SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
Catalogue Number: 071
Size: 8.5” x 20 7/8”
Location in House: Square hallway south wall
In 1865 Brooklyn based, Baptist minister and hymn writer, Robert Lowery published a book of hymns under the title, “Happy Voices.” “Shall we gather by the river,” written and composed by Lowry in 1864 was included and widely sung. Lowry based the hymn on Revelations 22:1-2, King James Version Bible.