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Author: Earl Alonzo Brinenstool Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: In spite of gloom and darkness Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine Lyrics: 1. In spite of gloom and darkness, Keep facing t’ward the light, Keep looking for the sunshine, Tho’ hidden from your sight; For at the dawn of morning, So beautiful and bright, The blessèd sunshine coming Will drive away the night. Refrain Sunshine, sunshine, Soft and gentle from above, Sunshine, sunshine, Token of a Father’s love; Sunshine, sunshine, Lighting all the dreary way, Sunshine, sunshine, Turning darkness into day. 2. In spite of all your sorrow, O let your spirit fly, To where the sun is shining Above the clouded sky; A better day is coming, A dawn of glory bright, The sunshine of God’s presence Will drive away the night. [Refrain] 3. We’ll gather with our loved ones Upon the silv’ry strand, Our doubts and fears will vanish, And we will understand, The beauty and the brightness Of Heaven’s sun-kissed shore, The sunshine of God’s presence Is there forevermore. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [In spite of gloom and darkness] Text Sources: Arranged in The Wonderful Story in Song, by Frederick A. Fillmore (Cincinnati, Ohio: F. L. Rowe, 1917), number 137

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[In spite of gloom and darkness]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Frederick Augustus Fillmore Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 35545 65356 71746 Used With Text: Sunshine Song

[In spite of gloomy darkness keep afacing toward the light]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. F. Incipit: 51111 17133 22125 Used With Text: Sunshine Will Melt Away the Shadows

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Sunshine Song

Author: Earl Alonzo Brinenstool Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6396 First Line: In spite of gloom and darkness Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine Lyrics: 1. In spite of gloom and darkness, Keep facing t’ward the light, Keep looking for the sunshine, Tho’ hidden from your sight; For at the dawn of morning, So beautiful and bright, The blessèd sunshine coming Will drive away the night. Refrain Sunshine, sunshine, Soft and gentle from above, Sunshine, sunshine, Token of a Father’s love; Sunshine, sunshine, Lighting all the dreary way, Sunshine, sunshine, Turning darkness into day. 2. In spite of all your sorrow, O let your spirit fly, To where the sun is shining Above the clouded sky; A better day is coming, A dawn of glory bright, The sunshine of God’s presence Will drive away the night. [Refrain] 3. We’ll gather with our loved ones Upon the silv’ry strand, Our doubts and fears will vanish, And we will understand, The beauty and the brightness Of Heaven’s sun-kissed shore, The sunshine of God’s presence Is there forevermore. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [In spite of gloom and darkness]

Sunshine Will Melt Away the Shadows

Author: E. A. Brininstool Hymnal: Gospel Songs No. 2 #287 (1902) First Line: In spite of gloomy darkness keep afacing toward the light Refrain First Line: Sunshine, soft and gentle from above Topics: Christian Life Hope Languages: English Tune Title: [In spite of gloomy darkness keep afacing toward the light]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Person Name: J. H. F. Composer of "[In spite of gloomy darkness keep afacing toward the light]" in Gospel Songs No. 2 James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

E. A. Brininstool

Author of "Sunshine Song"

Fred A. Fillmore

1856 - 1925 Person Name: Frederick Augustus Fillmore Composer of "[In spite of gloom and darkness]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: May 15, 1856, Paris, Illinois. Died: November 15, 1925, Terrace Park, Ohio. Buried: Milford, Ohio. Frederick Augustus Fillmore, who was born on May 15, 1856, in Paris, IL, one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to Augustus Damon and Hannah Lockwood Fillmore. His father was a preacher in the Christian Church, as well as a composer, songbook compiler, and hymn publisher who developed his own system of musical notation using numbers on the staff in place of note heads. Augustus eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH, and established a music publishing business there. Until 1906, there was no official distinction between "Christian Churches" and "Churches of Christ." The names were used pretty much interchangeably, and many older churches of Christ which are faithful today were once known as "Christian Churches." Fred and his older brother James took over their father's publishing business following the death of Augustus in 1870 and established the Fillmore Brothers Music House. This became a successful Cincinnati music form, publishing church hymnals and later band and orchestral music. For many years the firm issued a monthly periodical, The Music Messenger. The brothers edited many hymnbooks and produced many songs which became popular. Beginning with the songbook Songs of Glory in 1874, there appeared many Fillmore publications which became widely used through churches, especially in the midwest. For these collections, Fred provided a great deal of hymn tunes. --launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hymnoftheday