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In the Sweet By and By

Author: Sanford Fillmore Bennett Appears in 656 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar Topics: Cross of Believer

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SWEET BY AND BY

Meter: 9.9.9.9 with refrain Appears in 389 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph P. Webster Hymnal Title: Baptist Hymnal 1991 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 12321 21651 23335 Used With Text: There's a Land That Is Fairer Than Day
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[There's a land that is fairer than day]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Gould Hymnal Title: Songs of Gladness for the Sabbath School Incipit: 55517 21353 34345 Used With Text: Sweet By-and-By
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[There's a land that is fairer than day]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. G. Fischer Hymnal Title: Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book Incipit: 55123 21611 11234 Used With Text: Sweet By and By

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Sweet By and By

Author: S. F. Bennett Hymnal: 20th Century Gospel Songs #27 (1957) Hymnal Title: 20th Century Gospel Songs First Line: There's a land that is fairer than day Refrain First Line: In the sweet by and by Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a land that is fairer than day]

In the sweet by and by

Author: Sanford F. Bennett Hymnal: A Book of Worship for the Use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ... of the Church of the Redeemer, Richmond, Virginia #d168 (1883) Hymnal Title: A Book of Worship for the Use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ... of the Church of the Redeemer, Richmond, Virginia First Line: There's a land that is fairer [brighter] than day Languages: English

Sweet by and by

Author: Sanford F. Bennett Hymnal: A Collection of Choral Hymns for the ... Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation #d183 (1874) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Choral Hymns for the ... Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation First Line: There's a land that is fairer [brighter] than day Refrain First Line: In the sweet by and by Languages: English

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Sanford Fillmore Bennett

1836 - 1898 Person Name: Sanford F. Bennett Hymnal Title: Baptist Hymnal 1991 Author of "There's a Land That Is Fairer Than Day" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Sanford Fillmore Bennett was born in Eden, New York, 21 June 1836. He and his parents moved to Plainfield, Illinois when he was two years old. He worked on the farm and attended district school during the winter. He was a voracious reader. At sixteen he entered Waukegon Academy. Two years later he began teaching at Wauconda. In 1858 he entered the University of Michigan, Afterward he had charge of the schools in Richmond, Illinois. Two years later he resigned and became Associate Editor of the Independent at Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In 1864 he enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteers and served as Second Lieutenant. After the war he returned to Elkhorn and opened a drug store and began the study of medicine. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1874. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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b. 1927 Person Name: C. W. Hymnal Title: Better Songs Arranger of "Sweet By and By" in Better Songs

C. H. Bottoms

1878 - 1940 Person Name: Claude H. Bottoms Hymnal Title: Excellent Songs Author of "Eternity" in Excellent Songs Claud Henry Bottoms was born on April 13, 1878 in Fayette County, Georgia. He was educated in the public schools and began studying music under J. M. York and later under J. Henry Showalter. After attending two sessions of the Southern Normal Musical Institute (SNMI), he received his diploma at the special session held in Dalton, Georgia, in 1902. He began teaching in 1901, the year his first music was published in Our Thankful Songs. He died on February 2, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)