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Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet Refrain First Line: Oh, Light of life, oh Guide Divine Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet, A lamp to guide my wayward feet, A light to shine my path along, And makes my heart break forth in song. Chorus: Oh, Light of life, oh Guide Divine, With joy I place my hand in Thine, Be Thou my Guide, be Thou my Stay, And keep me in the narrow way. 2 Word after word, and line on line, Thy precepts ‘round my heart entwine; A bounteous feast of living bread, My hungry soul is daily fed. [Chorus] 3 A comfort sweet in sorest need, A Friend of friends art Thou indeed, A staff of life on Thee I lean, Nor even death shall come between. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet]

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[O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Incipit: 56535 65256 57432 Used With Text: Light of Life

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Light of Life

Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #80 (1890) First Line: O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet Refrain First Line: Oh, Light of life, oh Guide Divine Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet, A lamp to guide my wayward feet, A light to shine my path along, And makes my heart break forth in song. Chorus: Oh, Light of life, oh Guide Divine, With joy I place my hand in Thine, Be Thou my Guide, be Thou my Stay, And keep me in the narrow way. 2 Word after word, and line on line, Thy precepts ‘round my heart entwine; A bounteous feast of living bread, My hungry soul is daily fed. [Chorus] 3 A comfort sweet in sorest need, A Friend of friends art Thou indeed, A staff of life on Thee I lean, Nor even death shall come between. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet]

Light of Life

Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman Hymnal: Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #163 (1903) First Line: O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet Refrain First Line: Oh, Light of life, oh, Guide Divine Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet]

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J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Composer of "[O Lord, Thy word to me is sweet]" in Gems and Jewels James Holmes Rosecrans studied at the Baxter University of Music in Friendship, New York. After teaching for two years, he joined the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teaching music in Douglas County, Colorado. In 1884, was an evangelist in California, and later was associated with evangelistic efforts in Texas, and taught music and Bible at Carlton College in Bonham, Texas. He published over 20 music collections in his lifetime. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman

1843 - 1943 Author of "Light of Life" Pseudonym: Grace Glenn; Lucinda M. Beal Bateman lived in Ionia, Michigan. She wrote A book of rhymes to suit the times published about 1886 by N. Chapin & Son (Chicago); Gleams of gold published about 1889, and The prohibition speaker: a collection of readings, recitations, dialogues, tableux and songs for temperance and prohibition entertainments published in 1889 by Filmore Bros. (Cincinnati). She married Zadoc Henry Bateman in 1875. They had one daughter, Grace. Dianne Shapiro, from "A book of rhymes to suit the times" and "The Genealogy of Dennis Bowen Caskey and Michelle Lynn Smith" (caskey-family.com/genhome, retrieved 7-1-2018)