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[The Word of God shall guide my feet]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Grace Wilbur Conant; Vivien Brown; Ruth Manner Incipit: 53321 76556 51235 Used With Text: The Word of God

The Word of God

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: The Word of God shall guide my feet Used With Tune: [The Word of God shall guide my feet]

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The Word of God shall guide my feet

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Junior Church School Hymnal #51 (1927) Languages: English Tune Title: [The Word of God shall guide my feet]

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner; Vivien Brown; Ruth Manner Hymnal: Hymns for Junior Worship #68 (1940) First Line: The Word of God shall guide my feet Languages: English Tune Title: [The Word of God shall guide my feet]

The Word of God

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: When Boys and Girls Sing #80 (1957) First Line: The Word of God shall guide my feet Languages: English Tune Title: [The Word of God shall guide my feet]

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Grace Wilbur Conant

1858 - 1948 Composer of "[The Word of God shall guide my feet]" in Junior Church School Hymnal Pseudonym: A. B. Ponsonby. Born: September 9, 1858, Boston, Massachusetts. Died: April 7, 1948, Malden, Massachusetts. Grace remained single all her life. Her middle name was her mother’s maiden name. She served as musical editor for the Kindergarten Review for at least six years, starting in 1908. Her works include: Songs for Little People, with Frances Weld Danielson (Boston, Massachusetts: The Pilgrim Press, 1905) Worship and Song, with Benjamin S. Winchester (Pilgrim Press, 1913) Religious Dangers of Modern Tendencies in So-Called Religious Songs, 1917 Song and Play for Children, with Frances Weld Danielson (Pilgrim Press, 1925) --The Cyber Hymnal

Nancy Byrd Turner

1880 - 1971 Author of "The Word of God shall guide my feet" in Junior Church School Hymnal Turner, Nancy Byrd. Born in Boydton, Virginia, July 29, 1880, daughter of Byrd Thornton Turner and Nancy Addison (Harrison) Turner. Composed her first verse at three. First published verse at age of 8--a romantic ballad, "Ruth in the Dentist's Chair" (he fell in love). Her father was an Episcopal minister; they lived in about a dozen small towns or rural communities during her childhood. In 1916, she went to Boston and joined the staff of Youth's Companion. She wrote under many pen names, and published in several magazines. She won numerous awards, including the "Golden Rose" of the New England Poetry Society and the Lyric Associates award of 1951. --Letter from Turner Rose to Jean Woodward Steele, Westminster Press, 1 February 1974, DNAH Archives.