Some Glad, Sweet Day

O troubled heart bowed down with bitter pain

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [O troubled heart bowed down with bitter pain]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 O troubled heart bow’d down with bitter pain,
Think not thy tears of grief shall fall in vain;
The sun of hope shall shine for thee again,
Some glad, sweet day, some glad, sweet day.

Refrain:
Some glad, sweet day, when clouds of grief are rifted,
Some glad, sweet day thy heart shall sing for jpy;
Some glad, sweet day thy burden shall be lifted,
Some glad, sweet day, some glad, sweet day.

2 Think no the Father will His own forsake,
All that He sends without a murmur take;
When night is past the golden dawn will break,
Some glad, sweet day, some glad, sweet day. [Refrain]

3 God only sends His very best to thee,
His eyes behold what thine may fail to see;
His hidden plans to thee unveiled shall be
Some glad, sweet day, some glad, sweet day. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #54

Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O troubled heart bowed down with bitter pain
Title: Some Glad, Sweet Day
Author: Haldor Lillenas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Some glad, sweet day, when clouds of grief are rifted
Copyright: Public Domain

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