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[Rejoice! rejoice! the deed is done]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 51535 12334 43123 Used With Text: Our Victory

Author: Rev. T. L. Baily Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Rejoice! rejoice! the deed is done Refrain First Line: Victory! victory! Topics: Temperance Used With Tune: [Rejoice! rejoice! the deed is done]

In Bonds of Love

Author: Frank Gould Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: I have the witness, Lord, within Refrain First Line: I know that Thou may prayer wilt hear Used With Tune: [I have the witness, Lord, within]

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Our Victory

Author: Rev. T. L. Baily Hymnal: Prohibition Melodist #53 (1888) First Line: Rejoice! rejoice! the deed is done Refrain First Line: Victory! victory! Topics: Temperance Languages: English Tune Title: [Rejoice! rejoice! the deed is done]

In Bonds of Love

Author: Frank Gould Hymnal: The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) #83 (1903) First Line: I have the witness, Lord, within Refrain First Line: I know that Thou may prayer wilt hear Languages: English Tune Title: [I have the witness, Lord, within]

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T. L. Baily

1824 - 1914 Person Name: Rev. T. L. Baily Author of "Our Victory" in Prohibition Melodist Bailey, Thomas L., [Thomas Loyd Baily] an American Baptist minister, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1824, and entered the ministry in 1871. He is the author of several hymns in various American Sunday School hymnbooks, as Welcome Tidings, The Garner, &c, including, (l) "Come, talk to me of Jesus" (Jesus the sinner's Friend); and (2) "No night in heaven, eternal day" (Heaven). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[I have the witness, Lord, within]" in The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) 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