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Text:I Wandered in the Shades of Night
Author:Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter
Tune:[I wandered in the shades of night]
Composer:Winfield Scott Weeden
Media:MIDI file

3165. I Wandered in the Shades of Night

1. I wandered in the shades of night,
Till Jesus came to me,
And with the sunlight of His love
Bid all my darkness flee.

Refrain
Sunlight, sunlight in my soul today,
Sunlight, sunlight all along the way;
Since the Savior found me, took away my sin,
I have had the sunlight of His love within.

2. Tho’ clouds may gather in the sky,
And billows round me roll,
However dark the world may be
I’ve sunlight in my soul. [Refrain]

3. I cross the wide extended fields,
I journey o’er the plain,
And in the sunlight of His love
I reap the golden grain. [Refrain]

4. Soon I shall see Him as He is,
The Light that came to me;
Behold the brightness of His face,
Throughout eternity. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: I wandered in the shades of night
Title: I Wandered in the Shades of Night
Author: Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter (1897)
Refrain First Line: Sunlight, sunlight in my soul today
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [I wandered in the shades of night]
Composer: Winfield Scott Weeden
Incipit: 51112 33345 55655
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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