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Author: J. H. Fillmore Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: We're marching to the promised land, A happy pilgrim band Refrain First Line: We're marching, marching

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[We're marching to the promised land]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. C. Hopkins Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels Incipit: 55555 66665 51122 Used With Text: Marching to the Promised Land

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Marching to the Promised Land

Author: J. H. Fillmore Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #24 (1890) Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels First Line: We're marching to the promised land Refrain First Line: We're marching, marching Lyrics: 1 We’re marching to the promised land, A happy pilgrim band; Thro’ clouds and storms we press our way, With foes on ev’ry hand. Chorus: We’re marching, marching To the land of endless day, We’re marching, marching Up the narrow way. 2 We’re marching to the promised land, Where crowns and glories wait; The faithful soldier soon shall pass, Within the golden gate. [Chorus] 3 We’re marching to the promised land, As victors over sin; The mighty pow’r of Christ, our King, Ensures our entrance in. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [We're marching to the promised land]

Marching to the promised land

Author: J. R. Fillmore Hymnal: Jewels for Little Singers #d62 (1898) Hymnal Title: Jewels for Little Singers First Line: We're marching Languages: English

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels Author of "Marching to the Promised Land" in Gems and Jewels James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

Alexander C. Hopkins

1843 - 1900 Person Name: A. C. Hopkins Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels Composer of "[We're marching to the promised land]" in Gems and Jewels Rv Alexander C Hopkins USA 1843-1900. He pastored a Christian Church in Louisville, KY. He married Mary Louise Broadhurst, and they had seven children: Charles, Clara, Cora, Robert, Louis, John, and Walter. He wrote music for a number of hymn lyrics, and collaborated with hymnwriter, Marshall Kurfees, on the hymn "How blest and how joyous." He died in Kokomo, IN. John Perry