I Sing a Song of the Saints of God

DESCRIPTION: "I sing a song of the saints of God, Patient and brave and true, Who toiled and fought and lived and died For the Lord they loved and knew. And one was a doctor, and one was a queen..." and others worked other jobs. There are many of them alive today
AUTHOR: Words: Lesbia Scott (source: hymnary.org) / Music: "Grand Isle" by John H. Hopkins Jr.
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (hymnary.org)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad worker
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RECORDINGS:
Miriam "Mimi" Wright, "I Sing a Song of the Saints of God" (Piotr-Archive #298, recorded 10/10/2022)
NOTES [27 words]: My immediate reaction upon hearing this was that it was a Mormon hymn, but seemingly not; the earliest appearances seem to be in Episcopal and Methodist hymnals. - RBW
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File: DPio298

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