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[We speak of the realms of the blest]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. W. Ray Incipit: 13212 16551 11321 Used With Text: The Realms of the Blest

Author: Elizabeth Mills Appears in 372 hymnals First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Refrain First Line: O what must it be! Used With Tune: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

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The Realms of the Blest

Author: Elizabeth Mills Hymnal: Zion's Delight #118 (1902) First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Refrain First Line: O what must it be! Languages: English Tune Title: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

The Realms of the Blest

Author: Elizabeth Mills Hymnal: The Revival Helper #118 (1893) First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Refrain First Line: O what must it be! Languages: English Tune Title: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

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Elizabeth Mills

1805 - 1829 Author of "The Realms of the Blest" in Zion's Delight 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)

Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Person Name: C. W. Ray Composer of "[We speak of the realms of the blest]" in Zion's Delight Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry