MUSIC. SWEET BY AND BY. Joseph Philbrick Webster, 1819-75, composer of this tune, was born in New Hampshire. He was an active member of the Handel and Haydn Society and various other musical organizations. He lived in Madison, Indiana, and Racine, Wisconsin, before finally moving to Elkhorn, in 1857.
BOOK IV
The Christian Year in Chorales
CALL TO WORSHIP
505. Open now Thy gates of beauty
Benjamin Schmolck, 1672-1737
Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78
1.
Tut mir auf die schöne Pforte,
Führt in Gottes Haus mich ein!
Ach, wie wird an diesem Orte