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[Sing, tho' the way be dreary]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. F. Incipit: 53453 32423 45353 Used With Text: Sing, Ever Sing

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Sing, tho' the way be dreary Refrain First Line: Yes, let thy soul be singing Used With Tune: [Sing, tho' the way be dreary]

Come to the Cross of Jesus

Author: W. D. J. Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: [Come to the cross of Jesus]

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Sing, Ever Sing

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Songs of Glory No. 2 #5 (1881) First Line: Sing tho' the way be dreary Refrain First Line: Yes, let thy soul be singing Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing tho' the way be dreary]

Sing, Ever Sing

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Joy and Gladness #5 (1880) First Line: Sing, tho' the way be dreary Refrain First Line: Yes, let thy soul be singing Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing, tho' the way be dreary]

Sing, Ever Sing

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Grace and Glory #29 (1882) First Line: Sing, tho' the way be dreary Refrain First Line: Yes, let thy soul be singing Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing, tho' the way be dreary]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Person Name: J. H. F. Composer of "[Sing, tho' the way be dreary]" in Grace and Glory James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

W. D. Jeffcoat

1929 - 2014 Person Name: W. D. J. Author of "Come to the Cross of Jesus" in Sacred Songs of the Church William Dawson Jeffcoat born in Arkansas, died in Kentucky Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)