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[Looking upward every day,]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Percy S. Foster Hymnal Title: Northfield Hymnal Incipit: 32157 62765 243 Used With Text: Looking Upward

Author: Anon. Appears in 76 hymnals Hymnal Title: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings First Line: Looking upward ev'ry day Refrain First Line: Looking upward ev'ry day Topics: Ambition Aspiration Used With Tune: [Looking upward every day]

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Looking Upward

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Jubilant Praise #85 (1909) Hymnal Title: Jubilant Praise First Line: Looking upward ev'ry day Refrain First Line: Looking upward ev'ry day Languages: English Tune Title: [Looking upward ev'ry day]

Looking Upward

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Northfield Hymnal #31 (1904) Hymnal Title: Northfield Hymnal First Line: Looking upward every day Tune Title: [Looking upward every day,]

Looking Upward

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings #126 (1913) Hymnal Title: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings First Line: Looking upward ev'ry day Refrain First Line: Looking upward ev'ry day Topics: Ambition Aspiration Languages: English Tune Title: [Looking upward every day]

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Hymnal Title: Northfield Hymnal Author of "Looking Upward" in Northfield Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Mary Butler

1841 - 1916 Person Name: Anon. Hymnal Title: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Author of "Looking Upward" in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Butler, Mary. The following hymns in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book 1881:—"Looking upward every day " (Onwards), and "O help me, Lord, this day to be" (Morning), are signed with this name. Beyond this we have no information. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Butler, Mary, p. 1555, ii., is a granddaughter of Bp. Samuel Butler, of Lichfield, 1836-39; and daughter of Thomas Butler, M.A., sometime Rector of Langar, Notts, and Prebendary of Clifton in Lincoln Cath. “Whiteness of the winter's snow" (All from God), in The Council School Hymn Book 1905, is also by Miss Butler. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Percy S. Foster

Hymnal Title: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Composer of "[Looking upward every day] " in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Early 20th Century Percy S. Foster, of Washington, was leader of the music of International Christian Endeavor conventions. from The Congregationalist and Christian World, Volume 90, 1906