There's a Patch of Blue in the Skey

When the path is drear, there is naught to fear, Let not courage falter and die

Author: Alfred Barratt (1927)
Tune: [When the path is drear, there is naught to fear] (Vaughan)
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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 >

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First Line:	When the path is drear, there is naught to fear, Let not courage falter and die
Title:	There's a Patch of Blue in the Skey
Author:	Alfred Barratt (1927)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	There's a patch of blue in the sky
Copyright:	Public Domain