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Angels Roll Away the Stone

Author: Charles Walker Ray Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lo what wondrous light is falling Refrain First Line: Shining Angels come to roll away the stone

[Lo! what wondrous light is falling]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: C. W. Ray Incipit: 53211 57661 56532 Used With Text: Angels Roll Away the Stone

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Author: C. W. R. Hymnal: Zion's Delight #231 (1902) First Line: Lo! what wondrous light is falling Refrain First Line: Shining Angels come to roll away the stone Languages: English Tune Title: [Lo! what wondrous light is falling]

Shining angels come to roll away

Author: Charles Walker Ray Hymnal: Bright Blossoms of Song #d63 (1895) First Line: Lo what wondrous light is falling Languages: English

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Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Author of "Angels Roll Away the Stone" Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry