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The radiant dawn of gospel light

The radiant dawn of gospel light

Author: M. Rayner
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: M. Rayner

Rayner, Rev. Menzies. (South Hampstead, New York, November 23, 1770--November 22, 1850, New York, N.Y.). He entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church and served as rector of parishes in Elizabethtown, New Jersey and in Huntington and New Hartford, Connecticut. In middle life he transferred his membership to the Universalist denomination and held pastorates in Hartford, Conn.; Portland, Maine; and Schenectady, N.Y. While in Hartford he edited a periodical called The Inquirer, and in Portland another called The Christian Pilot. His hymn beginning "Hail, Source of light, of life and love" is included in Church Harmonies: New and Old, 1895. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: The radiant dawn of gospel light
Author: M. Rayner
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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Church Harmonies #422

Church Harmonies #422
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Hymns for Christian Devotion #311

Hymns for Christian Devotion #311
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Hymns for Christian Devotion #311

Hymns for Christian Devotion #311

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d659

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d659
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