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[Murmuring softly from regions afar]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels Incipit: 33333 33215 33333 Used With Text: Over the Beautiful River

Author: Fronia Smith Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels First Line: Murmuring softly from regions afar Refrain First Line: Over the river Lyrics: 1 Murmuring softly from regions afar, Come to our souls, with no discords that jar, Promise of pleasure that pain cannot mar, Over the beautiful river. Chorus: Over the river, Over the river, Over the river, Over the beautiful river. 2 Angelic voices seem born on the air, Sweetly they sing of the mansions so fair, Waiting our coming, when free from earth’s care, Over the beautiful river. [Chorus] 3 Friends have pass’d over and left us alone, Sadly we griev’d when bereft of our own, There we will join them around the white throne, Over the beautiful river. [Chorus] 4 Joy will there banish the mem’ry of pain, Losses will turn into measureless gain, All that seems dark here will there be made plain, Over the beautiful river. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Murmuring softly from regions afar]

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Over the Beautiful River

Author: Fronia Smith Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #44 (1890) Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels First Line: Murmuring softly from regions afar Refrain First Line: Over the river Lyrics: 1 Murmuring softly from regions afar, Come to our souls, with no discords that jar, Promise of pleasure that pain cannot mar, Over the beautiful river. Chorus: Over the river, Over the river, Over the river, Over the beautiful river. 2 Angelic voices seem born on the air, Sweetly they sing of the mansions so fair, Waiting our coming, when free from earth’s care, Over the beautiful river. [Chorus] 3 Friends have pass’d over and left us alone, Sadly we griev’d when bereft of our own, There we will join them around the white throne, Over the beautiful river. [Chorus] 4 Joy will there banish the mem’ry of pain, Losses will turn into measureless gain, All that seems dark here will there be made plain, Over the beautiful river. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Murmuring softly from regions afar]

Over the Beautiful River

Author: Fronia Smith Hymnal: Morning Stars #126 (1890) Hymnal Title: Morning Stars First Line: Murmuring softly from regions afar Refrain First Line: Over the river Languages: English Tune Title: [Murmuring softly from regions afar]

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Fronia Smith

Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels Author of "Over the Beautiful River" in Gems and Jewels

J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Hymnal Title: Gems and Jewels Composer of "[Murmuring softly from regions afar]" 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