Anywhere with Jesus it is all right

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When the sun is brightly shining

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [When the sun is brightly shining]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 When the Sun is brightly shining in the clear blue sky,
When my path is fair and bright;
When the threat’ning clouds of darkness angrily roll by,
Any where with Jesus, it is all right.

Refrain:
Any where with Jesus, it is all right,
Any where with Jesus, it is all right;
In the furnace heat, or thro’ the waters deep,
Any where with Jesus, it is all right.

2 When my loved ones ‘round me linger, when my griefs have flown;
When my burdens all are light;
Or when dear ones all forsake me, leaving me alone,
Any where with Jesus, it is all right. [Refrain]

3 On the Sun-kissed hills of Eden, where the flowers grow,
In the land where comes no night;
Or in darkened vales of sorrow, where the teardrops flow,
Any where with Jesus, it is all right. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #142

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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