The cheerful day comes back from God

Author: J. G. Pigg

Pigg, Joseph Gage, was born at Norwich, Dec. 14, 1816. He was Congregational minister at Wolverhampton, at Wymondham, and after 1850 at Marlborough Chapel, Old Kent Road, London. He d. Dec. 5, 1860. He edition the Home Book for Children of all ages, 1854, which passed through several eds. Two hymns are associated with his name:— 1. The cheerful day comes back from God. [Morning.] 1854, as above, p. 80, as "Morning Hymn for a Christian child," given without name of author. 2. The Father's house is very large. [Eternal Life.] This is in E. Hodder's New Sunday School Hymn Book, 1863, marked as by "P.," and in the S. S. Hymnary, 1905, as by “J. Gage Pigg." We are unable to determine whether either is really by Mr. Pigg. --John Ju… Go to person page >

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First Line: The cheerful day comes back from God
Author: J. G. Pigg
Language: English
Refrain First Line: To waken all my children dear
Copyright: Public Domain

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KNOX (Knox)


ELLACOMBE

Published in a chapel hymnal for the Duke of Würtemberg (Gesangbuch der Herzogl, 1784), ELLACOMBE (the name of a village in Devonshire, England) was first set to the words "Ave Maria, klarer und lichter Morgenstern." During the first half of the nineteenth century various German hymnals altered the…

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The Sunday School Hymnary #144

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Worship and Song Edition B #ad233

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