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[Morn is breaking over the hills]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frank M. Davis Incipit: 53311 66712 32115

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Ring, Joy-bells, ring!

Author: Mrs. Mary E. Kail Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Morn is breaking o'er the hills Refrain First Line: Ring, Ring, joybells ring! Lyrics: 1 Morn is breaking o'er the hills, Sweetly sing the little rills 'Tis the blessed Sabbath day, We'll to Sabbath School away. Chorus: Ring, Ring, joybells ring! Little brooklets sweetly sing; Echo softly hill and dale, Echo, echo, smiling vale. 2 All around the sky is bright, Fill'd with waves of golden light; Flow'rs unfold their petals fair, Birds are chanting in the air. [Chorus] 3 Oh! how thankful we should be For the beauty we can see: For the friends we love so dear, For a Saviour ever near. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Morn is breaking o'er the hills]

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Ring, Joy-bells, ring!

Author: Mrs. Mary E. Kail Hymnal: Light and Life #15 (1881) First Line: Morn is breaking o'er the hills Refrain First Line: Ring, Ring, joybells ring! Lyrics: 1 Morn is breaking o'er the hills, Sweetly sing the little rills 'Tis the blessed Sabbath day, We'll to Sabbath School away. Chorus: Ring, Ring, joybells ring! Little brooklets sweetly sing; Echo softly hill and dale, Echo, echo, smiling vale. 2 All around the sky is bright, Fill'd with waves of golden light; Flow'rs unfold their petals fair, Birds are chanting in the air. [Chorus] 3 Oh! how thankful we should be For the beauty we can see: For the friends we love so dear, For a Saviour ever near. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Morn is breaking o'er the hills]
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Ring, Joy-Bells, Ring!

Author: Mrs. Mary E. Kail Hymnal: Always Welcome #7 (1879) First Line: Morn is breaking o'er the hills Refrain First Line: Ring, ring, joybells ring! Languages: English Tune Title: [Morn is breaking o'er the hills]

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Frank M. Davis

1839 - 1896 Composer of "[Morn is breaking o'er the hills]" in Always Welcome Frank Marion Davis USA 1839-1896. Born at Marcellus, NY, he became a teacher and professor of voice, a choirmaster and a good singer. He traveled extensively, living in Marcellus, NY, Vicksburg, MS, Baltimore, MD, Cincinnati, OH, Burr Oak and Findley, MI. He compiled and published several song books: “New Pearls of Song” (1877), “Notes of Praise” (1890), “Crown of gold” (1892), “Always welcome” (1881), “Songs of love and praise #5” (1898), “Notes of praise”, and “Brightest glory”. He never married. John Perry

Mary E. Kail

1828 - 1890 Person Name: Mrs. Mary E. Kail Author of "Ring, Joy-bells, ring!" in Light and Life Mary Elizabeth Harper Kail, Circa 1828-1890 Born: 1827 or 1828, Washington, DC. Died: January 28, 1890, Washington, DC, or Ohio. Daughter of Andrew Harper and Mary McDermott-Roe (daughter of Cornelius McDermott-Roe, a laborer who worked for George Washington). Mary’s father died young, possibly of malaria, while Mary and her sister Virginia were children. Mary and Virginia moved together to Carroll County, Ohio, and in 1843 Mary married Gabriel Kail (1814-88). By 1878, Mary was editor of the Connotton Valley Times in Carroll County. In the late 1880s, Mary was a clerk for the United States Treasury Department; she lost that job in September 1885 due to a change in administration. Her works include: Crown Our Heroes, and Other Poems, 1887 --www.hymntime.com/tch/
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