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Thou whom we seek in darkness

Thou whom we seek in darkness

Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Smith
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Smith

Smith, Elizabeth Lee, née Allen, daughter of Dr. W. Allen, President of Dartmouth University, was born in 1817, and married in 1843 to Dr. H. B. Smith, who became Professor in Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1850, and died in 1877. Mrs. Smith's hymns, including translations of "Je Te salue", “O Jesus Christus", are in Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869 and 1870. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) According to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, Elizabeth Lee Smith passed away in 1898. "Elizabeth Lee Smith." The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 19 Apr. 2018. http://www.hymnology.co.uk/e/elizabeth-lee-smith. Go to person page >

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First Line: Thou whom we seek in darkness
Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Smith
Copyright: Public Domain
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Christ in Song #691

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