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Make somebody's burden light

Author: Alfred Barratt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: There are many sad hearts that have burdens to bear

[There are many sad hearts that have burdens to bear]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: E. C. Harris Tune Key: A Flat Major Used With Text: Make Somebody's Burden Light

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Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Cornelius' Gospel Songs #93 (1927) First Line: There are many sad hearts that have burdens to bear Languages: English Tune Title: [There are many sad hearts that have burdens to bear]

Make somebody's burden light

Author: Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Home Gospel Songs No. 2 #d174 (1927) First Line: There are many sad hearts that have burdens Languages: English

Make somebody's burden light

Author: Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2 #d207 (1928) First Line: There are many sad hearts that have burdens to bear Languages: English

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Author of "Make somebody's burden light" 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