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Scatter the Sunbeams

Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light

Author: Lucy M. Tenney
Tune: [Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light]
Published in 6 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light;
Drive back the shadows of sorrow’s dark night;
Show to the cheerless Jesus, the Way;
Point to the regions of heavenly day.

Refrain:
Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams,
Scatter the sunbeams, the sunbeams of love;
Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams,
Scatter the sunbeams, the sunbeams of love.

2 Scatter the sunbeams, cheer with thy smile;
Bless other souls by a heart without guile;
Strive by kind actions wand’rers to win
Back from the bypaths of error and sin. [Refrain]

3 Scatter the sunbeams! hope beameth bright;
Bathed in her forehead with radiant light;
Shed forth that brightness where’er you go,
Blessing and blessed your life’s journey thro’. [Refrain]

Source: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #47

Author: Lucy M. Tenney

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Text Information

First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light
Title: Scatter the Sunbeams
Author: Lucy M. Tenney
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #15016

Include 5 pre-1979 instances
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