That Dear and Blessed Country

To a dear and blessed country, I am going by and by

Author: Flora Kirkland
Tune: [To a dear and blessed country]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Flora Kirkland

Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: To a dear and blessed country, I am going by and by
Title: That Dear and Blessed Country
Author: Flora Kirkland
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I am going by and by to my mansion in the sky
Publication Date: 1901
Copyright: Public Domain

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Sacred and Secular Selections #94

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The Century Gospel Songs #44

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Voices of Victory #181

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