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My Lord Will Come Some Day

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Author: Alice S. MacMillan

MacMillan, Alice Sherwood (1900--?). Born near Balsta Spa, New York. Graduate of Nyack College, 1926. Member for ten years of the Christian and Missionary Alliance headquarters staff in New York City. Married missionary-author J.A. MacMillan, 1936. Prolific poetess. Author of the words of hymn "My Lord Will Come Some Day" with C. Austin Miless furnishing the musical setting. It appears in Hymns of the Christian Life, 1936, 1962, and 1978 editions. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When dark the night, and burdens press
Title: My Lord Will Come Some Day
Author: Alice S. MacMillan
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Some day, some day, my Lord will come
Publication Date: 1936
Copyright: Copyright, 1936, in Hymns of the Christian Life. Christian Publications, Inc., Owner

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Hymns of the Christian Life #128

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