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[When you start for the land of heavenly rest]

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[When you start for the land of heavenly rest]

Composer: John Lane (1892)
Published in 42 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: John Lane

Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri. --Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When you start for the land of heavenly rest]
Composer: John Lane (1892)
Incipit: 51332 11766 11511
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals18901895190019051910191519201925193019351940050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3507
Text: Keep Close to Jesus
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #3507

Include 41 pre-1979 instances
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