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Cheer and Comfort

Joy is smiling, hope is singing, there is rapture in my soul

Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter
Tune: [Joy is smiling, hope is singing]
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter

Laura Bell Ogilvie Hunter. Married John Madison Hunter. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Joy is smiling, hope is singing, there is rapture in my soul
Title: Cheer and Comfort
Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O He gives me cheer and comfort
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Blessed Way #72

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The Song-Land Way #72

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