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How Glad I Am

Author: Charles H. Elliott Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: How glad I am there is room for me Refrain First Line: There is joy in my heart, great joy today

[How glad I am there is room for me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 32155 17622 21756 Used With Text: How Glad I am

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Author: Charles H. Elliott Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #117 (1888) First Line: How glad I am there is room for me Refrain First Line: There is joy in my heart, great joy today Lyrics: 1 How glad I am there is room for me In the blessed, blessed fold of Jesus! How glad I am that his grace is free! What a precious, loving Friend is Jesus! Refrain: There is joy in my heart, great joy today; I am pressing t’ward the kingdom in the bright, shining way; There is joy in my heart, great joy today, For I soon shall be at home with Jesus. 2 How glad I am there is room for all In the blessed, blessed fold of Jesus! How glad I am that he heard my call; What a precious, loving Friend is Jesus! [Refrain] 3 How glad I am for the love I share In the blessed, blessed fold of Jesus! How glad I am that he brought me there; What a precious, loving Friend is Jesus! [Refrain] 4 How glad I am that I found the way To the blessed, blessed fold of Jesus! That I now can feel, and I now can say, What a precious, loving Friend is Jesus! [Refrain] Tune Title: [How glad I am there is room for me]

How Glad I am

Author: Charles H. Elliott Hymnal: Sacred Trio #429 (1889) First Line: How glad I am there is room for me Refrain First Line: There is joy in my heart, great joy today Tune Title: [How glad I am there is room for me]

There is joy in my heart

Author: Charles H. Elliott Hymnal: The Sacred Trio #429 (1892) First Line: How glad I am there is room for me Topics: Rejoicing

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[How glad I am there is room for me]" in Showers of Blessing 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