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Rejoice, He is Risen!

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, He is risen Lyrics: 1 The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue, From lofty hill and mountain rings a message glad and true; Awake to joy and gladness! lay all your grief aside, He lives! the Lord of glory lives, who once for sinners died. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice, He is risen! New life to all He doth bring; Rejoice, rejoice! He lives! Our great victorious King! 2 The blossoms fair are blooming, they fill the world with cheer; The Eater bells are ringing out in carols sweet and clear. Creation’s happy voices the wondrous tidings tell, He comes! the King triumphant comes! let earth His praises swell. [Refrain] 3 The golden light is streaming, the darkness now is o’er; Exalt the risen Savior, for He lives to die no more! Swing wide, ye gates immortal, ye ransomed hosts proclaim, “Crown Him, the High and Holy One! adore His blessed name!” [Refrain] Topics: Easter Used With Tune: [The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue]

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[The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. A. Henry Incipit: 53217 21721 56752 Used With Text: Rejoice, He is Risen!

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Rejoice, He is Risen!

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Progressive Sunday School Songs #196 (1923) First Line: The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, He is risen Lyrics: 1 The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue, From lofty hill and mountain rings a message glad and true; Awake to joy and gladness! lay all your grief aside, He lives! the Lord of glory lives, who once for sinners died. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice, He is risen! New life to all He doth bring; Rejoice, rejoice! He lives! Our great victorious King! 2 The blossoms fair are blooming, they fill the world with cheer; The Eater bells are ringing out in carols sweet and clear. Creation’s happy voices the wondrous tidings tell, He comes! the King triumphant comes! let earth His praises swell. [Refrain] 3 The golden light is streaming, the darkness now is o’er; Exalt the risen Savior, for He lives to die no more! Swing wide, ye gates immortal, ye ransomed hosts proclaim, “Crown Him, the High and Holy One! adore His blessed name!” [Refrain] Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: [The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue]

Rejoice, He Is Risen!

Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt, 1851-1920 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15551 First Line: The golden light is streaming Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, He is risen! Lyrics: 1 The golden light is streaming From smiling skies of blue; From lofty hill and mountain rings A message glad and true; Awake to joy and gladness! Lay all your grief aside; He lives! the Lord of glory lives, Who once for sinners died. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice, He is risen! New life to all He doth bring; Rejoice, rejoice! He lives! Our great victorious king! 2 The blossoms fair are blooming, They fill the world with cheer; The Easter bells are ringing out In carols sweet and clear. Creation’s happy voices The wondrous tidings tell; He comes, the King triumphant comes! Let earth His praises swell. [Refrain] 3 The golden light is streaming, The darkness now is o’er; Exalt the risen Savior, for He lives to die no more! Swing wide, ye gates immortal, Ye ransomed hosts proclaim, "Crown Him, the high and holy One! Adore His blessèd name." [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The golden light is streaming]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Rejoice, He is Risen!" in Progressive Sunday School Songs Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[The golden light is streaming]" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

H. A. Henry

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[The golden light is streaming from smiling skies of blue]" in Progressive Sunday School Songs See also Gabriel, Chas H., 1856-1932