When a few swiftly fleeting years

When a few swiftly fleeting years

Author: Horace L. Hastings
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Horace L. Hastings

Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, was born at Blandford, Mass., Nov. 26, 1831; commenced writing hymns, and preaching, in his 17th year, and laboured as an evangelist in various parts of the U. S. In 1866 he established The Christian, a monthly paper, in which many of his hymns have appeared, and in 1865 the Scriptural Tract Repository in Boston. He published Social Hymns, Original and Selected, Boston, 1865; Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part i., 1880; and in August, 1886, the same completed, to tho extent of 1533 hymns, 450 of which are original and signed "H." The best known of these is "Shall we meet beyond the river," written in N. Y. city, 1858, and lately published as a leaflet in 14 stanzas of 8 lines. The text i… Go to person page >

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First Line: When a few swiftly fleeting years
Author: Horace L. Hastings
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Evangelical Hymnal #600

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #600

Social Hymns, Original and Selected #d207

Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part I #d264

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Songs of Pilgrimage #36

The Gospel Praise Book #d502

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