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[Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 13334 55513 33211 Used With Text: The Beacon of the Cross

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin Refrain First Line: O sinner, look to Calv'ry's hill Used With Tune: [Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin]

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The Beacon of the Cross

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #143 (1916) First Line: Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin Refrain First Line: O sinner, look to Calv'ry's hill Lyrics: 1 Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin Will gather round the way we tread, Until such darkness shuts us in; We cannot see the path ahead. Chorus: O sinner, look to Calv'ry's hill, The cross of Christ is standing still- Will stand forever more, to show Earth's wand'ring children where to go. 2 When groping blindly thro' the dark, "Lord, we have lost the way," we cry; Then lo! the heav'nward path to mark, His cross stands out against the sky. [Chorus] 3 O beacon, burn forevermore Above sin's dang'rous reef and shoal,- Flash earth-ward from the heav'nly shore- The landmark of the Christian soul. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin]

The Beacon of the Cross

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #s65 (1913) First Line: Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin Refrain First Line: O sinner, look to Calv'ry's hill Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin]

The Beacon of the Cross

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Inspiring Hymns #113 (1914) First Line: Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin Refrain First Line: O sinner, look to Calv'ry's hill Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin]

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Sometimes the mists of doubt and sin]" in The New Praiseworthy Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "The Beacon of the Cross" in The New Praiseworthy Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================