[I've found the life of truest joy]

[I've found the life of truest joy]

Composer: May Whittle Moody
Published in 4 hymnals


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Composer: May Whittle Moody

Mary (May) Jennette Whittle Moody 1870-1963. Born at Chicago, IL, daughter of hymnwriter, Daniel Webster Whittle (El Nathan), and, upon marrying, daughter-in-law to Dwight Lyman Moody, she attended Northfield School in MA (one of two schools founded there by D L Moody), after which she attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. She then attended the Royal Academy of Music in London, England (1890-91). She became a singer, organist, composer, and hymn editor. She assisted her father and Dwight L Moody in their evangelistic work. In 1894 she married William Revell Moody, and they had four children: Irene, Dwight, Beatrice, and Virginia. Only Beatrice lived to adulthood, the others died before age six. She and her husband returned to Nort… Go to person page >

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Title: [I've found the life of truest joy]
Composer: May Whittle Moody
Incipit: 55671 23721 76565
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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Hymns of Faith and Praise #63

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Northfield Hymnal No. 2 #170

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Northfield Hymnal #51

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The Joy Bells of Canaan or Burning Bush Songs No. 2 #67

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