FARTHER ALONG (Stevens)

FARTHER ALONG (Stevens)

Composer: W. B. Stevens
Published in 36 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: W. B. Stevens

William Buel Stevens was born in 1862 in the Lawnridge community of Scotland County Missouri. His father, Buel Stevens was arrested along with a group of 80 “German Methodist," charged with mutiny in 1862. Buel was one of three soldiers made examples of and sent to the federal prison in Alton, IL; but all three were returned to service after appeals after 6 months in prison. William's uncle died suddenly of heart disease at 48 and his 17 year old son died the same way a couple of years later. This would have happened in Stevens’ late teens. William Buel Stevens and his wife became sanctified and joined the Church of God Holiness. They spent a few years as traveling tent evangelists. They established two church communities. One in Queen… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: FARTHER ALONG (Stevens)
Composer: W. B. Stevens
Meter: 10 9.10 10. with refrain
Incipit: 35313 21211 35653
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1937 by Stamps-Baxter Music Co., in "Starlit Crown," renewed 1965

Alternative Tunes

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Abide with Me: Organ Music for the Memorial Service
    Composer/Editor Keith Christopher
    Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1991) pp. 32
  • Abide with Me: Organ Music for the Memorial Service
    Composer/Editor Keith Christopher
    Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1991) pp. 32

Piano Solo

  • Just Hooked by Gospel: Keyboard Folio
    Composer/Editors Don Wyrtzen; Carol McMillen
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 19

Instances

Instances (1 - 14 of 14)

African American Heritage Hymnal #376

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #355

Celebremos Su Gloria #430

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #350

Hymns for Worship #5

Lift Every Voice and Sing II #187

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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #482

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #138

Sacred Selections for the Church #473

Text

Songs of Zion #28

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #522

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #289

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Timeless Truths #79

TextPage Scan

Total Praise #388

Include 22 pre-1979 instances
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