I Will Sing My Cheerful Song

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In the happy sunshine bright

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: VANUATU
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 In the happy sunshine bright,
I will sing my cheerful song;
When the sun is hid from sight,
I will sing my cheerful song.
Every day along the way,
Whether lights or shadows play,
To the Savior I belong,
I will sing my cheerful song.

2 When the way is clear before,
I will sing my cheerful song;
When I see but one step more,
I will sing my cheerful song.
Watching still to do His will,
Trusting Him to keep from ill;
I am safe, for Christ is strong,
I will sing my cheerful song.

3 Jesus knows the way I take,
I will sing my cheerful song;
Jesus never will forsake,
I will sing my cheerful song.
Always near, His voice I hear,
Perfect love shall cast out fear;
Looking upward all day long,
I will sing my cheerful song.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8083

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Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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