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Away From the Darkness

Away from the darkness to God's blessed light

Author: Katharyn Bacon
Tune: [Away from the darkness to God's blessed light]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Katharyn Bacon

Katharyn Bacon was born in 1884 and lived in the hills of Tennessee. She liked books, flowers, garden and being close to nature. She was most likely married to George W. Bacon since a lot of her hymns appear in hymnals he edited. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: Away from the darkness to God's blessed light
Title: Away From the Darkness
Author: Katharyn Bacon
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Away from the world, its vain glitter and strife
Publication Date: 1906
Copyright: Public Domain
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Golden Songs of Glory #102

Golden Songs of Glory #102
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