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Rest over Jordan
Author: William Hunter Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: To the promised home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, there is rest over Jordan's waters
Rest over Jordan
[To the promised home in glory]
Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George B. Holsinger, 1857-1908 Incipit: 11651 16511 23212 Used With Text: Rest Over Jordan
[To the promised home in glory]
Rest Over Jordan
Hymnal: Crowning Day, No. 6 #245 (1904) First Line: To the promised home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, there is rest over Jordan's waters Lyrics: 1 To the promised home in glory,
To that land of blissful rest,
My Redeemer’s gone before me,
To prepare a mansion, blest.
Refrain:
Yes, there is rest over Jordan’s waters,
Rest for such as from sin are free;
Rest for all who come to Jesus—
Rest for you and me.
2 He is fitting up that mansion,
Which eternally shall stand,
For my stay shall not be transient
In that holy, happy land. [Refrain]
3 Pain nor sickness ne’er shall enter,
Grief nor woe my lot shall share,
But in that celestial centre,
I a crown of life shall wear. [Refrain]
4 Death itself shall then be vanquished,
And his string shall be withdrawn,
Shout for gladness, O ye ransomed,
Hail with joy the rising morn. [Refrain]
5 Sing, O sing, ye heirs of glory,
Shout your triumph as you go;
Zion’s gate will open for you,
You shall find an entrance through. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [To the promised home in glory]
Rest Over Jordan
Rest Over Jordan
Hymnal: Beautiful Melodies #17 (1942) First Line: To the promised home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, there is rest over Jordan's waters Languages: English Tune Title: [To the promised home in glory]
Rest Over Jordan
Rest Over Jordan
Hymnal: New Onward and Upward #78 (1909) First Line: To the promised home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, there is rest over Jordan's waters Languages: English Tune Title: [To the promised home in glory]
Rest Over Jordan
William Hunter
1811 - 1877 Person Name: Wm. Hunter Author of "Yes, there is rest over Jordan's waters" in The Brethren Hymnal Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :—
1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c.
2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c.
3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections.
4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859
5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
William Hunter
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Author of "Rest Over Jordan" in Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
S. Y. Harmer
1809 - 1884 Person Name: Rev. S. Y. Harmer Author of "Rest Over Jordan" in Sacred Chimes Harmer, Samuel Young, son of Samuel Harmer, a member of the Society of Friends, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 1809. In 1827 he joined the American Methodist Episcopalian Church, and was engaged for several years as a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. In 1842 he became a local preacher of that body, and, in 1847, was admitted into the ministry. He has held appointments in Philadelphia and Iowa. His well-known hymn "In the Christian's home in glory" (Heaven) was written in 1856 for a camp-meeting collection which the Rev. John Gladding was then compiling. It has been slightly altered, and set to music by the Rev. W. McDonald of Boston, Massachusetts. (For these details we are indebted to Dr. Hatfield's Poets of the Church N. Y., 1884.)
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907
S. Y. Harmer
