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[Coming to cheer us in sadness]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 12323 43117 12165 Used With Text: Words of Life
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Words of Life

Author: W. S. Martin Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Coming to cheer us in sadness Refrain First Line: Beautiful words! wonderful words! Used With Tune: [Coming to cheer us in sadness]
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Author: W. S. Martin Hymnal: Junior Songs #144 (1892) First Line: Coming to cheer us in sadness Refrain First Line: Beautiful words! wonderful words! Lyrics: 1 Coming to cheer us in sadness; Coming with blessings rife; Coming to fill us with gladness; Wonderful words of life! Chorus: Beautiful words! wonderful words! Open your hearts to receive them; Pardon and peace, blessing and grace. Are offered to all who believe them. 2 Loving the message they bring us; Helping us on in the way; Leading along in the darkness, Up to the realms of day. [Chorus] 3 Blessing on him who shall hear them; Life to the souls who believe; Glory, eternal, unchanging, For all who God's message receive. [Chorus] Scripture: John 6:63 Languages: English Tune Title: [Coming to cheer us in sadness]
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Author: W. S. Martin Hymnal: Words of Life #1 (1889) First Line: Coming to cheer us in sadness Refrain First Line: Beautiful words! wonderful words! Languages: English Tune Title: [Coming to cheer us in sadness]
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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Coming to cheer us in sadness]" in Junior Songs John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch
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W. Stillman Martin

1862 - 1935 Person Name: W. S. Martin Author of "Words of Life" in Junior Songs Born: March 8, 1862, Rowley, Massachusetts. Died: December 16, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia. Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. Husband of hymnist Civilla Martin, Stillman attended Harvard University and was ordained a Baptist minister, though he later switched to the Disciples of Christ denomination. In 1916, he became a professor of Bible studies at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina. Three years later, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. It was from there he went all over America to run Bible conferences and evangelistic meetings. Sources: Hustad, p. 282 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/t/martin_ws.htm
W. Stillman Martin
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