Wikipedia Biography
Charles Beecher (October 1, 1815 – April 21, 1900) was an American minister, composer of religious hymns and a prolific author.
Wikipedia Biography
Short Name: | Charles Beecher |
Full Name: | Beecher, Charles, 1815-1900 |
Birth Year: | 1815 |
Death Year: | 1900 |
Beecher, Charles, son of the well-known Dr. Lyman Beecher, whose autobiography he chiefly edited, and brother of Henry Ward Beecher, was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, 1815. Mr. Beecher was for some time a Congregational pastor at Georgetown, Mass. He has published Review of Spiritual Manifestations, 1853; Pen Pictures of the Bible, 1855, &c. His hymns were contributed to his brother's Plymouth Collection, 1855, and include:—
1. There's rest in the grave. Heaven.
2. We are on our journey home. Heaven.
The latter is in the more extensive use, but both are unknown to the English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Tunes by Charles Beecher (7) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ANDOVER (Beecher) | Charles Beecher, 1815-1900 (Composer) | 2 | 34555 17652 3465 |
[Begin, my soul, the exalted lay] | Rev. Charles Beecher, (1819- ) (Composer) | 2 | 51112 12321 52221 |
HE LIVES (34554) | Rev. Ch. Beecher (Arranger) | 2 | 34554 34517 66543 |
MOYLE | Charles Beecher (Arranger) | 1 | 33221 32175 117 |
MT. BLANC | Charles Beecher (Composer) | 2 | 55111 11713 33323 |
REST (Beecher) | Charles Beecher (Composer) | 2 | 51232 23433 23535 |
TOPAZ | C. Beecher (Composer) | 2 | 13556 12343 21121 |