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Good News Comes o'er the Sea

Appears in 16 hymnals Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, Good news Topics: Missions Used With Tune: [Good news come o'er the sea]

[Good news comes o’er the sea]

Appears in 18 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Isaiah Baltzell Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 55332 11225 43553 Used With Text: Rejoice, rejoice

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Good News Comes O'er the Sea

Author: I. B. Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #106 (1882) Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, Good news Languages: English Tune Title: [Good news comes o'er the sea]

Hymnal: Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other services #111 (1885) Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, Good news Topics: Missions Languages: English Tune Title: [Good news come o'er the sea]

Good News Comes O'er the Sea

Author: I. B. Hymnal: Heavenly Carols #122 (1878) Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, Good news Scripture: Malachi 1:11 Languages: English Tune Title: [Good news comes o'er the sea]

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I. Baltzell

1832 - 1893 Person Name: Rev. I. Baltzell Author of "Good News Comes O'er the Sea" in Gospel Melodies Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives