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[Oh, how my spirit longs to thee]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Hymnal Title: Pearls of Praise Incipit: 53212 34321 777 Used With Text: Beautiful Home Above

Appears in 26 hymnals Hymnal Title: Pearls of Praise First Line: Oh, how my spirit longs to thee Lyrics: 1 Oh, how my spirit longs to thee, Beautiful home above; Where I may rest from sorrows free, Beautiful home above. Within the golden gates of light, Arrayed in garments pure and white, I’ll walk with angels fair and bright, In my beautiful home above. Refrain: Beautiful home above, Beautiful home above, Oh, come and take me, Savior dear, To my beautiful home above. 2 To reach thee safe I daily pray, Beautiful home above; And travel in the toilsome way, Beautiful home above. My weary feet are bruised and sore, But Jesus’ feet were bruised before, To bring me to the open door, Of my beautiful home above. [Refrain] 3 Thy shining walls by faith I see, Beautiful home above; The mansions fair prepared for me, Beautiful home above. Oh, let me keep my longing eyes, Intently fixed upon the prize, Let angels bear me to the skies, To my beautiful home above. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 22:5 Used With Tune: [Oh, how my spirit longs to thee]

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My Beautiful Home Above

Hymnal: New Spiritual Songs #128 (1887) Hymnal Title: New Spiritual Songs First Line: Oh! how my spirit longs for thee Refrain First Line: Beautiful home above Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh! how my spirit longs for thee]

Beautiful Home Above

Hymnal: Pearls of Praise #27 (1893) Hymnal Title: Pearls of Praise First Line: Oh, how my spirit longs to thee Lyrics: 1 Oh, how my spirit longs to thee, Beautiful home above; Where I may rest from sorrows free, Beautiful home above. Within the golden gates of light, Arrayed in garments pure and white, I’ll walk with angels fair and bright, In my beautiful home above. Refrain: Beautiful home above, Beautiful home above, Oh, come and take me, Savior dear, To my beautiful home above. 2 To reach thee safe I daily pray, Beautiful home above; And travel in the toilsome way, Beautiful home above. My weary feet are bruised and sore, But Jesus’ feet were bruised before, To bring me to the open door, Of my beautiful home above. [Refrain] 3 Thy shining walls by faith I see, Beautiful home above; The mansions fair prepared for me, Beautiful home above. Oh, let me keep my longing eyes, Intently fixed upon the prize, Let angels bear me to the skies, To my beautiful home above. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 22:5 Tune Title: [Oh, how my spirit longs to thee]

Beautiful Home Above

Author: Mrs. Cook Hymnal: Spicy Breezes #18 (1883) Hymnal Title: Spicy Breezes First Line: Oh, how my spirit longs for thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, how my spirit longs for thee]

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A. J. Showalter

1858 - 1924 Hymnal Title: Pearls of Praise Composer of "[Oh, how my spirit longs to thee]" in Pearls of Praise Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did. John Perry

Martha A. W. Cook

1806 - 1874 Person Name: Mrs. Cook Hymnal Title: Spicy Breezes Author of "Beautiful Home Above" in Spicy Breezes Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook USA 1806-1874. Born in Northcumberland County, PA, she married Rev. Parsons Cook, editor of a Boston paper called “The Puritan Recorder”. She contributed to, and for a time, was editor of the “Continental Monthly”. She translated “The life of Chopin”, by Franz Liszt, from the French in 1863. She also translated “Undivine comedy” by Zygmund Krasinski in 1875. She died in Hoboken, NJ. John Perry