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Author: Harriet E. Jones Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: For the sunshine and the rain Refrain First Line: Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks Used With Tune: [For the sunshine and the rain]

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[For the sunshine and the rain]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Incipit: 33335 43222 34323 Used With Text: Thanks to Thee, Our Father

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Thanks to Thee, Our Father

Author: Harriet E. Jones Hymnal: Songs of the Golden #160 (1896) First Line: For the sunshine and the rain Refrain First Line: Thanks, thanks, thanks Languages: English Tune Title: [For the sunshine and the rain]

Thanks to Thee, Our Father

Author: Harriet E. Jones Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Delight #216 (1898) First Line: For the sunshine and the rain Refrain First Line: Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks Languages: English Tune Title: [For the sunshine and the rain]

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Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[For the sunshine and the rain]" in Songs of Praise and Delight Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Harriet E. Jones

1823 - 1915 Author of "Thanks to Thee, Our Father" Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: April 18, 1823, Pompey Hollow, Onondaga County, New York. Died: 1915, Binghamton, New York. Buried: Oran Community Church Cemetery, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. Daughter of Eleazer Rice, Jones lived in Onondaga County, New York. Her girlhood was spent on a farm, receiving what education the country schools and one term at high school could provide. She was always fond of reading, and was a great singer, with a clear ringing voice. On July 7, 1844, she married a son of Rev. Zenas Jones; her husband died in 1879. Her song writing career began when her poetry came to the attention of Dr. M. J. Munger, who asked if she could write some Sunday school hymns for him. She went on to write for Daniel Towner, J. C. Ewing, the Fillmore brothers, and others. --hymntime.com/tch