Shine all the day

Little ray of golden sunshine

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [Little ray of golden sunshine]
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1 Little ray of golden sunshine
From the smiling skies above,
On your wings of light haste downward,
Shining out the Father’s love.

Refrain:
Shine, shine, all the happy day,
Driving clouds away, making hearts so gay;
Shine, shine, from the skies above,
Little golden sunbeam, showing Jesus’ love.

2 Flowers lift their head to greet you,
For they need your cheering glow;
Birds sing out their sweetest music,
As you hasten down below. [Refrain]

3 There’s a better, brighter sunshine
Rich and poor alike may share;
‘Tis the love of God so precious,
Gleaming round us everywhere. [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #31

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie Douglas Foulks DeArmond was a school teacher who lived in Pennsylvania. She served the Lord in the children’s department of her Sunday School. DeArmond had enjoyed writing since her earliest years, but it was not until she found herself a widow in 1923, with 8 children to support, that she focused on this as a means both of ministry and livelihood. She produced children’s hymns, recitations, exercises, dialogues and so on, along with articles for newspapers and magazines, the text for cantatas, nature stories and more. Mrs. DeArmond wrote of her work, “If anything I have written has helped to lift one soul above the cares and worries of everyday life, and brought it nearer to the great loving heart of Jesus, the joy is mine,… Go to person page >

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First Line: Little ray of golden sunshine
Title: Shine all the day
Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Refrain First Line: Shine, shine, all the happy day
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