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A cheering ray of hope has gleamed

Hymnal: Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #13c (1849)

The converted sailor

Hymnal: Melodies for the Temperance Band #d1 (1856) First Line: A cheering ray of hope has gleamed Around the hardy Refrain First Line: Then glory, glory, let us sing Languages: English
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Glory, glory, let us sing

Author: J. H. H. Hymnal: Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #172 (1849) First Line: A cheering ray of hope has gleamed

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J. H. Hanaford

b. 1819 Person Name: J. H. H. Author of "Glory, glory, let us sing" in Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion Hanaford, J. H., M.D., born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, Jan. 27, 1819, and educated for the medical profession. He arranged the first edition of Phineas Stowe's Ocean Melodies, 1848, and for it he composed 19 hymns. Some of these are signed "J. H. H.," and others "J. H. Hanaford." One on Setting Sail, "Great God, at Thy command," is specially good for its purpose. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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