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Now Shine a Thousand Candles Bright

Author: Karl A. Olsson, 1913-; J. Irving Erickson, 1914-1992; Emmy Köhler, 1858-1925 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Emmy Köhler, 1858-1925; Norman E. Johnson, 1928-1983 Tune Key: F Major Used With Text: Now Shine a Thousand Candles Bright

Instances

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Now Shine a Thousand Candles Bright

Author: J. Irving Erickson; Karl A. Olsson; Emmy Köhler Hymnal: Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #195 (1979) Topics: Christ his birth Tune Title: CHRISTMAS CANDLES

Now Shine a Thousand Candles Bright

Author: Emmy Köhler, 1858-1925; J. Irving Erickson, 1914-1992; Karl A. Olsson, 1913- Hymnal: The Covenant Hymnal #176 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Children's Hymns; Christmas Birth; Heritage Hymns Scripture: Matthew 2:2 Tune Title: CHRISTMAS CANDLES

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Norman E. Johnson

1928 - 1983 Person Name: Norman E. Johnson, 1928-1983 Arranger of "CHRISTMAS CANDLES" in The Covenant Hymnal

Emmy Kohler

1858 - 1925 Person Name: Emmy Köhler, 1858-1925 Author of "Now Shine a Thousand Candles Bright" in The Covenant Hymnal Emmy Christina Köhler was a Swedish composer, writer and teacher, born in Stockholm 1858. She died at Fresta 1925. email

J. Irving Erickson

1914 - 1992 Person Name: J. Irving Erickson, 1914-1992 Translator of "Now Shine a Thousand Candles Bright" in The Covenant Hymnal Rev. J. Irving Erickson, 78, of Park Ridge, former chaplain and librarian for North Park College and Seminary and an authority on hymnody, died Friday in Resurrection Hospital. Rev. Erickson worked at the college for 25 years before he retired in 1974. He was a native of Stambaugh, Mich. He graduated from North Park Junior College in 1937, and its seminary in 1941. He was pastor at Wiley Heights Covenant Church in Wiley Heights, Wash., for several years, before he returned to Chicago to attend Wheaton College, where he graduated in 1945 with a bachelor of arts degree. He graduated from Rosary College with a master`s degree in literature and library science. He was a member and chairman of the Music Commission Evangelical Covenant Church, which published the church`s official hymnal. He wrote articles on hymns and and was considered an authority on the subject. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle; two daughters, Jenanne Anderson and Karin Deitrick; two brothers; and five grandchildren. --Chicago Tribune, 14 December 1992.