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35. Jesus Makes Me Glad

Text Information
First Line: Life holds for me in store sorrows that press me sore
Title: Jesus Makes Me Glad
Author: Adger M. Pace
Refrain First Line: He is a true companion, praise to His name
Language: English
Publication Date: 1948
Copyright: Copyright, 1939, by The A. J. Showalter Co., in "Sparkling Songs"
Tune Information
Name: [Life holds for me in store sorrows that press me sore]
Composer: J. Floy DeVaughan
Composer: Martha DeVaughan
Copyright: Copyright, 1939, by The A. J. Showalter Co., in "Sparkling Songs"



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