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Beautiful Starry Flag

Author: Jennie Wilson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Float, proudly, float on land and sea

[Float, proudly float on land and sea]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Incipit: 17715 61577 12533 Used With Text: Beautiful Starry Flag

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Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Gospel Herald in Song #233 (1899) First Line: Float, proudly float on land and sea Lyrics: 1 Float, proudly float on land and sea, Beautiful starry flag; Dear freedom’s emblem ever be, Beautiful starry flag. Refrain: Beautiful starry flag, Beautiful starry flag; While sun shall shine and waters flow, May thy fair constellation glow, Beautiful starry flag. 2 Thou art a mighty nation’s pride, Beautiful starry flag; For thee have brave men fought and died, Beautiful starry flag. [Refrain] 3 Strong arms thy honor will maintain, Beautiful starry flag; Upon thy folds shall come no stain, Beautiful starry flag. [Refrain] 4 Where ever gleam thy colors bright, Beautiful starry flag; May’st thou uphold the cause if right, Beautiful starry flag. [Refrain] Topics: Familiar Hymns; Flag Day; Patriotic Languages: English Tune Title: [Float, proudly float on land and sea]

Beautiful Starry Flag

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Conquest Hymns #147 (1902) First Line: Float, proudly float on land and sea Languages: English Tune Title: [Float, proudly float on land and sea]

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Jennie Wilson

1857 - 1913 Author of "Beautiful Starry Flag" Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives. =============================== Jennie Bain Wilson, 1857-1913 Born: 1857, on a Farm Near South Whitley, Indiana. Died: Circa 1913. Afflicted with a spinal condition at age four, Wilson spent her life in a wheel chair. She never attended school, but was educated at home. She is said to have written over 2,200 texts. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

A. J. Showalter

1858 - 1924 Composer of "[Float, proudly float on land and sea]" in Gospel Herald in Song Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did. John Perry