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[Let us press along with a joyful song]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. Lee Higgins Incipit: 12331 34553 35555 Used With Text: We Trust In the Living God

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We Trust In the Living God

Author: Dr. Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Let us press along with a joyful song Used With Tune: [Let us press along with a joyful song]

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We Trust in the Living God

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Carols of Love #29 (1954) First Line: Let us press along with a joyful song Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:10 Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us press along with a joyful song]

We Trust In the Living God

Author: Dr. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Precious Name #38 (1951) First Line: Let us press along with a joyful song Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us press along with a joyful song]

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Person Name: Dr. Alfred Barratt Author of "We Trust In the Living God" in Precious Name Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

W. Lee Higgins

1898 - 1953 Composer of "[Let us press along with a joyful song]" in Precious Name Full name William Lee Higgins
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