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[If I were a voice, a persuasive voice]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Calvin Bushey Incipit: 53333 33444 44553 Used With Text: If I Were a Voice

If I Were a Voice

Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: If I were a voice, a persuasive voice Refrain First Line: I would fly Used With Tune: [If I were a voice, a persuasive voice]

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Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.4 #109 (1894) First Line: If I were a voice, a persuasive voice Refrain First Line: I would fly Lyrics: 1 If I were a voice, A persuasive voice, I could travel the wide world thro’, I would fly on the gleam of the morning beam, And tell men to be true. Refrain: I would fly Far away I'd point to the light, Show sin's darksome night, That men might take heed and be free. 2 If I were a voice, A consoling voice, I would travel with wings of air; And the dwellings of sorrow and guilt I'd seek, To save men from despair. [Refrain] 3 If I were a voice, An immortal voice, I would travel the earth around, And wherever a man to his idols bow'd, The gospel note I'd sound. [Refrain] Tune Title: [If I were a voice, a persuasive voice]

If I Were a Voice

Hymnal: The Anti-Saloon League Song Book #65 (1915) First Line: If I were a voice, a persuasive voice Refrain First Line: I would fly Languages: English Tune Title: [If I were a voice, a persuasive voice]

If I Were a Voice

Hymnal: Favorite Solos #204 (1908) First Line: If I were a voice, a persuasive voice Refrain First Line: I would fly Languages: English Tune Title: [If I were a voice, a persuasive voice]

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J. Calvin Bushey

1847 - 1929 Composer of "[If I were a voice] " in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings James Calvin Bushey USA 1847-1929. Born in Arendtsville, PA, Bushey was a singing teacher who lived in Ohio during the latter 19th century. He compiled several music collections, including “The Chorus Class” (1879), “Sparkling Gems” (1880), “Choral Climax” (1886), and “Magneic Melodies” (1892), all published by the Music firm of Will L. Thompson. Bushey moved to Peoria,IL, late in life and died there. John Perry

Charles Mackay

1814 - 1889 Person Name: Anon. Author of "If I Were a Voice" in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Charles Mackay, the well known writer, was born at Perth, 1814, and died Dec. 24, 1889. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)