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We Sing Our Praise

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When light is in the morning sky Used With Tune: [When light is in the morning sky]

[When light is in the morning sky]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Karl P. Harrington Incipit: 33454 34556 71767 Used With Text: We Sing Our Praise

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When light is in the morning sky

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Junior Church School Hymnal #19 (1927) Languages: English Tune Title: [When light is in the morning sky]

We Sing Our Praise

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Hymns for Junior Worship #4 (1940) First Line: When light is in the morning sky Languages: English Tune Title: [When light is in the morning sky]

1880 - 1971 Author of "When light is in the morning sky" in Junior Church School Hymnal Turner, Nancy Byrd. Born in Boydton, Virginia, July 29, 1880, daughter of Byrd Thornton Turner and Nancy Addison (Harrison) Turner. Composed her first verse at three. First published verse at age of 8--a romantic ballad, "Ruth in the Dentist's Chair" (he fell in love). Her father was an Episcopal minister; they lived in about a dozen small towns or rural communities during her childhood. In 1916, she went to Boston and joined the staff of Youth's Companion. She wrote under many pen names, and published in several magazines. She won numerous awards, including the "Golden Rose" of the New England Poetry Society and the Lyric Associates award of 1951. --Letter from Turner Rose to Jean Woodward Steele, Westminster Press, 1 February 1974, DNAH Archives.

Karl P. Harrington

1861 - 1953 Person Name: Rev. Karl P. Harrington Composer of "[When light is in the morning sky]" in Junior Church School Hymnal Born: June 13, 1861, Somersworth, New Hampshire. Died: November 14, 1953, Berkeley, California. Buried: Middletown, Connecticut. Son of Calvin S. and Eliza Chase Harrington, Karl earned his AB degree in 1882, and his AM in 1885, from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied at the University of Berlin (1887-89) and Yale University (1890-91). He taught high school in Westfield, Massachusetts (1882-85); Latin at Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts (1885-87); was a Latin tutor at Wesleyan University (1889-91); Latin professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1891-99); University of Maine (1899-1905); and Wesleyan University (1905). While at the University of North Carolina, he directed the Glee Club. His works include: The Roman Elegiac Poets, circa 1914 Richard Alsop, "a Hartford Wit" Walks and Climbs in the White Mountains, 1926 --www.hymntime.com/tch/