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He Took Away My Sadness

Author: Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The path I trod was dreary, my heart was sick and sore

[The path I trod was dreary, my heart was sick and sore]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. Lee Higgins Used With Text: He Took Away my Sadness

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Author: Dr. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Anchored Faith #38 (1943) First Line: The path I trod was dreary, my heart was sick and sore Languages: English Tune Title: [The path I trod was dreary, my heart was sick and sore]

He took away my sadness

Author: Dr. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Carols of Love #12 (1954) First Line: The path I trod was dreary Languages: English

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Author of "He Took Away My Sadness" Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives