The Joy of Giving

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Happy is the man that giveth

Author: Fannie E. Davison
Tune: [Happy is the man that giveth]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Happy is the man that giveth,
Freely to his fellow men;
Unto him the Lord of heaven,
Many fold shall give again.

Refrain:
Freely giving,
Out of all thine earthly store.
Freely giving, blest in living,
Shalt thou be for evermore.

2 Sow the seed of holy living,
All thy journey’s toilsome length;
So to others coming after,
Thou shalt give thy greater strength. [Refrain]

3 So the wilderness shall blossom
Into beauty, fair and sweet;
And the way of life grow smoother,
To the weary pilgrim feet. [Refrain]

Source: Wondrous Love: A Collection of Songs and Services for Sunday Schools #164

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Author: Fannie E. Davison

Born: 1851, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Carthage, Missouri. Fannie’s father was killed when she was 10 years old; after her mother’s remarriage to hotelier Henry Warner, the family moved to Carthage, Missouri. Fannie married court reporter Asa Lee Davison and they moved to Chicago, Illinois, then Madison, Wisconsin. Several of her songs appeared in publications from the Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio, including Songs of Gratitude (1877), Joy and Gladness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God --hymntime.com/tch/bi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Happy is the man that giveth
Title:	The Joy of Giving
Author:	Fannie E. Davison
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Freely giving, out of all
Copyright:	Public Domain