Sanford Fillmore Bennett
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Sep 27, 2026
Bert JonesHOST
In the year 1860, a medical doctor was thinking about heaven, and he wrote the song that says, There's a land that is fairer than day, and by faith we shall see it afar, in the sweet by and by, in the sweet by and by.
Bert JonesHOST
His name was Dr. Sanford Fillmore Bennett, a medical doctor.
Bert JonesHOST
He had a friend who played the violin, and when his friend Joseph Webster heard those beautiful words of In the Sweet By and By, he wrote beautiful music that went right with the words.
Bert JonesHOST
And so we have it today, a well-loved song of the church.