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Sing praise to God for sun and shade

Author: John Davis Long

Long, Hon. John Davis (Buckfield, Maine, October 27, 1838--August 28, 1915, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1915). Harvard, A.B. 1857; L.L.D. 1880. He was Governor of Massachusetts, 1880-1883, and Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1902. A member of the First Parish (Unitarian) in Hingham, he wrote one hymn beginning "The evening winds begin to blow" which was included in The New Hymn and Tune Book, 1914, but which has not passed into other books. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: Sing praise to God for sun and shade
Author: John Davis Long
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal #69

Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal #69

Universal Hymns #42

Universal Hymns #42
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