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Blessed Are the Persecuted

Author: Daniel R. Lucas

Daniel Robertson Lucas, b. Belvidere, Boone County, Ill., January 14, 1840; m. Mary Longley in 1862; joined 99th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and appointed chaplain of the regiment; later studied for the ministry; in 1876, settled in Des Moines, Iowa, where he pastored the Central Christian Church and helped found Drake University; Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and secretary of the Morton Monument Commission; d. March 11, 1907 From Daniel R. Lucas papers, WWW site, Mar. 18, 2004… Go to person page >

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First Line: Blessed are those who through the flame
Title: Blessed Are the Persecuted
Author: Daniel R. Lucas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: For they shall all the triumph gain
Copyright: Public Domain

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Christian Science Hymnal #187

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