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Author: Luther G. Presley Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me Refrain First Line: It's just like heaven Used With Tune: [The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me]

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[The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: V. O. Fossett Used With Text: The Sunlight of Love

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The Sunlight of Love

Author: Luther G. Presley Hymnal: Fossett's Inspirational Melodies #80 (1952) First Line: The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me Refrain First Line: It's just like heaven around me Languages: English Tune Title: [The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me]

The Sunlight of Love

Author: Luther G. Presley Hymnal: Gospel Song Jewels No. 2 #94 (1951) First Line: The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me Refrain First Line: It's just like heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me]

The sunlight of love

Author: Luther G. Presley Hymnal: Crimson Glow #d93 (1951) First Line: The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining Refrain First Line: It's just like heaven around me Languages: English

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Luther G. Presley

1887 - 1974 Author of "The Sunlight of Love" in Gospel Song Jewels No. 2 Luther G. Presley (March 6, 1887 – December 6, 1974) was a songwriter, musician, and composer, who is best-known for writing the lyrics to the gospel song "When the Saints Go Marching In". Luther G. Presley was born on Beckett Mountain in Faulkner County, Arkansas on March 6, 1887. He studied music beginning at the age of 14, where he excelled. He soon became choir director. He wrote his first song, "Gladly Sing," when he was 17. He furthered his study in singing and music, under renowned teachers. Work Luther Presley wrote the lyrics for the gospel spiritual "When the Saints Go Marching In", in 1937, while Virgil O. Stamps composed the music and melody to the famous work. Luther Presley was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2008. --wikipedia.org

V. O. Fossett

1904 - 1964 Composer of "[The blessed sunlight of God's love is shining over me]" in Gospel Song Jewels No. 2 Died: December 20, 1964. Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include: Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952) --www.hymntime.com/tch/