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[So near the door, and the door stood wide?]
Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Hymnal Title: The Great Awakening Incipit: 15432 12331 11465 Used With Text: Almost
[So near the door, and the door stood wide?]
Mrs. O. F. Walton
1849 - 1939 Hymnal Title: The Great Awakening Author of "Almost" in The Great Awakening Mrs O. F. Walton (1849-1939); Mrs Walton was b. Amy Catherine Deck in 1849; in Feb. 1875 m. Octavius Frank Walton, and was subsequently known as Mrs O. F. Walton. Also known as Mrs. Octavius Frank Walton, Catherine Augusta Walton, and Mrs. Oriel Farnell Walton.
Mrs. O. F. Walton
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Hymnal Title: The Great Awakening Composer of "[So near the door, and the door stood wide?]" in The Great Awakening 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
John R. Sweney
