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We Are Coming

Author: Henry B. Disney Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: We are marching onward, upward Refrain First Line: We are coming, blessed Savior Lyrics: 1 We are marching onward, upward, We are traveling toward the prize; And if Jesus is our watchword, We will reach the upper skies. Refrain: We are coming, blessed Savior, To the consecrated cross; And we’ll ever live for Jesus, Counting all things else as loss. 2 We will wash our robes, and make them Pure and spotless as the throne, So that when we reach that haven, We shall know as we are known. [Refrain] 3 We will drink the living water; We will lie in pastures green; We will live, to live hereafter, When we reach the great unseen. [Refrain] Used With Tune: DISNEY Text Sources: fount of Blessing by Robert G. Staples (Chicago: Central Book Concern, Publishers, 1880)

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[We are marching onward, upward]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. F. Disney Incipit: 34513 21616 51312 Used With Text: Coming to the Cross

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We Are Coming

Author: H. B. Disney Hymnal: Fount of Blessing #99 (1880) First Line: We are marching onward, upward Refrain First Line: We are coming, blessed Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching onward, upward]
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Coming to the Cross

Author: H. B. Disney Hymnal: The Banner of Victory #77 (1881) First Line: We are marching onward, upward Refrain First Line: We are coming, blessed Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching onward, upward]
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We Are Coming

Author: Henry B. Disney Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12954 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D First Line: We are marching onward, upward Refrain First Line: We are coming, blessed Savior Lyrics: 1 We are marching onward, upward, We are traveling toward the prize; And if Jesus is our watchword, We will reach the upper skies. Refrain: We are coming, blessed Savior, To the consecrated cross; And we’ll ever live for Jesus, Counting all things else as loss. 2 We will wash our robes, and make them Pure and spotless as the throne, So that when we reach that haven, We shall know as we are known. [Refrain] 3 We will drink the living water; We will lie in pastures green; We will live, to live hereafter, When we reach the great unseen. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: DISNEY

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J. F. Disney

1852 - 1885 Person Name: Jacob Finley Disney Composer of "DISNEY" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: Sep­tem­ber 27, 1852, Knox Coun­ty, Ohio. Died: March 13, 1885, Ab­er­deen, Mis­sis­sip­pi. Buried: Dis­ney Cem­e­te­ry, Five Cor­ners, Ohio. Son of Fred­er­ick and Har­ri­et Bar­ry Dis­ney, and bro­ther to Hen­ry Dis­ney, Ja­cob was ed­u­cat­ed in the lo­cal dis­trict school. He later at­tend­ed the nor­mal school un­der Pro­fes­sor John Og­den, in Worth­ing, Ohio, for al­most a year. In the sum­mer of 1879 he went to the Mu­sic­al Nor­mal school in Youngs­town, Ohio, un­der Pro­fes­sor N. Coe Stew­art, of Cleve­land, Ohio. He stu­died mu­sic for some years, and com­posed Wil­lie’s Fare­well, pub­lished in 1877, mak­ing him the first re­si­dent of Knox Coun­ty, Ohio, to write lyr­ics and mu­sic for a pub­lished song. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

H. B. Disney

1846 - 1912 Person Name: Henry B. Disney Author of "We Are Coming" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: Cir­ca February 1846, Milford, Knox Coun­ty, Ohio. Died: 1912, Ohio. Buried: Dis­ney Cem­e­te­ry, Five Cor­ners, Ohio. Son of Fred­er­ick and Har­ri­et Bar­ry Dis­ney, and bro­ther to Ja­cob Dis­ney, Hen­ry was ed­u­cat­ed in the lo­cal dis­trict school. In Au­gust 1867, he went to Bald­win Un­i­ver­si­ty, Be­rea, Ohio, where he stayed one year. In the win­ter of 1868-69 he taught his first school in the dis­trict where he once at­tend­ed. He taught school the next win­ter as well, and in the spring of 1870 re­turned to col­lege. At the close of the year he grad­u­at­ed in the sem­in­a­ry course of the Sun­day-School Nor­mal de­par­tment, be­sides keep­ing up with his class­es in other stu­dies. As of 1881, he was teach­ing school in Bran­don, Ohio. --www.hymntime.com/tch/
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