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God's Holy Book

Author: Martha Mills Newton Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: What light is this whose constant ray Refrain First Line: I love the Bible

[What light is this whose constant ray]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin Othello Excell Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51712 32345 65332 Used With Text: God's Holy Book

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Author: Martha Mills Newton Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1888 First Line: What light is this whose constant ray Refrain First Line: I love the Bible, I love the Bible Lyrics: 1. What light is this whose constant ray Reveals to trav’lers lost the way To mansions of eternal day? God’s holy book, the Bible. Refrain I love the Bible, I love the Bible, A light to shine upon my path, I love, I love the Bible. 2. What faithful chart on life’s rough sea, What compass true where’er we be, What anchor for eternity? God’s holy book, the Bible. [Refrain] 3. What sword enables us to fight Against sin’s pow’rs and Satan’s might? Gives victory for God and right? God’s holy book, the Bible. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [What light is this whose constant ray]

God's Holy Book

Author: Martha Newton Hymnal: Songs of Evangelism #39 (1911) First Line: What light is this whose constant ray Refrain First Line: I love the Bible Languages: English Tune Title: [What light is this whose constant ray]

God's Holy Book

Author: Martha Newton Hymnal: Songs for Young People #43 (1897) First Line: What light is this whose constant ray Refrain First Line: I love the Bible Languages: English Tune Title: [What light is this whose constant ray]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: Edwin Othello Excell Composer of "[What light is this whose constant ray]" in The Cyber Hymnal Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Martha Mills Newton

1861 - 1947 Author of "God's Holy Book" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: March 2, 1861, Oxford, North Carolina. Died: April 11, 1947, South Fork, North Carolina. Buried: Rich Fork Baptist Church, Thomasville, North Carolina. Daughter of John Haymes Mills and Elizabeth Ann Arlington Williams Mills, Martha married Jefferson Davis Newton in 1889. She was a poet and an accomplished pianoforte player, and wrote over 50 hymns. She once heard one of her hymns sung by a 3,000 voice choir (likely on the radio) before she even knew it had been published. She never received more than $5 for a hymn, and payment was more often only $2. She taught music in the Rich Fork Community (Pilot area) of North Carolina, and lived for 30 years in Thomasville on land where the New Community General Hospital was eventually built. She and her husband were in Davidson County, North Carolina, in 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930. --Lexington Dispatch, volume 95, number 31, June 9, 1976, p. 13 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/e/w/newton_mm.htm