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Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: My soul, stay not in shadows Refrain First Line: Mount up, my soul, with gladness Used With Tune: [My soul, stay not in shadows]

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[My soul, stay not in shadows]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 53121 66551 72465 Used With Text: The Life on Wings

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The Life on Wings

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 #21 (1898) First Line: My soul, stay not in shadows Refrain First Line: Mount up, my soul, with gladness Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul, stay not in shadows]

The Life On Wings

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Gospel Hosannas #21 (1898) First Line: My soul, stay not in shadows Refrain First Line: Mount up, my soul, with gladness Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul, stay not in shadows]

The life on wings

Author: Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Melodies of Salvation #d103 (1899) First Line: My soul stays not in shadows Refrain First Line: Mount up, my soul, with gladness Languages: English

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[My soul, stay not in shadows]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "The Life On Wings" Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.