[O where do you journey my brother]

[O where do you journey my brother]

Composer: S. J. Vail
Published in 10 hymnals


Composer: S. J. Vail

In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosb… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O where do you journey my brother]
Composer: S. J. Vail
Incipit: 53211 76512 32354
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
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Chapel Melodies #17

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Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Hymnal #127

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Frohe Botschaft in Liedern #13

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His Praise #187

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International Song Service #138

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International Song Service #46

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Lieder-Auswahl aus Himmels-Harfe #13

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The Gospel Temperance Hymnal and Coronation Songs #127

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The Salvation Army Music #289a

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The Salvation Army Music #289b

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