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The Lord Is My Light

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Author: Alfred Barratt

Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Though drearisome shadows may hang over my way
Title: The Lord Is My Light
Author: Alfred Barratt (1949)
Source: "Boundless Love"
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The Lord is my Banner, the Lord is my Light
Copyright: © 1949 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company in "Boundless Love." All rights reserved.

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Frequency of use
THE LORD IS MY LIGHT (Quarles)


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals195019521954195619581960196219641966196819701972050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Boundless Love #1a

The Christian Hymnary #914

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