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¡Abre mis ojos! mi Jesús

Author: Clara H. Scott

Clara Harriett Fiske Jones Scott USA 1841-1897. Born at Elk Grove, IL, daughter of a farmer, the family moved to Chicago in 1856. Clara enrolled in the first Chicago Musical Institute, after founders, Chauncy M Cady and William Bradbury, opened it in 1858. Following her graduation from the program, she found employment at the new Lyons Girl’s Seminary (also founded in 1858) in Lyons, IA. While working there, she met Henry Clay Scott, who worked for Scott & Ovington Brothers wholesale crockery company. The two married in 1861 in McGregor, IA. They had two daughters, Medora and Mary. The family moved to Austin, IL, near Chicago in the 1870s. She become a composer, hymnwriter, and publisher. She was the first woman to publish a vo… Go to person page >

Author: Fred P. Morris

Born in Ballarat, Australia; died in Parkville, Australia Go to person page >

Translator: E. R. Martínez

(no biographical information available about E. R. Martínez.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: ¡Abre mis ojos! mi Jesús
Author: Clara H. Scott
Author: Fred P. Morris
Translator: E. R. Martínez
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: En paz la luz esperaré

Tune

[Open my eyes that I may see]

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list above. The hymn first appeared in Best Hymns No. 2, by Elisha A. Hoffman & Harold F. Sayles (Chicago, Illinois: Evangelical Publishing Company, 1895) (MIDI, score). Some…

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Instances

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El Himnario para el uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Espanola en Todo el Mundo #227

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