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Thanks Be to God

Author: Lavinia E. Brauff Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Thanks be to God for the clear morning light Refrain First Line: Thanks be to God, thanks be to God

[Thanks be to God for the clear morning light]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 11113 21765 33451 Used With Text: Thanks Be to God

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Author: Lavinia E. Brauff Hymnal: Uplifted Voices #105 (1901) First Line: Thanks be to God for the clear morning light Refrain First Line: Thanks be to God, thanks be to God Lyrics: 1 Thanks be to God for the clear morning light, And for the clouds that tinge the sky; Thanks be to God for His care through the night, And for the birds that sing and fly. Refrain: Thanks be to God, Thanks be to God, thanks be to God; Thanks be to God for the sunshine today, And for the sunshine in our hearts. 2 Thanks be to God for the air that we breathe, And for the shelter He provides; Thanks be to God for our raiment and food, And for a faith that still abides. [Refrain] 3 Thanks be to God for our health and our strength, And for the feet that run His race; Thanks be to God for the hands that can work, And for a soul that trusts His grace. [Refrain] 4 Thanks be to God for the gift of His Son, And for His willingness to die; Thanks be to god for the things He has done, And for our mansion in the sky. Tune Title: [Thanks be to God for the clear morning light]

Thanks be to God for the clear morning light

Author: Lavinia E. Brauff Hymnal: Voices from the Woodland #d9 (1900)

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Thanks be to God for the clear morning light]" in Uplifted Voices Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Lavinia E. Brauff

1851 - 1920 Author of "Thanks Be to God" Lavinia E. Brauff was born in Pittsburgh 12 October, 1851. She was blind from infnacy. She was educated at the School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Her first hymn was published in 1894 to the music of H. P. Danks. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)