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There is a land where life is joy

Author: John Parker
Tune: [There is a land where life is joy]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: John Parker

John Parker, born in England, immigrated to the United States about 1847 at the age of 22. He was a Methodist pastor, serving churches in New York and Vermont. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He died in Asbury Park, New York in 1911. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Christian Advocate," Vol. 86, September 28, 1911, P. 1298 (6) Go to person page >

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First Line:	There is a land where life is joy
Title:	There is a Land
Author:	John Parker
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	A royal welcome waits us there if faithful in the fight
Publication Date:	1891
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.