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RUTHWELL

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. M. Bell Incipit: 56717 66551 23433 Used With Text: Thou art the Way: to Thee alone

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Thou art the Way: to Thee alone

Appears in 614 hymnals Used With Tune: RUTHWELL

God make my life a little light

Author: M. Betham Edwards Appears in 111 hymnals Used With Tune: RUTHWELL
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This is the day the light was made

Appears in 6 hymnals Used With Tune: RUTHWELL

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Thou art the Way: to Thee alone

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary #127b (1902) Languages: English Tune Title: RUTHWELL
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Thou art the Way; by Thee alone

Hymnal: The Scottish Hymnal #201a (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: RUTHWELL

God make my life a little light

Author: M. Betham Edwards Hymnal: The Home and School Hymnal #217b (1894) Languages: English Tune Title: RUTHWELL

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Matilda Betham-Edwards

1836 - 1919 Person Name: M. Betham Edwards Author of "God make my life a little light" in The Home and School Hymnal Born: March 4, 1836, West­er­field (near Ip­swich), Eng­land. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 4, 1919, Hast­ings, Sus­sex, Eng­land. [Matilda Betham Edwards (1836-1919)] Daughter of Ed­ward Ed­wards, and cou­sin of Egypt­ol­o­gist Amel­ia B. Ed­wards, Ma­til­da was ed­u­cat­ed in Ips­wich and Peck­ham, and tra­veled ex­tens­ive­ly, es­pe­cial­ly in Ger­ma­ny and France. Her works in­clude: The White House by the Sea, 1857 Dr. Jacob, 1864 Kitty, 1869 Po­ems, 1885 Lord of the Har­vest, 1899 --www.hymntime.com/tch ============================== Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham (Betham-Edwards), daughter of Edward Edwards, and cousin of Amelia B. Edwards, the Egyptologist, was born at Westerfield, near Ipswich, March 4, 1836. Miss Edwards is well known as the author of Kitty, The Sylvesters, and other stories. Her Poems were published in 1885. Her hymn for Children's Services, "God make my life a little light," in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887, first appeared in Good Words, 1873, p. 393, together with another hymn for children, "The little birds now seek their rest" (Evening). Several of her religious pieces have passed into devotional and other works. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

J. Montgomerie Bell

1837 - 1910 Person Name: J. M. Bell Composer of "RUTHWELL" in The Church Hymnary John Montgomerie Bell was a hymnwriter and botanist born on May 28, 1837. He died on June 8, 1910 in Edinburgh, Scotland. NN, Hymnary. Source: http://composers-classical-music.com/b/BellJohnMontgomerie.htmv
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