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[Scatter the sunbeams! send forth the light]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 53653 42535 36551 Used With Text: Scatter the Sunbeams
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Scatter the Sunbeams

Author: L. M. Tenney Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light Refrain First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams Used With Tune: [Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light]
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Scatter the Sunbeams

Author: L. M. Tenney Hymnal: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #47 (1891) First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light Refrain First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams Lyrics: 1 Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light; Drive back the shadows of sorrow’s dark night; Show to the cheerless Jesus, the Way; Point to the regions of heavenly day. Refrain: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams, Scatter the sunbeams, the sunbeams of love; Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams, Scatter the sunbeams, the sunbeams of love. 2 Scatter the sunbeams, cheer with thy smile; Bless other souls by a heart without guile; Strive by kind actions wand’rers to win Back from the bypaths of error and sin. [Refrain] 3 Scatter the sunbeams! hope beameth bright; Bathed in her forehead with radiant light; Shed forth that brightness where’er you go, Blessing and blessed your life’s journey thro’. [Refrain] Topics: Joy and Gladness Languages: English Tune Title: [Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light]
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Scatter The Sunbeams

Author: Lucy M. Tenney Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15016 First Line: Scatter the sunbeams! send forth the light Refrain First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams Lyrics: 1 Scatter the sunbeams! send forth the light; Drive back the shadows of sorrow’s dark night. Show to the cheerless, Jesus the way; Point to the regions of heavenly day. Refrain: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams, Scatter the sunbeams, the sunbeams of love. 2 Scatter the sunbeams! cheer with thy smile; Bless other souls by a heart without guile; Strive by kind actions wand’rers to win, Back from the bypaths of error and sin. [Refrain] 3 Scatter the sunbeams! hope beameth bright, Bathed is her forehead with radiant light! Shed forth that brightness where’er you go, Blessing and blessèd, your life’s journey through. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Scatter the sunbeams! send forth the light]
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Author: L. M. Tenney Hymnal: Songs Celestial #30 (1889) First Line: Scatter the sunbeams! send forth the light Refrain First Line: Scatter the sunbeams, the bright golden sunbeams Languages: English Tune Title: [Scatter the sunbeams! send forth the light]
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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Scatter the sunbeams, send forth the light]" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch
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Lucy M. Tenney

Person Name: L. M. Tenney Author of "Scatter the Sunbeams" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School
Lucy M. Tenney
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