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It Is Good to Be Here
Author: Charles J. Butler Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: With Thee, precious Lord, I would stay Refrain First Line: O yes, it is good to be here
It Is Good to Be Here
[With Thee, precious Lord, I would stay]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. H. L. Gilmour Hymnal Title: Songs of Victory Incipit: 51765 64332 34652 Used With Text: It Is Good to Be Here
[With Thee, precious Lord, I would stay]
It Is Good to Be Here
Author: Chas. J. Butler Hymnal: Faith Hymns (New ed.) #238 (1887) Hymnal Title: Faith Hymns (New ed.) First Line: With thee, precious Lord, I would stay Refrain First Line: Oh, yes, it is good to be here Languages: English Tune Title: [With thee, precious Lord, I would stay]
It Is Good to Be Here
It is good to be here
Author: Charles J. Butler Hymnal: Songs from Bethany #d36 (1894) Hymnal Title: Songs from Bethany First Line: With thee, precious Lord, I would stay Refrain First Line: O yes, it is good to be here
It is good to be here
It Is Good to Be Here
Author: Chas. J. Butler Hymnal: Songs of the New Life #78 (1883) Hymnal Title: Songs of the New Life First Line: With thee, precious Lord, I would stay Refrain First Line: Oh, yes, it is good to be here Languages: English Tune Title: [With thee, precious Lord, I would stay]
It Is Good to Be Here
Charles J. Butler
Person Name: Chas. J. Butler Hymnal Title: Songs of Victory Author of "It Is Good to Be Here" in Songs of Victory Charles J Butler USA 1860- Butler, a Methodist, speaks of a voyage he took from his home, Camden, NJ, as a bachelor, to Britain around 1894, stating he roamed around the British Isles for 14 months through Scotland, Ireland, Britain, and Paris, dealing with ship stewards, street urchins, and visiting famous sights. He wrote about his trip in 1901. He later resided in Philadephia and was a salesman and musician. He wrote “Heart Melodies #3” with Charles Bentley (1897). He is possibly the listed secretary of the YMCA in Philadelphia in 1920.
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Charles J. Butler
H. L. Gilmour
1836 - 1920 Person Name: Dr. H. L. Gilmour Hymnal Title: Songs of Victory Composer of "[With Thee, precious Lord, I would stay]" in Songs of Victory Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident.
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H. L. Gilmour
