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Thy Way is Best

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Teach me, O God, to yield my all

Author: M. Victor Staley
Tune: [Teach me, O God, to yield my all]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: M. Victor Staley

Staley, M. Victor. (near Omro, Wisconsin, 1866--?). Studied at Lawrence University, 1887-1892; University of Wisconsin (Madison), B.A., 1893; Yale University, Ph.D., ca.1895; admitted to bar, 1900. Practiced, Portland, Oregon. Teacher of Latin and Greek, Palo Alto, California; University of Washington, Seattle; Orchard Lake Military Academy and Louisiana State Normal School. See: Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Teach me, O God, to yield my all
Title:	Thy Way is Best
Author:	M. Victor Staley
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Thy way is best
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

[Teach me, O God, to yield my all]

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Timeline

Page Scans

Coronation Hymns: for the Church and Sunday-school (with supplement) (1913), p.191

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Coronation Hymns #191

Joyful Praise #121

Sing Unto the Lord #35

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