A Happy Band Are We

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Wake the strain the glad refrain

Author: Judson W. Van De Venter
Tune: [Wake the strain, the glad refrain]
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Judson W. Van De Venter

Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Wake the strain the glad refrain
Title:	A Happy Band Are We
Author:	Judson W. Van De Venter
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Ready, steady, always brave and true
Copyright:	Public Domain