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Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 8 hymnals Hymnal Title: The King of Kings First Line: Just a little sunbeam bright Refrain First Line: Shining brightly every day Lyrics: 1 Just a little sunbeam bright, Swiftly earthward winging, Waking up the sleeping flow’rs, Joy and gladness bringing. Refrain: Shining brightly ev’ry day, Driving gloomy clouds away, Little sunbeam we would be, Leading ever, Lord, to Thee. 2 Just a little sunbeam bright, Down from heaven shining, Giving clouds that look so drear, Each a silver lining. [Refrain] 3 Just a little sunbeam bright, Doing well its duty, Telling of the Father’s love, Filling earth with beauty. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Just a little sunbeam bright]

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[Just a little sunbeam bright]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal Title: The King of Kings Incipit: 53636 35431 27742 Used With Text: Sunbeams Bright

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Sunbeams bright

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Carmina Sacra #d95 (1914) Hymnal Title: Carmina Sacra First Line: Just a little sunbeam bright Refrain First Line: Shining brightly every day, driving gloomy clouds away Languages: English

Sunbeams Bright

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #210 (1913) Hymnal Title: Coronation Hymns First Line: Just a little sunbeam bright Refrain First Line: Shining brightly ev'ry day Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little sunbeam bright]

Sunbeams Bright

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Diadems #174 (1913) Hymnal Title: Diadems First Line: Just a little sunbeam bright Refrain First Line: Shining brightly ev'ry day Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little sunbeam bright]

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal Title: The King of Kings Author of "Sunbeams Bright" in The King of Kings Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Hymnal Title: The King of Kings Composer of "[Just a little sunbeam bright]" in The King of Kings Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman