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[Is your light shining brightly, my brother?]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. G. Staples Incipit: 12321 55321 56465 Used With Text: Is Your Light Shining?

Author: Eliza M. Sherman Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Is your light shining brightly, my brother? Refrain First Line: Let it shine, let it shine Used With Tune: [Is your light shining brightly, my brother?]

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Is Your Light Shining

Author: Eliza M. Sherman Hymnal: Windows of Heaven #18 (1889) First Line: Is your light shining brightly, my brother? Refrain First Line: Let it shine, let it shine Languages: English Tune Title: [Is your light shining brightly, my brother?]

Is Your Light Shining?

Author: Eliza M. Sherman Hymnal: Morning Stars #19 (1890) First Line: Is your light shining brightly, my brother? Refrain First Line: Let it shine, let it shine Languages: English Tune Title: [Is your light shining brightly, my brother?]

Is Your Light Shining?

Author: Eliza M. Sherman Hymnal: Grace and Glory #102 (1882) First Line: Is your light shining brightly, my brother? Refrain First Line: Let it shine, let it shine Languages: English Tune Title: [Is your light shining brightly, my brother?]

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R. G. Staples

b. 1833 Composer of "[Is your light shining brightly, my brother?]" in The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA. Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)