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Tell Them of Jesus

Author: Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: To the world in its sorrow bring gladness today Refrain First Line: He is waiting their sorrows to share

[To the world in its sorrow bring gladness today]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: M. B. Hooton Incipit: 12323 12341 23121 Used With Text: Tell Them of Jesus

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Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Gospel Quartets #28 (1938) First Line: To the world in its sorrow bring gladness today Refrain First Line: He is waiting their sorrows to share Languages: English Tune Title: [To the world in its sorrow bring gladness today]

Tell them of Jesus

Author: Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Songs of the Blessed Hope #d233 (1927) First Line: To the world in its sorrow Refrain First Line: He is waiting their sorrows to share

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Author of "Tell Them of Jesus" 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