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128: 499:, Chapter XV, the title character, having saved Mr. Rochester from the fire in his bedroom, returns to her own bed but does not go to sleep. “Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy. I thought sometimes I saw beyond its wild waters a shore, sweet as the hills of Beulah; and now and then a freshening gale, wakened by hope, bore my spirit triumphantly towards the bourne: but I could not reach it, even in fancy ….” 172:
birds, and saw every day the flowers appear in the earth, and heard the voice of the turtle in the land. In this country the sun shineth night and day: wherefore this was beyond the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and also out of the reach of Giant Despair; neither could they from this place so much as see Doubting Castle. Here they were within sight of the city they were going to...
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it was sung was at the regular Monday morning meeting of Methodists in Philadelphia. Bishop McCabe sang it to the assembled ministers. Since then it is known wherever religious people congregate. I have never received a cent for my songs. Perhaps that is why they have had such a wide popularity. I could not do work for the Master and receive pay for it.
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It was in 1876 that I wrote "Beulah Land". I could write only two verses and the chorus, when I was overcome and fell on my face. That was one Sunday. On the following Sunday I wrote the third and fourth verses, and again I was so influenced by emotion that I could only pray and weep. The first time
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Now I saw in my dream, that by this time the pilgrims were got over the Enchanted Ground, and entering into the country of Beulah, whose air was very sweet and pleasant, the way lying directly through it, they solaced themselves there for a season. Yea, here they heard continually the singing of
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There is some uncertainty about the origins of "Is Not This the Land of Beulah." Public domain records show it attributed to William Hunter, somewhere before 1884, yet other records credit William B. Bradbury with the modern arrangement being attributed to John W. Dadman in
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Songwriter Drew Nelson won international acclaim with the 2009 album "Dusty Road to Beulah Land", produced by Michael Crittenden of Mackinaw Harvest Music. The album has been described as "a love song to the state of Michigan." Local community radio station
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are developed. The song talks about today's Christian life as one that borders heaven and from where one can almost see heaven. It speaks of a place of victory and fellowship with God.
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Osler, Dorothy (18 Nov 2013). "Did Welsh Immigrants Influence Amish Quiltmaking? Evidence from Amish and Welsh Settlement Patterns in Nineteenth-Century America".
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used the hymn tune "Beulah Land" in his "String Quartet No.1" (1896), entitled "Salvation Army", and the second movement of his 4th Symphony.
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recorded a song for the Library of Congress in 1963, which was entitled "Beulah Land." First line: "I've got a mother in Beulah land".
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land, to which they must return. All later references to the land of Beulah are derivative of this one mention in the Bible.
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There are several relatively well-known hymns on the land of Beulah, whose similar titles can lead to confusion.
866: 330: 155:, Beulah Land is a place of peace near the end of the Christian life, on the border of the Celestial City. The 396:
says that she will go “out sightseeing in Beulah” in her 1947 Gospel hit “I Will Move On Up A Little Higher”.
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Parsons, Wayne (2000). "Becoming a Diaspora: the Welsh Experience from Beulah Land to Cyber-Cymru".
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song, "Take Care Of All My Children," includes the line "I'll be goin' up to Beulah Land."
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The only known ancient reference to a land called Beulah is in Isaiah
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The land of Beulah is referred to in various hymns and other works.
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immigrants founded Beulah, Pennsylvania, in 1796. It is today a
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Harriet Warner Re Qua (lyrics); John W. Dodmun (music) (1882).
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and other groups. First line: "I am dwelling on the mountain".
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Rev. H. J. Zelley (lyrics); H. L. Gilmour (music) (1891).
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wrote a song also entitled "Beulah Land", which was a
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Index

Beulah Land
Hebrew
romanized
Israelites
62:4
Biblical Hebrew
King James Version
Babylonian captivity

Harden Sidney Melville
Pilgrim's Progress
Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
River of Death
New Jerusalem
city on a hill
John R. Sweney
The Isaacs
Fanny Crosby
John Robson Sweney
H. J. Zelley
H. L. Gilmour
Dwelling in Beulah Land
Squire Parsons
Mississippi John Hurt
Ian Siegal
Alternative piano artist
Tori Amos
B-side
From the Choirgirl Hotel

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