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Short Name: | Selina P. Pearce |
Full Name: | Pearce, Selina P., 1845- |
Birth Year: | 1845 |
Pearce, Selina P., an American Baptist hymn-writer, and author of "Be our joyful song to-day" (Jesus Only), and a Mission hymn, “Hark, 'tis the voice of gladness," is the daughter of a Baptist Minister at Marietta, Ohio, was born at Lowell, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1845.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Pearce, Selina P. (Lowell, Ohio, December 29, 1845--?). Baptist. Daughter of a Baptist minister. High school principal. "Be our joyful song to-day" is found in Sankey, McGranahan, and Stebbins' Gospel Hymns, where it is attributed to "L. Pierce."
Texts by Selina P. Pearce (3)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Be our joyful song today | L. Pierce (Author) | English | 7 |
Hark, 'tis the voice of gladness | Selina P. Pearce (Author) | English | 1 |
Her vor Gl'des Sang blot v'r | Selina P. Pearce (Author) | 1 |