Beautiful summer, radiant summer

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Beautiful summer, radiant summer

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [Beautiful summer, radiant summer]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Beautiful summer, radiant summer,
Stepping so lightly o'er meadow and plain;
Scattering showers, bringing the flowers,
Filling the world with a joyous refrain.

Chorus:
Summer, lovely summer,
Summer, radiant summer,
Sunshine now is gleaming along the flow'ry way;
Come with rejoicing, glad praises voicing,
Unto God the Father, whose love fills each day.

2 Cheerily singing, merrily singing,
Birds in the treetops their happiness tell;
Sunlight is falling, wind voices calling,
Chorals of praise ring from mountain and dell. [Chorus]

3 Beautiful summer, radiant summer,
Nature is smiling, O let us be gay!
Ev'rywhere gladness, drives away sadness,
Blessings untold crown the dear children's Day. [Chorus]

Source: The Voice of Praise: a compilation of the very best sacred songs for use in Sunday Schools and praise services #226

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

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) Go to person page >

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