Vale of Beulah

I am passing down the valley That they say is so lone

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [I am passing down the valley] (Garrison)
Published in 58 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 I am passing down the valley that they say is so lone
'Tis to me the vale of Beulah, 'tis a beautiful way,
But I find that all the pathway is with flowers o'ergrown.
For the Saviour walks besid me, my companion all day.

Chorus:
Vale of Beulah, Vale of Beulah,
Thou art precious to me;
For the lovely land of promise
In the distance I see.

2 Not a shadow, not a shadow ever darkens the way,
And the music, sweetly chanted by the heavenly throng,
For a radiance of rare glory shines upon it all day;
Floats in cadence down the valley, and it cheers me along. [Chorus]

3 So I journey with rejoicing toward the city of light,
And I near the open portals of the kingdom above,
While each day my joy is deeper, and the path grows more bright.
For this highway leads to heaven, to the kingdom of love. [Chorus]


Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #610

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I am passing down the valley That they say is so lone
Title: Vale of Beulah
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Vale of Beulah, vale of Beulah, thou art precious to me
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #7051
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Band Music #15

Banner of Love #d23

Banner of Love Nos. 1, 2 & 3 #d36

Bells of Heaven #d144

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Carols of Joy #126

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Celestial Showers No. 1, a collection of gospel songs used in Rev. I. Toliver's Meetings #133

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Cheerful Songs #139

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Christ in Song #610

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Favorite Gospel Songs #67

Favorite Gospel Songs. New ed. #d64

Fountain of Praise #d31

Gospel Melodies #d60

Gospel Pearls #d26

Harvest Bells No.3 #d34

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Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 #289

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Hymns New and Old, No. 2 #51

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Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #77

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Hymns of the Christian Life #417

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Joyful Greeting #83

Joyful Meeting in Glory Song Book No.1 #d27

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Lasting Hymns No. 2 #39

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Living Hymns #7

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Loving Voices #98

New Spiritual Songs #113

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Notes of Victory for Sunday Schools #169

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Pearls of Praise #17

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 #103

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Redemption Songs #179

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Sacred Trio #179

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Salvation Songs #184

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d47

Songland Melodies ... a New Song Book for Revivals #d28

Songs of Beulah Land, a Revival and Church Songbook #d34

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Songs of Matchless Love #59

Songs of the Savior's Love #d83

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Songs of the Soul No. 2 #15

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Songs of Triumph Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #69

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Spiritual Songs No. 2 #33

Sunday School Chimes #d47

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Sunlit Songs #77

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The Beacon Light #47

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The Bow of Promise #190

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The Brethren Hymnal #542

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The Cyber Hymnal #7051

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The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #7

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The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #65

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The Gospel Hymnal #121

The Gospel Shower; a Collection of Gospel Hymns #d67

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The Gospel Song Sheaf #144

The Life Line #d35

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The New Gospel Song Book #43

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The Sacred Trio #179

Times of Refreshing #d69

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Times of Refreshing #70

Times of Refreshing #d79

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d34

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d94

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d114

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