Fairest and Dearest

When the days are dark and dreary, And my load is hard to bear

Author: Judson W. Van De Venter
Tune: [When the days are dark and dreary] (Deventer)
Published in 3 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: When the days are dark and dreary, And my load is hard to bear
Title: Fairest and Dearest
Author: Judson W. Van De Venter
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He's the fairest and dearest
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs of Redemption and Praise #d121

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Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #154

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Songs of Triumph Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #148

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