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[When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. M. DeVaughan Used With Text: My Savior Leads the Way

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My Savior Leads the Way

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day Refrain First Line: My Savior is the leader I follow Used With Tune: [When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day]

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My Savior Leads the Way

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Melodies of Joy #19 (1951) First Line: When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day Refrain First Line: My Savior is the leader I follow Languages: English Tune Title: [When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day]

My Savior Leads the Way

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Boundless Love #29 (1949) First Line: When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day Refrain First Line: My Savior is the leader I follow Languages: English Tune Title: [When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day]

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Person Name: Rev. Alfred Barratt Author of "My Savior Leads the Way" in Melodies of Joy 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. M. DeVaughan

Composer of "[When skies are dark and dreary and gloomy is the day]" in Melodies of Joy
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