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The happy day has rolled on

Author: Philo Dibble Appears in 22 hymnals

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[The happy day at last has come]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51117 16517 13275 Used With Text: The Happy Day at Last Has Come

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The Happy Day has Rolled On

Author: P. Dibble Hymnal: The Songs of Zion #1 (1918) Languages: English Tune Title: [The happy day has rolled on]

The happy day has rolled on

Author: Philo Dibble Hymnal: The Latter-Day Saints' Psalmody. 2nd ed. #ad46 (1896)

The happy day has rolled on

Author: Philo Dibble Hymnal: The Latter-Day Saints' Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aad46 (1906)

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Ebenezer Beesley

1840 - 1906 Person Name: Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 Composer of "[The happy day at last has come]" in Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ebenezer Beesley was born December 14, 1840, in Oxfordshire, England. He had two wives. He married his first wife in March of 1859. They left England in April of 1859 to move to Salt Lake City. They travelled by foot and handcart from Omaha with a company of 250-300 people. He married his second wife in 1869. Beesley was a musician and music teacher who directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah from 1880-1889 and other choirs in Utah. He wrote several hymns and edited Latter-day Saints Psalmody, the first LDS hymn book with both music and words. Dianne Shapiro from Find a Grave website, "Ebenezer Beesley Composed Nearly a Dozen Hymns in the Current Hymnbook and Conducted the Choir for Almost a Decade," from The Tabernacle Choir Blog, March 13, 2014, and "Beesley, Sarah Hancock, [Reminiscences] in Handcart Stories" from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website "Pioneer Database" (accessed 1-1-2021)

Philo Dibble

Person Name: Philo Dibble, 1806–1895 Author of "The Happy Day at Last Has Come" in Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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