Hymn - "Shall We Gather at the River"

Communion Hymn - "Shall We Gather at the River"
camcorded live 15 March 2009, 3rd Sunday in Lent

1) Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel feet have trod, with its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of God.

Refrain: Yes, we'll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river, gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God.

2) On the margin of the river, washing up its silver spray, we will walk and worship ever, all the happy golden day. (Refrain)

3) As we reach the shining river, lay we every burden down; grace our spirits will deliver, and provide a robe and crown. (Refrain)

4) Soon we'll reach the shining river, soon our pilgrimage will cease; soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace. (Refrain)

Tune: "Hanson Place"
Text: Robert Lowry, 1864

Wayne Burcham-Gulotta,
Music Director/Organist

J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co., Opus 701, 1918, 3/49

Ernest M. Skinner bought out Steere in 1920 and Skinner ran Steere as a separate company for about a year. Then they brought it into the fold as a separate Skinner factory. For a time organs being built there had the Skinner name but were essentially Steere organs. Much of the great Skinner at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA is Steere (1915 major enlargement of 1902 Hutchings). Final expansion to the Skinner instrument at Yale we know today was the 1928-1929 rebuild.

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