[Where do you journey, my brother]

[Where do you journey, my brother]

Composer: S. J. Vail
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: S. J. Vail

In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosb… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Where do you journey, my brother]
Composer: S. J. Vail
Meter: 8.8.8.8.9.8.9.8 with refrain
Incipit: 32117 65123 23543
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Musical Leaves
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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Hymns of the Advent #191

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Lutherförbundets Sångbok #S125

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Salvation Army Music #449

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Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book #129

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