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Robert Lowry (Author) Spanish: 2 ¿Dónde estará mi hijo hoy? R.L. (Author) Spanish: 1: El llorar no salva: Robert Lowry (Author) Spanish: 2: Gloria sea al Padre de gran misericordia: Robert Lowry (Author) Spanish: 2: La tumba le encerró: Robert Lowry (Author) Spanish: 14: Los que amen al Señor: Robert Lowry (Author (refrain)) Spanish: 2: Mi ...
Author: Robert Lowry. Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, March 12, 1826. His fondness for music was exhibited in his earliest years. As a child he amused himself with the various musical instruments that came into his hands. At the age of seventeen he joined the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and soon became an active worker in the ...
- Robert Lowry
- El llorar no salva
- Weeping Will Not Save Me
- Tomás Westrup
Robert Lowry, quoted in "Robert Lowry: Baptist Preacher and Hymn Writer" by J.H.Hall Although he considered preaching as his principal vocation, Lowry continued to write hymns and compose music. In 1864, while at Hanson Place, he wrote and composed what became perhaps his best-known hymn, " Shall We Gather at the River ". He wrote this during a heatwave which accompanied an epidemic in the ...
- Relentless Misery
- The Beautiful River
- Summertime and The Livin’ Is …
- Lowry’s Invitation Still Comforts
- To Go Deeper
By all accounts, the summer of 1864 was almost as bad as the one before. The Civil War was tearing the nation apart, littering its fields with dead boys. Families waited anxiously for news from the battlefront. During the “Draft Riots” of the previous summer, Confederate sympathizers in NYC had ransacked the homes of abolitionists and free blacks a...
That summer, Rev. Lowry (1826-1899), not yet forty but known for his brilliant sermons, was the pastor of the Hanson Place Baptist Church. He worried over his parishioners. What could he do to lift their spirits? One evening, after a grim, exhausting day of visiting the sick and dying in Brooklyn, he meditated on Revelation 22:1, “Then the angel sh...
noteasy in the 21st century. History seems to be repeating itself. It’s hot. Parts of the nation are parched, desperate for rain, fighting walls of fire. We worry about the water supply and climate change. We’re surprised by illness, our own and the earth’s. In the Bronx this summer, bacteria festering in water-cooling towers caused an outbreak of ...
Fanning ourselves, but wearing the lightweight summer fabrics possible in the 21st century, we gather to sing of a river of life, of beauty and remembrance, of loved ones and community, and melodies of peace. We hear in the words of this “old favorite” Lowry’s invitation and a Biblical reminder: we’re in this together. Do we imagine God’s throne in...
Four very different presentations of the hymn: “Anonymous 4” “Cello and Piano Duo,” hymn arrangement by Bill Wolaver “Take 6” “At the River” (Aaron Copland), soloist Will Hammons
American Tract Society. "Shall We Gather at the River?" or simply "At the River" are the popular names for the traditional Christian hymn originally titled "Beautiful River" and subsequently titled "Hanson Place," written by American poet and gospel music composer Robert Lowry (1826–1899). It was written in 1864 and is now in the public domain.
General text information (all languages): Shall We Gather at the River (Robert Lowry) This song has been indexed in 3 languages: Text 5990. First line: ¿Nos veremos en el río, Cuyas aguas argentinas? Nos veremos en el río.
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The hymn “Shall we gather at the river” was written one afternoon in July, 1864, when was pastor of the Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. The weather was oppressively hot, and the author was lying on a lounge in a state of physical exhaustion. He was almost incapable of bodily exertion, and his imagination began to take itself wings.
