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[Day by day we journey here]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 56532 31222 12355 Used With Text: Blessed Light of God

Blessed Light of God

Author: E. A. Barnes Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Day by day we journey here Refrain First Line: In the light Used With Tune: [Day by day we journey here]

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Author: E. A. Barnes Hymnal: Cheerful Songs #40 (1891) First Line: Day by day we journey here Refrain First Line: In the light Languages: English Tune Title: [Day by day we journey here]

Blessed Light of God

Author: E. A. Barnes Hymnal: Sunlit Songs #40 (1890) First Line: Day by day we journey here Refrain First Line: In the light Languages: English Tune Title: [Day by day we journey here]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Day by day we journey here]" in Cheerful Songs 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

E. A. Barnes

1842 - 1942 Author of "Blessed Light of God" in Cheerful Songs Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html