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[There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John M. Dye Used With Text: Sunlight

Author: Miriam E. Oatman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way Refrain First Line: O, the sunlight, sunlight Used With Tune: [There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way]

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Sunlight

Author: Miriam E. Oatman Hymnal: Praise Divine #64 (1917) First Line: There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way Refrain First Line: O, the sunlight, sunlight Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way]

Sunlight

Author: Miriam E. Oatman Hymnal: Victory Songs #84 (1910) First Line: There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way Refrain First Line: O, the sunlight, sunlight Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a light that shineth upon my pilgrim way]

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Miriam E. Oatman

1887 - 1987 Author of "Sunlight" in Victory Songs Miriam Oatman was the daughter of Joseph Oatman, Jr. and married Frederick F. Blachly. She was a political scientist and served on the Brookings Institution from 1925 to 1933 and taught political science and economics at the American University Graduate School in the 1930’s, and 1940’s. She also wrote over three hundred hymns and composed the music to several of her father's hymns. "How the Fire Fell" is perhaps the most widely known.