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Days grow longer, sunbeams stronger

Days grow longer, sunbeams stronger

Author: John Mason Neale
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: John Mason Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly tem­perament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

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First Line: Days grow longer, sunbeams stronger
Author: John Mason Neale
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 11 of 11)
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Carols Old and Carols New #194

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Carols Old and Carols New #215

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Chants, Carols and Tunes #36

Easter Hymns #131

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Hymns and Carols Set to Music #40

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Palm Leaves #40

Resurgit #d35

The Children's Hymnal (with tunes) #d46

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The Children's Hymnal with Tunes #241

The Hymns from the Children's Hymnal; with a Service, for Sunday Schools #d45

The Sunday School Liturgy #d15

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