50+ Music<p>"Shall We Gather at the River?" or simply "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AtTheRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtTheRiver</span></a>" are the popular names for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traditional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hymn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hymn</span></a> originally titled "Beautiful River" and subsequently titled "Hanson Place," written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gospelMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gospelMusic</span></a> composer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RobertLowry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLowry</span></a> (1826–1899). It was written in 1864 and is now in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicDomain</span></a>. The title "Hanson Place" is a reference to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HansonPlaceBaptistChurchInBrooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HansonPlaceBaptistChurchInBrooklyn</span></a>, where Lowry, as a Baptist minister. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBseHIKi7w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=9eBseHIKi7w</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>