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[There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 55117 12165 11134 Used With Text: The Reformation Glory

Author: C. W. Naylor Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land Refrain First Line: Oh, the reformation glory! Used With Tune: [There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land]

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The Reformation Glory

Author: C. W. Naylor Hymnal: Reformation Glory #2 (1923) First Line: There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land Refrain First Line: Oh, the reformation glory! Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land]

The Reformation Glory

Author: C. W. Naylor Hymnal: Evening Light Songs #10 (1987) First Line: There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land Refrain First Line: Oh, the reformation glory Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land]

The Reformation Glory

Author: Chas. W. Naylor Hymnal: Gospel Gems Number 2 #20 (1923) First Line: There’s a mighty reformation sweeping o’er the land Refrain First Line: Oh, the reformation glory Topics: The Church Return and Restoration Languages: English Tune Title: [There’s a mighty reformation sweeping o’er the land]

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C. W. Naylor

1874 - 1950 Author of "The Reformation Glory" in Reformation Glory Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.V. Smith, DNAH Archives See also: Neidert, David L. (1985). Reformation's Song: A History of Church of God Music. Anderson, Ind.: the author.

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Composer of "[There's a mighty reformation sweeping o'er the land]" in Reformation Glory Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.