and sorrow; So in His hand we’ll leave it all, And trust Him for the morrow. [Refrain] 3 We will sing of Jesus, our Saviour-King, Whose wondrous love is o’er us; Who guides our footsteps, lest they stray, And makes all plain before us. [Refrain] 4 We will sing of heaven,—our home above, With all its joy and glory; And to the world, where’er we go, We’ll tell salvation’s story. [Refrain] Tune Title: [We will sweetly sing on the golden shore]

Singing on the Way

Author: M. E. Servoss Hymnal: Good Tidings #B26 (1885) First Line: We will sweetly sing on the golden shore Refrain First Line: Then along the way, the Lord's highway Scripture: Isaiah 35:10 Languages: English Tune Title: [We will sweetly sing on the golden shore]

Singing On the Way

Author: M. E. Servoss Hymnal: Singing on the Way #123 (1882) First Line: We will sweetly sing on the golden shore Refrain First Line: Then along the way, the Lord's highway Languages: English Tune Title: [We will sweetly sing on the golden shore]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[We will sweetly sing on the golden shore]" in The Helper in Sacred Song John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

M. E. Servoss

1849 - 1906 Author of "Singing on the Way" in The Helper in Sacred Song Servoss, M. E. Hymns by this writer are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1881. (1) “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice" (Joy in the Redeemer); and (2) "When the storms of life are raging" (Refuge in God). Another, "'Tis Jesus when the burdened heart" (Jesus, the Sinner's Friend), is in the Sunday School Union Voice of Praise, 1887. Miss Servoss was born at Schenectady, near New York. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)