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Sweet evening hour

How dear to me the twilight hour

Author: Grace W. Hinsdale
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: Grace W. Hinsdale

Hinsdale, Grace Webster, née Haddock, a Congregationalism daughter married to Theodore Hinsdale, a lawyer of New York, in 1850. Mrs. Hinsdale is a contributor to the periodical press, and has published Coming to the King, a Book of Daily Devotion for Children, 1865; republished in England as Daily Devotions for Children, 1867. Her hymns include :— i. From Coming to the King, 1865. 1. A light streams downward from the sky. Heaven. 2. My soul complete in Jesus stands (1855). Safety in Jesus. ii. From Schaff’s Christ in Song, N.Y., 1869. 3. Are there no wounds for me? Passiontide. Written April, 1868. 4. Jesus, the rays divine. Jesus ever present. Written July, 1868. 5. There was no angel 'midst the throng. Jesus, the D… Go to person page >

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First Line: How dear to me the twilight hour
Title: Sweet evening hour
Author: Grace W. Hinsdale
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

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Shining Pearls #d16

Shining Pearls #d16

The Little Sunbeam #d19

The Little Sunbeam #d19
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