Sun and Rain

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Dropping, dropping falls the rain

Author: C. Austin Miles
Tune: [Dropping, dropping falls the rain]
Published in 6 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Dropping, dropping falls the rain,
from the sky.
Gazing thro' the window pane,
we wonder why.

Chorus:
Ev'rywhere, flowers fair,
Shade their fragrance on the air,
Ev'ry day praising God for his care.

2 Shining, shining, comes the sun,
all the day,
But when all his work is done,
he hides away. [Chorus]

3 Flowers bloom in sweet content,
on the plain,
We know why the Lord has sent
the sun and rain. [Chorus]

Source: Let Youth Praise Him: a hymnal for Christian primary schools, Sunday schools and Christian homes #18

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Author: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Dropping, dropping falls the rain
Title:	Sun and Rain
Author:	C. Austin Miles
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Everywhere, flowers fair
Copyright:	Public Domain