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[A little bit of sunshine]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thos. O'Neill Incipit: 55136 55556 71777 Used With Text: Bits of Sunshine
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Bits of Sunshine

Author: Rev. I. Mench Chambers Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A little bit of sunshine Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine, A little bit of sunshine Lyrics: 1 A little bit of sunshine, A little word or two, Just falling as the moments Suggest the way to you; Ah! these will change the features Of all the world’s sad face, And give some soul the courage To stand within its place. Refrain: Sunshine; sunshine; A little bit of sunshine, Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. 2 A little bit of sunshine, Enough to throw a smile, Upon some down-cast spirit, His sorrows to beguile; Ah! this is what is needed More often than we know, By those whose hearts are aching Along their paths below. [Refrain] 3 These little bits of sunshine Caught from the skies above, Just falling with the moments, From out a heart of love; Such service truly given To each will surely bring, Its blessing here, and yonder, From Christ, our Lord and King. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [A little bit of sunshine]
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Bits of Sunshine

Author: Rev. I. Mench Chambers Hymnal: Uplifted Voices #151 (1901) First Line: A little bit of sunshine Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine, A little bit of sunshine Lyrics: 1 A little bit of sunshine, A little word or two, Just falling as the moments Suggest the way to you; Ah! these will change the features Of all the world’s sad face, And give some soul the courage To stand within its place. Refrain: Sunshine; sunshine; A little bit of sunshine, Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. 2 A little bit of sunshine, Enough to throw a smile, Upon some down-cast spirit, His sorrows to beguile; Ah! this is what is needed More often than we know, By those whose hearts are aching Along their paths below. [Refrain] 3 These little bits of sunshine Caught from the skies above, Just falling with the moments, From out a heart of love; Such service truly given To each will surely bring, Its blessing here, and yonder, From Christ, our Lord and King. [Refrain] Tune Title: [A little bit of sunshine]
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Author: Isaiah Mench Chambers Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7838 First Line: A little bit of sunshine Refrain First Line: Sunshine, sunshine Lyrics: 1 A little bit of sunshine, A little word or two, Just falling as the moments Suggest the way to you; Ah! these will change the features Of all the world’s sad face, And give some soul the courage To stand within its place. Refrain: Sunshine; sunshine, A little bit of sunshine; Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. Sunshine; sunshine, A little bit of sunshine; Sunshine; sunshine, From out a heart of love. 2 A little bit of sunshine, Enough to throw a smile Upon some downcast spirit, His sorrows to beguile; Ah! this is what is needed More often than we know, By those whose hearts are aching Along their paths below. [Refrain] 3 These little bits of sunshine Caught from the skies above, Just falling with the moments, From out a heart of love; Such service truly given To each will surely bring, Its blessing here, and yonder, From Christ our Lord and king. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [A little bit of sunshine]
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Thomas O'Neill

Person Name: Thos. O'Neill Composer of "[A little bit of sunshine]" in Uplifted Voices
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I. Mench Chambers

1865 - 1933 Person Name: Rev. I. Mench Chambers Author of "Bits of Sunshine" in Uplifted Voices Born: 1865, Penn­syl­van­ia. Buried: Mif­flin­burg, Penn­syl­van­ia. Cham­bers, a min­is­ter, was liv­ing in Cam­den, New Jer­sey, in 1905, and Pal­my­ra, New Jer­sey, in 1930, ac­cord­ing to cen­sus re­cords. His works in­clude: At the Beau­ti­ful Gate (Burk & Mc­Fet­ridge Com­pa­ny, 1895) Harold Pay­son; Or, A Life of Low­ly Min­is­try (F. T. Nee­ly, 1899) The De­vil of To­day: His Play Be­tween the False and the Good, 1906 --www.hymntime.com/tch/
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