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Lift up your eyes, the dawn you seek

Author: John Underwood Stephens

Stephens, John Underwood. (Brooklyn, New York, March 27, 1901--?). Presbyterian. Princeton, 1924; taught for two years at Princeton-in-Peking, then entered Union Theological Seminary. Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1929; served as minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Sand Lake, N.Y.; assistant minister in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, N.Y.; minister to the Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, N.Y.; and Ogunquit, Maine. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: Lift up your eyes, the dawn you seek
Author: John Underwood Stephens
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Publication Date: 1954
Copyright: Words copyright, 1954, by the Hymn Society of America.

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Eleven Ecumenical Hymns #10

Hymn Society of America [Hymns Published for Special Occasions, and on Special Subjects] 1942-79 #d99

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