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Glory! Glory! Christ is life indeed! Glory! Ever does the Spirit lead! Weakness turns to power, Darkness turns to light! Glory! Glory! Christ is life indeed! |
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Glory! Glory! Live by Christ today! Glory! Walk in Spirit and obey! Failure turns to vict’ry, Sighing turns to song! Glory! Glory! Live by Christ today! |
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Storrs, Connecticut, United States
George Friedrich Root was born August 30, 1820, Sheffield Massachusetts and died August 6, 1895, Bailey Island, Maine. He was buried in Harmony Vale Cemetery, North Reading, Massachusetts.
George was the son of Friedrich F. Root and Sarah Flint, husband of Mary Oliver Whitman, and father of Friedrich Woodman Root
His musical talents were evident and an early age, and by the time he was 13, he was proud that he could play a tune on as many instruments as his age.
In 1838, Root moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under George Webb. In 1845, he moved to New York City, playing the organ at the Church of the Strangers and teaching music at the Abbott Institute for Young Ladies. In 1850, he toured Europe for a year. Afterward he started working with Lowell Mason at Boston Academy of Music. In 1851, Root began composing. In 1859, he began work at his brother’s company, Root and Caddy, Chicago, Illinois. In 1872, the University of Chicago awarded him an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
San Juan Capistrano, CA, United States
Christ is life indeed!!
China
Glory glory Christ is life indeed!
Staten Island, New York, United States
I am acquainted with this hymn. Different words though. It is lively. I love it.
Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Hallelujah for His glory.