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The rising sun has chased the night

The rising sun has chased the night

Author: Leonard Bacon
Published in 7 hymnals

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Author: Leonard Bacon

Leonard Bacon, D.D., was born in Detroit (where his father was a missionary to the Indians), February 19, 1802, and educated at Yale college and at Andover. In 1825 he was ordained Pastor of the Centre Church, New Haven, and retained that charge until 1866, when he was appointed Professor of Theology in Yale Divinity School. This professorship he resigned in 1871; but till his death in 1881, he was Lecturer on Church Polity. He died December 23, 1881. Dr. Bacon rendered important service to hymnology both as writer and compiler. While a student at Andover, he edited an important and now rare tract entitled Hymns and Sacred Songs for the Monthly Concert [of Prayer for Missions], Andover, September 1823. This contained the three hymns fo… Go to person page >

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First Line: The rising sun has chased the night
Author: Leonard Bacon
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #199

A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #199

Latter-Day Saint Hymns #d301

Latter-Day Saint Hymns #d301

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. 25th ed. #d285

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. 25th ed. #d285
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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (20th ed.) #101

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (20th ed.) #101
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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (14th ed.) #101

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (14th ed.) #101
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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs #101

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs #101

The Saints' Harp #d847

The Saints' Harp #d847
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