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[My path was lonely, dark and drear]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James D. Vaughan Used With Text: His Light Outshines the Sun
[My path was lonely, dark and drear]

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His Light Outshines the Sun

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: My path was lonely, dark and drear Used With Tune: [My path was lonely, dark and drear]
His Light Outshines the Sun

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His Light Outshines the Sun

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Singing Star #2 (1941) First Line: My path was lonely, dark and drear Languages: English Tune Title: [My path was lonely, dark and drear]
His Light Outshines the Sun

His Light Outshines the Sun

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Christian Choruses #2 (1936) First Line: My path was lonely, dark and drear Languages: English Tune Title: [My path was lonely, dark and drear]
His Light Outshines the Sun

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Person Name: Rev. Alfred Barratt Author of "His Light Outshines the Sun" in Singing Star Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives
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James D. Vaughan

1864 - 1941 Composer of "[My path was lonely, dark and drear]" in Singing Star Vaughan, James D(avid); b. Dec. 14, 1864, between Lawrence Co. and Giles Co., TN; d. Feb. 9, 1941, Lawrenceburg, TN; music publisher, composer and compiler of gospel songs in shape notation
James D. Vaughan
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