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[A little bit of sunshine]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas O'Neill Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55136 55556 71777 Used With Text: Bits of Sunshine

Author: Isaiah Mench Chambers Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A little bit of sunshine Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine Lyrics: 1 A little bit of sunshine, A little word or two, Just falling as the moments Suggest the way to you; Ah! these will change the features Of all the world’s sad face, And give some soul the courage To stand within its place. Refrain: Sunshine; sunshine, A little bit of sunshine; Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. Sunshine; sunshine, A little bit of sunshine; Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. 2 A little bit of sunshine, Enough to throw a smile Upon some downcast spirit, His sorrows to beguile; Ah! this is what is needed More often than we know, By those whose hearts are aching Along their paths below. [Refrain] 3 These little bits of sunshine Caught from the skies above, Just falling with the moments, From out a heart of love; Such service truly given To each will surely bring, Its blessing here, and yonder, From Christ our Lord and king. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [A little bit of sunshine] Text Sources: Uplifted Voices (Philadelphia: Geibel & Lebman, 1901)

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Bits of Sunshine

Author: Rev. I. Mench Chambers Hymnal: Uplifted Voices #151 (1901) First Line: A little bit of sunshine Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine, A little bit of sunshine Lyrics: 1 A little bit of sunshine, A little word or two, Just falling as the moments Suggest the way to you; Ah! these will change the features Of all the world’s sad face, And give some soul the courage To stand within its place. Refrain: Sunshine; sunshine; A little bit of sunshine, Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. 2 A little bit of sunshine, Enough to throw a smile, Upon some down-cast spirit, His sorrows to beguile; Ah! this is what is needed More often than we know, By those whose hearts are aching Along their paths below. [Refrain] 3 These little bits of sunshine Caught from the skies above, Just falling with the moments, From out a heart of love; Such service truly given To each will surely bring, Its blessing here, and yonder, From Christ, our Lord and King. [Refrain] Tune Title: [A little bit of sunshine]

Bits of Sunshine

Author: Isaiah Mench Chambers Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7838 First Line: A little bit of sunshine Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine Lyrics: 1 A little bit of sunshine, A little word or two, Just falling as the moments Suggest the way to you; Ah! these will change the features Of all the world’s sad face, And give some soul the courage To stand within its place. Refrain: Sunshine; sunshine, A little bit of sunshine; Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. Sunshine; sunshine, A little bit of sunshine; Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. 2 A little bit of sunshine, Enough to throw a smile Upon some downcast spirit, His sorrows to beguile; Ah! this is what is needed More often than we know, By those whose hearts are aching Along their paths below. [Refrain] 3 These little bits of sunshine Caught from the skies above, Just falling with the moments, From out a heart of love; Such service truly given To each will surely bring, Its blessing here, and yonder, From Christ our Lord and king. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [A little bit of sunshine]

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I. Mench Chambers

1865 - 1933 Person Name: Rev. I. Mench Chambers Author of "Bits of Sunshine" in Uplifted Voices Born: 1865, Pennsylvania. Buried: Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. Chambers, a minister, was living in Camden, New Jersey, in 1905, and Palmyra, New Jersey, in 1930, according to census records. His works include: At the Beautiful Gate (Burk & McFetridge Company, 1895) Harold Payson; Or, A Life of Lowly Ministry (F. T. Neely, 1899) The Devil of Today: His Play Between the False and the Good, 1906 --www.hymntime.com/tch/