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Evening Light Songs #297
Display Title: Come Over Into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream] Author: J. W. Byers Date: 1987
Evening Light Songs #297
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Come Over into Canaan
I came to Jordan's sullen stream
Author: J. W. Byers (1906)Tune: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream]
Published in 9 hymnals
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Author: J. W. Byers
Jacob Whistler Byers was born on March 26, 1859 in Albany, Whiteside County, Illinois to Andrew and Nancy (Whistler) Byers. His father was a farmer and a minister of a small denomination known as the River Brethren. Jacob received a basic rural education and self-taught himself to become a teacher. He was converted at a Methodist revival meeting.
He and his wife, Jennie Shirk, were actively involved in the Brethren in Christ Church. They together began an evangelistic work in Illinois and Iowa over the next two years. In 1890 they felt that God was calling them to the Pacific coast. They opened an evangelistic mission in San Diego and also worked in Los Angeles and held tent meetings up the coast. In 1893 Byers wrote a book, the "The Gr… Go to person page >Instances
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Gospel Gems Number 2 #87
Display Title: Come Over into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan’s sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan’s sullen stream] Author: Jacob W. Byers Date: 1923 Subject: Evangelistic | Entreaty for Sanctification
Gospel Gems Number 2 #87
His Praise Anew #163
Display Title: Come Over Into Jordan First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Author: Jacob W. Byers Date: 1936
His Praise Anew #163
Melodies of Zion #283
Display Title: Come Over Into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream] Author: J. W. Byers Date: 1926
Melodies of Zion #283
Reformation Glory #111
Display Title: I came to Jordan's sullen stream First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream] Author: J. W. Byers Date: 1923
Reformation Glory #111
Select Hymns #21
Display Title: Come Over Into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream] Author: J. W. Byers Date: 1911
Select Hymns #21
The Cyber Hymnal #16186
Display Title: Come Over Into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan’s sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan’s sullen stream] Author: Jacob Whistler Byers Source: Truth in Song (Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company, 1907)
The Cyber Hymnal #16186
Timeless Truths #190
Display Title: Come Over into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream] Author: Jacob W. Byers Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Scripture: Joshua 3 Source: Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (297); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (21); Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Come_Over_into_Canaan)
Timeless Truths #190
Truth in Song #21
Display Title: Come Over Into Canaan First Line: I came to Jordan's sullen stream Tune Title: [I came to Jordan's sullen stream] Author: J. W. Byers Date: 1907 Subject: Sanctification |
Truth in Song #21
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