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Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Composer and/or Arranger: John Robson Sweney Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34556 51211 76676 Used With Text: So I Can Wait

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So I Can Wait

Author: Julia C. Thompson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 First Line: I know that Heav'n lies just beyond Lyrics: 1. I know that Heav’n lies just beyond This earthly state, this earthly state; That Christ Himself holds death’s cold wand; So I can wait, so I can wait. I know the dark mysterious ways My feet may tread, my feet may tread Will all be plain when heav’nly rays Are on them shed, are on them shed. 2. I know the heartaches of this life Will all be healed, will all be healed, When the blest peace that ends earth’s strife Shall be revealed, shall be revealed. I know that ’mid the world’s turmoil God giveth rest, God giveth rest; His arm is round me in its toil; And I am blest, and I am blest. 3. I know that when my time shall come To dwell above, to dwell above, Jesus His child will welcome home With tenderest love, with tenderest love. His angel guards will open wide Heav’n’s pearly gate, Heav’n’s pearly gate; And I shall then be satisfied, So I can wait, so I can wait! Used With Tune: COVA DA IRIA Text Sources: Appeared in Joy to the World, by John Sweney, Tullius C. O'Kane & C. C. McCabe (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock and Walden, 1879), number 6

Ich warte gern

Author: Julia Thompson; C. F. Paulus Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Der Himmel ist von dieser Welt Used With Tune: [Der Himmel ist von dieser Welt]

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So I Can Wait

Author: Julia C. Thompson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6062 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: I know that Heav'n lies just beyond Lyrics: 1. I know that Heav’n lies just beyond This earthly state, this earthly state; That Christ Himself holds death’s cold wand; So I can wait, so I can wait. I know the dark mysterious ways My feet may tread, my feet may tread Will all be plain when heav’nly rays Are on them shed, are on them shed. 2. I know the heartaches of this life Will all be healed, will all be healed, When the blest peace that ends earth’s strife Shall be revealed, shall be revealed. I know that ’mid the world’s turmoil God giveth rest, God giveth rest; His arm is round me in its toil; And I am blest, and I am blest. 3. I know that when my time shall come To dwell above, to dwell above, Jesus His child will welcome home With tenderest love, with tenderest love. His angel guards will open wide Heav’n’s pearly gate, Heav’n’s pearly gate; And I shall then be satisfied, So I can wait, so I can wait! Languages: English Tune Title: COVA DA IRIA

Ich warte gern

Author: Julia Thompson; C. F. Paulus Hymnal: Liederlust und Psalter #115 (1882) First Line: Der Himmel ist von dieser Welt Languages: German Tune Title: [Der Himmel ist von dieser Welt]

Ich warte gern

Author: Julia Thompson; C. F. Paulus Hymnal: Liederlust und Psalter mit Anhang #115 (1884) First Line: Der Himmel ist von dieser Welt Languages: German Tune Title: [Der Himmel ist von dieser Welt]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: John Robson Sweney Composer of "COVA DA IRIA" in The Cyber Hymnal John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission