[In spite of gloom and darkness]

[In spite of gloom and darkness]

Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore
Published in 1 hymnal


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Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore

Born: May 15, 1856, Par­is, Ill­i­nois. Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1925, Ter­race Park, Ohio. Buried: Mil­ford, Ohio. Frederick Augustus Fillmore, who was born on May 15, 1856, in Paris, IL, one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to Augustus Damon and Hannah Lockwood Fillmore. His father was a preacher in the Christian Church, as well as a composer, songbook compiler, and hymn publisher who developed his own system of musical notation using numbers on the staff in place of note heads. Augustus eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH, and established a music publishing business there. Until 1906, there was no official distinction between "Christian Churches" and "Churches of Christ." The names were used pretty much inte… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [In spite of gloom and darkness]
Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore
Incipit: 35545 65356 71746
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Sunshine Song

In spite of gloom and darkness,
Keep facing t&#;ward the light,
Keep looking for the sunshine,
Tho&#; hidden from your sight;
For at the dawn of morning,
So beautiful and bright,
The bless&#;d sunshine coming
Will drive away the night.

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Sechs Orgelchorale: Uber Altdeutsche Geistliche Volkslieder
    Composer/Editor Hermann Schroeder
    Published By: B. Schott's Sohne (1934) pp. 6

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6396
Text: Sunshine Song
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The Cyber Hymnal #6396

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