We'll Go Sweeping Through the Gates

We are pilgrims on the way, To a land of perfect day

Author: George W. Sebren
Tune: [We are pilgrims on the way] (Morgan)
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: George W. Sebren

Sebren, George Washington. (Belmont, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, March 8, 1882--January 26, 1940, Asheville, North Carolina). He was the son of Richard Henry and Sarah Jane Sebren. As a small boy he attended singing schools taught by T.J. Lites. He moved with this family to Sabine County, Texas, before he was twelve years old. He attended two sessions of Southern Development Normal, with F.L. Eiland as principal, also one normal under J.L. Moore and one under J.B. Vaughan. He later attended three sessions of the Southern Development Normal at Waco, Texas, under Dr. J.B. Herbert and his associates, graduating from that school in 1906. He also studied at Landon Conservatory of Music, Dallas, Texas, and under D.A. Clippinger, eminent voice teach… Go to person page >

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First Line: We are pilgrims on the way, To a land of perfect day
Title: We'll Go Sweeping Through the Gates
Author: George W. Sebren
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We'll go sweeping through the gate
Publication Date: 1907
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1930.

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