[Praise God, I live in Beulah land] (Geibel)

[Praise God, I live in Beulah land] (Geibel)

Composer: Adam Geibel
Published in 6 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Adam Geibel

Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Praise God, I live in Beulah land] (Geibel)
Composer: Adam Geibel
Meter: 8.8.8.6 with refrain
Incipit: 51324 35565 31332
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

My Home Is on the Rock

Praise God, I live in Beulah land,
My house will all the storms withstand;
It is not built on sinking sand,
My home is on the Rock.

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Timeless Truths #837

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