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The Glory Shines Before Me

Author: Hannah K. Burlingham Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: The glory shines before me! Topics: Hymns for Children Little Pilgrims Used With Tune: WATCHER

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WATCHER

Appears in 80 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward L. White Incipit: 13234 55543 45311 Used With Text: The Glory Shines Before Me
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[The glory shines before me!]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. M. W. Incipit: 54563 54434 52354 Used With Text: The glory shines before me!
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EWING

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 596 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alexander Ewing (1830-1895) Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12143 21351 75665 Used With Text: The Glory Shines Before Me

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The glory shines before me!

Hymnal: Messages of Love Hymn Book #58 (1920) Languages: English Tune Title: [The glory shines before me!]
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The Glory Shines Before Me

Author: Hannah K. Burlingham Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth #352 (1903) First Line: The glory shines before me! Topics: Hymns for Children Little Pilgrims Languages: English Tune Title: WATCHER

The Glory Shines Before Me

Author: Hannah K. Burlingham (1842-1901) Hymnal: The Believers Hymn Book #263 (2011) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: The glory shines before me, I cannot linger here Languages: English Tune Title: EWING

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Hannah K. Burlingham

1842 - 1901 Person Name: Hannah K. Burlingham (1842-1901) Author of "The Glory Shines Before Me" in The Believers Hymn Book Burlingham, Hannah Kilham, eldest daughter of Henry Burlingham of Evesham. She died at Evesham, May 15, 1901, aged 59. Many of her translations from the German are noted in this Dictionary. See list, p. 1507, iii, [Rev. James Mearns. M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ----------------- She was raised in a Quaker family, Burlingham and became associated with the Plymouth Brethren around 1863. Many of her religious poems and translations appeared in the British Herald. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Edward L. White

1809 - 1851 Composer of "WATCHER" in Hymns of Grace and Truth

S. M. W.

Composer of "[The glory shines before me!]" in Messages of Love Hymn Book
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