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[Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. A. Wright Used With Text: Go to Thy Father in Prayer

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul Refrain First Line: Go tell Him in pray'r Used With Tune: [Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul]

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Go to Thy Father in Prayer

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: The Blessed Way #28 (1925) First Line: Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul Refrain First Line: Go tell Him in pray'r Languages: English Tune Title: [Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul]

Go to Thy Father in Prayer

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: The Song-Land Way #28 (1925) First Line: Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul Refrain First Line: Go tell Him in pray'r Languages: English Tune Title: [Whenever dark sorrows sweep over thy soul]

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Person Name: Rev. Alfred Barratt Author of "Go to Thy Father in Prayer" in The Blessed Way Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives