[Light after darkness] (Sankey)

[Light after darkness] (Sankey)

Composer: Ira David Sankey
Published in 30 hymnals


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Composer: Ira David Sankey

Sankey, Ira David, was born in Edinburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1840, of Methodist parents. About 1856 he removed with his parents to New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Four years afterwards he became the Superintendent of a large Sunday School in which he commenced his career of singing sacred songs and solos. Mr. Moody met with him and heard him sing at the International Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Indianapolis, and through Mr. Moody's persuasion he joined him in his work at Chicago. After some two or three years' work in Chicago, they sailed for England on June 7, 1872, and held their first meeting at York a short time afterwards, only eight persons being present.… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Light after darkness] (Sankey)
Composer: Ira David Sankey
Incipit: 53454 56354 42343
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Light After Darkness

Light after darkness, gain after loss,
Strength after weakness, crown after cross;
Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after tears.

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Licht nach dem Dunkel

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3758
Text: Light After Darkness
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #7112
Text: He, izany hira manako re (How gladsome is the hymn)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Glaubenslieder #387

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #541

Audio

Small Church Music #7112

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #931

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3758

TextAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #14222

Include 24 pre-1979 instances
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