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One Moment in Heaven

Author: Lida Shivers Leech Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The day may be dreary, the way may seem long Refrain First Line: One moment in heaven will pay for it all
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[The day may be dreary, the way may seem long]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lydia Shivers Leech Incipit: 13333 21712 13234 Used With Text: One Moment in Heaven
[The day may be dreary, the way may seem long]

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One Moment in Heaven

Author: L. S. L. Hymnal: Favorites Number 2 #22 (1946) First Line: The day may be dreary, the way may seem long Refrain First Line: One moment in heaven will pay for it all Languages: English Tune Title: [The day may be dreary, the way may seem long]
One Moment in Heaven

One Moment in Heaven

Author: L. S. L. Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 #45 (1930) First Line: The day may be dreary, the way may seem long Refrain First Line: One moment in heaven will pay for it all Languages: English Tune Title: [The day may be dreary, the way may seem long]
One Moment in Heaven

One moment in heaven will pay for it all

Author: Lida Shivers Leech Hymnal: Songs of Comfort #d79 (1938) First Line: The day may be dreary, the way may seem long
One moment in heaven will pay for it all

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Lida Shivers Leech

1873 - 1962 Author of "One Moment in Heaven" Born: Ju­ly 12, 1873, May­ville, New Jer­sey. Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia. Leech spent her child­hood in Cape May Court House, New Jer­sey, and at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Un­i­ver­si­ty and Tem­ple Un­i­ver­si­ty. She played the or­gan at Be­tha­ny Meth­od­ist Church in Cam­den, New Jer­sey, served as ac­com­pa­nist at evan­gel­i­cal serv­ic­es, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her life­time. Sources-- Emurian, pp. 112-3 Reynolds, p. 336 Lyrics-- God’s Way Is Best I Have Re­deemed Thee I’ll Go Any­where No Fault in Him Some Day He’ll Make It Plain Thine for Ser­vice Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928 When the Veil is Lifted --www.hymntime.com/tch
Lida Shivers Leech
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