Sparkling and Bright

Author: Mary Dana Shindler

Shindler, Mary Stanley Bunce, née Palmer, better known as Mrs. Dana, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1810. In 1835 she was married to Charles E. Dana, of New York, and removed with him to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1838. Mr. Dana died in 1839, and Mrs. Dana returned to South Carolina. Subsequently she was married to the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, who was Professor in Shelby College, Kentucky, in 1851, and afterwards in Texas. Mrs. Shindler, originally a Presbyterian, was for some time an Unitarian; but of late years she has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As Mary S. B. Dana she published the Southern Harp, 1840, and the Northern Harp, 1841. From these works her hymns have been taken, 8 of which are… Go to person page >

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First Line: Sparkling and bright in its liquid light
Title: Sparkling and Bright
Author: Mary Dana Shindler
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O then resign your ruby wine
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Sacred Songs #120

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a413

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa413

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Band of Hope Melodies #3

Band of Hope Songs #d36

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Bugle Notes for the Temperance Army #121d

Harmonia Ecclesiae #d222

Manual of Devotion and Selection of Hymns for ... Girard College for Orphans #d173

Marching Songs for Young Crusaders No. 3 #d35

Melodies for the Temperance Band #d105

Melodies for the Temperance Ship. 5th thousand #d73

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Palmer's Sabbath School Songs #66c

Pure Light #d90

Ripples of Song #d54

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Royal Hymnal #163

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Sabbath School Bell No. 2 #153

Sabbath School Choir #d74

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Select Songs for the Singing Service #223

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Select Songs for the Sunday School #223

Sunday School Hymn Book #d385

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Temperance Chimes #69

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Temperance Chimes #112

Temperance Glee Book #d38

Temperance Hymn Book and Minstrel #d99

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Temperance Hymn Book and Minstrel #110b

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Temperance Rallying Songs #57

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Temperance Song Herald #14

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Temperance Song Herald #92b

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The American School Hymn Book #CIV

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The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #CIV

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #413

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The Carol #121

The Church Hymn Book #d878

The Imperial Harmony #d240

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The Junior Hymnal #46

The Mountain Minstrel #d96

The Musical Fountain #d36

The Musical Fountain, Enlarged #d88

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #156b

The New Temperance Melodist ... for Temperance Organizations in the United States and Canada #d57

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The Public School Singing Book #69

The Singing Book for Boys' and Girls' Meetings #109

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The Song Victor for the Sunday School and Public School Use #12

The Temple Harp #d293

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Young Singer's Friend #s112

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