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Silver Lining

The inner side of every cloud is bright and shining

Author: Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
Tune: SILVER LINING
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

Felkin, Ellen Thorneycroft, née Fowler, the elder daughter of Sir Henry Fowler, Bart., and granddaughter of the Rev. Joseph Fowler, Wesleyan Minister, was married to A. L. Felkin, Senior Assistant Master of Eltham College, in 1903. Her hymn, "Now the year is crowned with blessing" (Harvest), is No. 945 in The Methodist Hymn Book 1904. In addition to several popular novels, she published Verses, Grave and Gay, 1901. From this work, p. 35, the above hymn is taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: The inner side of every cloud is bright and shining
Title: Silver Lining
Author: Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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