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[Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do]
Appears in 84 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 34554 51153 54445 Used With Text: Brighten the Corner Where You Are
[Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do]
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Author: Ina D. Ogdon Appears in 112 hymnals First Line: Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do Refrain First Line: Brighten the corner where you are! Lyrics: 1. Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar;
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are.
Refrain:
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Someone far from harbor you may guide across the bar;
Brighten the corner where you are!
2. Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear,
Let not narrow self your way debar;
Though into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,
Brighten the corner where you are.
3. Here for all your talent you may surely find a need,
Here reflect the bright and Morning Star;
Even from your humble hand the Bread of Life may feed,
Brighten the corner where you are. Used With Tune: [Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do]
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Brilha no Meio do Teu Viver
Author: William Edwin Entzminger, 1859-1930; Ina Duley Ogdon Meter: 13.9.13.9 with refrain Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Não somente pra fazer um feito singular Used With Tune: BRILHA NO VIVER
Brilha no Meio do Teu Viver
Brilla En El Sitio Donde Estés
Author: Ina Duley Ogdon; Vicente Mendoza Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Nunca esperes el momento de una grande acción Used With Tune: [Nunca esperes el momento de una grande acción]
Brilla En El Sitio Donde Estés
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Author: Ina D. Ogdon Hymnal: 50 Favorites #6 (2013) First Line: Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do Refrain First Line: Brighten the corner where you are! Lyrics: 1. Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar;
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are.
Refrain:
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Someone far from harbor you may guide across the bar;
Brighten the corner where you are!
2. Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear,
Let not narrow self your way debar;
Though into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,
Brighten the corner where you are.
3. Here for all your talent you may surely find a need,
Here reflect the bright and Morning Star;
Even from your humble hand the Bread of Life may feed,
Brighten the corner where you are. Languages: English Tune Title: [Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do]
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Brighten the Corner Where You Are.
Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: Victory Songs #46 (1920) First Line: Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do Refrain First Line: Brighten the corner where you are! Lyrics: 1 Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar,
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are.
Refrain:
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Some one far from harbor you may guide across the bar,
Brighten the corner where you are.
2 Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear,
Let not narrow self your way debar,
Tho' into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,
Brighten the corner where you are. [Refrain]
3 Here for all your talent you may surely find a need,
Here reflect the bright and morning star,
Even from your humble hand the bread of life may feed,
Brighten the corner where you are. [Refrain] Topics: Children; Personal Work and Service Languages: English Tune Title: [Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do]
Brighten the Corner Where You Are.
Brighten The Corner Where You Are
Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: Reformed Press Hymnal #167 (1934) First Line: Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do Refrain First Line: Brighten the corner whee you are! Lyrics: 1 Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar,
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are!
Refrain:
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Some one far from harbor you may guide across the bar,
Brighten the corner where you are.
2 Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear,
Let not narrow self your way debar,
Tho' into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,
Brighten the corner where you are. [Refrain]
3 Here for all your talent you may surely find a need,
Here reflect the Bright and Morning Star,
Even from your humble hand the bread of life may feed,
Brighten the corner where you are. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do]
Brighten The Corner Where You Are
Ina Duley Ogdon
1872 - 1964 Person Name: Ina D. Ogdon Author of "Brighten the Corner Where You Are" in Timeless Truths Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who have sung her hymns, she shrinks from celebrity in the knowledge that her songs are God-given and that without Him she could do nothing."
See:
Beattie, David J. (1931). The Romance of Sacred Song. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, Ltd.
The Presbyterian Survey November 1952.
The Toledo Blade, 19 May 1964.
--Ernest K. Emurian, DNAH Archives
Photo from Joseph Gardner collection from website "Ina Duly Ogdon Home" by Melissa Archibald (http://www.freewebs.com/marchi/inaphotosarticles.htm)
Ina Duley Ogdon
Vicente P. Mendoza
1875 - 1955 Person Name: V. Mendoza Author of "Brilla En Tu Lugar" in Himnos de Gloria Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the Methodist Institute of Puebla, where he finished the course in theology. In 1898 he became a member of the Annual Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he belonged to the Southern Methodist Conference of California. Mendoza worked on several periodicals, including El Mundo Cristiano (The Christian World), El Abogado Cristiano (The Christian Advocate), and El Evangelista Cristiano (The Christian Evangelist).
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Vicente P. Mendoza
William Edwin Entzminger
1859 - 1930 Person Name: William Edwin Entzminger, 1859-1930 Translator of "Brilha no Meio do Teu Viver" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão William Edwin Entzminger was born in South Carolina in 1859. He earned a B.S. from Furman University in South Carolina and then went to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY for a Doctor of Theology degree. He married Maggie Grace Griffith, and together they became Baptist missionaries in Brazil in 1891. He wrote and translated many hymns.
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Born: December 25, 1859, South Carolina.
Died: January 11, 1930, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Buried: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Entzminger studied at Furman University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1891, he and his wife went to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where he worked as a missionary the rest of his life. He translated over 73 hymns into Portuguese, and wrote original Portuguese lyrics, as well.
--www.hymntime.com/tch
William Edwin Entzminger
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary
Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary
