{"slug": "sweet-by-and-by", "title": "Sweet By and By", "first_line": "There's a land that is fairer than day", "author": "s-fillmore-bennett", "author_date": "1868", "foot": "anapestic", "meter": {"pattern": [9, 9, 9, 9], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Heaven", "Hope", "Eternal Life", "Praise"], "scripture": ["John 14:2-3", "Revelation 21:4", "Revelation 22:1-5", "Hebrews 11:16"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "tabernacle-hymns-1918", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Sanford Fillmore Bennett (1836-1898), written 1868 in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, for J. P. Webster and first published that year in The Signet Ring; Bennett died in 1898, so the text is long PD everywhere. Transcribed syllable by syllable from the dated page image of Tabernacle Hymns (Chicago: Tabernacle Publishing Co., 1918), hymn 81 \u2014 archive.org item tabernaclehymns00town, leaf 0087 \u2014 headed \"81  Sweet By-and-By.\" and credited \"S. Fillmore Bennett.\" over the words, all three stanzas interlinear, footed \"Copyright, 1910, by J. H. Webster.  Used by per. Oliver Ditson Co.\" (the 1910 claim covers the arrangement, not the 1868 words). Collated against the 1914 printing in The New Make Christ King (Chicago: Glad Tidings Publishing Co.), No. 230 \u2014 archive.org newmakechristkin00unse, leaf 0215 \u2014 whose stanzas 2-3 are printed as poetry below the score. WORDING follows the 1918 page, checked at 4-6x: stanza 2 reads \"And our SPIR-IT shall sorrow no more\" (singular) and \"Not a sigh for the BLESS-INGS of rest\" (plural) where the 1914 page prints \"our spirits\" and \"the blessing\"; the chorus row prints \"by and by,\" unhyphenated where 1914 prints \"by-and-by;\". The 1918 readings ship. The title is printed \"Sweet By-and-By.\" on both pages; the corpus title follows the unhyphenated chorus row and Hymnary usage.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "There's a land that is fair -- er than day, And by faith we can see it a -- far; For the Fa -- ther waits o -- ver the way To pre -- pare us a dwell -- ing place there.", "prose": ["There's a land that is fairer than day,", "And by faith we can see it afar;", "For the Father waits over the way", "To prepare us a dwelling place there."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "We shall sing on that beau -- ti -- ful shore The mel -- o -- di -- ous songs of the blest; And our spir -- it shall sor -- row no more, Not a sigh for the bless -- ings of rest.", "prose": ["We shall sing on that beautiful shore", "The melodious songs of the blest;", "And our spirit shall sorrow no more,", "Not a sigh for the blessings of rest."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To our boun -- ti -- ful Fa -- ther a -- bove, We will of -- fer our trib -- ute of praise, For the glo -- ri -- ous gift of His love, And the bless -- ings that hal -- low our days.", "prose": ["To our bountiful Father above,", "We will offer our tribute of praise,", "For the glorious gift of His love,", "And the blessings that hallow our days."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beau -- ti -- ful shore, In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beau -- ti -- ful shore.", "prose": ["In the sweet by and by,", "We shall meet on that beautiful shore,", "In the sweet by and by,", "We shall meet on that beautiful shore."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}