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[We speak of the realms of the blest]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Incipit: 13234 34565 31171 Used With Text: The Realms of the Blest

Author: Mrs. M. E. Mills Appears in 372 hymnals First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Refrain First Line: What must it be to be there? Used With Tune: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

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The Realms of the Blest

Author: Mrs. M. E. Mills Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #276 (1885) First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Refrain First Line: What must it be to be there Lyrics: 1 We speak of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair; And oft are its glories confess’d; But what must it be to be there? Chorus: What must it be to be there? What must it be to be there? If its wonders and pleasures can ne’er be told, O what must it be to be there? 2 We speak of its pathway of gold, Its walls deck’d with jewels most rare; Its wonders and pleasures untold, But what must it be to be there? [Chorus] 3 We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care— From trials without and within; But what must it be to be there? [Chorus] 4 Then let us ‘midst pleasure or woe, For heaven our spirits prepare; And shortly we also shall know, And feel what it is to be there. [Chorus] Topics: Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

The Realms of the Blest

Author: Mrs. M. E. Mills Hymnal: Jewels of Praise #62 (1884) First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Refrain First Line: What must it be to be there? Languages: English Tune Title: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

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Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[We speak of the realms of the blest]" in Gospel Praise Book. Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Elizabeth Mills

1805 - 1829 Person Name: Mrs. M. E. Mills Author of "The Realms of the Blest" in Gospel Praise Book. Mills, Elizabeth, née King, daughter of Philip King, was born at Stoke Newington in 1805; married to Thomas Mills, M.P., and died at Finsbury Place, London, April 21, 1829. Her popular hymn:— We speak of the realms of the blest. [Heaven] is thus annotated in Miller's Singers and Songs, &c, 1869, p. 483: "We are much indebted to John Remington Mills, Esq., M.P. for information about this hymn, written by his accomplished relative. The original has 6 st. and was composed after reading ‘Bridges on the 119th Psalm' (on ver. 44, p. 116), ‘We speak of heaven, but oh! to be there.' . . . Already deservedly a favourite, new interest will be added to this hymn when we know that the authoress was early called to ‘the realms of the blest,' of which she sang so sweetly, and that she wrote this hymn a few weeks before her death." The text of this hymn is usually given in an imperfect form. The corrections are supplied by W. F. Stevenson in his Hymns for Church and Home, 1873, "Children's Hymns," No. 151, and the note thereon. Few children's hymns have been received with more favour. It is found in almost every hymn-book published for Children in Great Britain and America during the last fifty years. In some collections it begins, "We sing of the land of the blest"; and in others,"We talk of the land of the blest," --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)