[The world was in darkness in sin and shame]

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[The world was in darkness in sin and shame]

Composer: William Francis Wirges; Composer: Richard Maxwell; Composer: Seth Sykes
Published in 3 hymnals

Composer: William Francis Wirges

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Composer: Richard Maxwell

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Composer: Seth Sykes

Seth Sykes and his wife Bessie were traveling evangelists based in Glasgow, Scotland. They traveled around the UK. Seth preached and wrote lyrics to many hymns. They used lantern slide shows to illustrate their message and draw people to their meetings. Dianne Shapiro, from Discerning Music blog, accessed 1/12/17 Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[The world was in darkness in sin and shame]
Composer:	William Francis Wirges
Composer:	Richard Maxwell
Composer:	Seth Sykes
Incipit:	53333 21165 22222
Key:	G Major
Copyright:	© 1940 by Singspiration, Inc. Verses and music arrangement copyrighted 1945 by Singspiration, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.