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Sing a Song of Cheer Today

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Set a glad song ringing Refrain First Line: Sing of joy, be no longer sad

[Set a glad song ringing]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel W. Beazley Incipit: 56565 35656 75656 Used With Text: Sing a Song of Cheer Today

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Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Sunday School Voices #15 (1910) First Line: Set a glad song ringing Refrain First Line: Sing of joy,—be no longer sad Lyrics: 1 Set a glad song ringing, Drive the gloom away; Bring to those about us Hope and cheer today; Sing about the beauty, Scattered far and wide, From the hand of God above, On ev’ry side. Refrain: Sing of joy,—be no longer sad; Sing of goo,—think not of the bad; Sing of pace, God-given, Sing of hope and heaven; Be our song the song that makes The whole world glad. 2 Sing to help the comrade Weary in the way, Lift away his burden By a song today; All life’s loads are lightened By hope’s glad refrain, So let’s sing, as best we may, A blithe, sweet strain. [Refrain] 3 Sing of God who loves us, Wayward tho’ we be; Sing about his blessings, Scattered far and free; Lo! while we are singing, Storm clouds break apart, And the sunlight streams anew In ev’ry heart! [Refrain] Topics: Joy Languages: English Tune Title: [Set a glad song ringing]

Sing a song of cheer today

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Selected Sunday School Songs #d157 (1923) First Line: Set a glad song ringing Refrain First Line: Sing fo joy, be no longer sad Languages: English

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Samuel W. Beazley

1873 - 1944 Composer of "[Set a glad song ringing]" in Sunday School Voices Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.gmahalloffame.org

Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "Sing a Song of Cheer Today" in Sunday School Voices Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================