Home at Twilight

When twilight falls the birds fly home

Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer
Tune: NEST
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer

Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years. Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial. He later began to work with the Presbyt… Go to person page >

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First Line: When twilight falls the birds fly home
Title: Home at Twilight
Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer
Language: English
Publication Date: 1930
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1930.

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Hymns for Primary Worship #130

Primary Music and Worship #d114

Songs for Primaries #d79

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