[In a world where sorrow]

[In a world where sorrow]

Composer: E. O. Excell
Published in 72 hymnals


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Composer: E. O. Excell

Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville,… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [In a world where sorrow]
Composer: E. O. Excell
Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.5 with refrain
Incipit: 55657 65544 31121
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Scatter Sunshine

In a world where sorrow
Ever will be known,
Where are found the needy,
And the sad and lone;
How much joy and comfort
You can all bestow,
If you scatter sunshine
Ev'rywhere you go.

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The Cyber Hymnal #5941
Text: Scatter Sunshine
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Himnos de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Últimos Días #150

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