How Sweet The Sound: The Lily Of The Valley

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July 26, 2009

The Lily Of The Valley

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"The Lily Of The Valley" is a Christian hymn written by William Charles Fry (1837-1882) in London for the Salvation Army. Ira D. Sankey arranged the words to the music of "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" composed by Will Hays. "The Lily Of The Valley" is a gospel standard and appears in almost all Protestant hymnals.

Posted on July 26, 2009 at 04:00 AM in Blessings, Inspiration and Prayers, Music, Sunday | Permalink

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Morning Beverly, Happy Birthday to you.....Hope it is a Great one.
I love that song, it is one of my favorites. Have a Blessed Sunday.

Barbara

Posted by: Barbara | July 26, 2009 at 05:28 AM

Bev, Left you a sign on my blog...hurry over.

Barbara

Posted by: Barbara | July 26, 2009 at 05:41 AM

This is so nice, I love that song. Enjoy your birthday.

Posted by: Denise | July 26, 2009 at 06:44 AM

GOOD MORNING BIRTHDAY GIRL. HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, BIRTHDAY. Can you hear me shouting all the way from Kansas. I wanted to beat you to your comment to me this morning. Darn, I slept too late.

I enjoyed your song today as always. A wonderful rendition of that song.

I will call you when we get on the road today. The ballgame was awesome. The Royals won 6 to 3. We had a wonderful time. There was 17 in all for the get together. All very nice people.

I'm going home. HOORAY!!!

Love always, Jeanne

Posted by: Jeanne | July 26, 2009 at 07:29 AM

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!!
Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!
Happy Birthday, Dear Be-ver-ly!!!

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!

Wishing you a day full of fun and a great year filled with good health and happiness!!! L, Dana

Posted by: dana | July 26, 2009 at 08:31 AM

Happy Birthday Bev,
Thank you for sharing that lovely hymn. The words are so true, The Lord is the love of my life. If I could write a song for you today to celebrate your day, I would ask the Lord to serenade you with the loveliest of memories and the music that bookmarked the best days of all.

Blessings, Karen

Posted by: karen cox | July 26, 2009 at 09:07 AM

I have not sung that song for many years! Thank you. Happy SS day.

and ... HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Posted by: Sally | July 26, 2009 at 09:51 AM

Bev, I came back to say that I have posted a piece for Spiritual Sunday. Thank you for once again giving a venue to share with a kindred spirit.

Enjoy your day,

Blessings, Karen

Posted by: karen cox | July 26, 2009 at 10:04 AM

Happy happy birthday Beverly . I wish and pray for an abundant joy and blessings. Keep you always warm you until His coming.
Regina

Posted by: Regina | July 26, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Oh Happy Day! Oh Happy Day! It's a special day for the Birthday Girl. Thanks for sharing your special day with us today. Our birth day really is a special day. Stop and think about how many lives you wouldn't have touched without this special day of yours. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful birthday, and I love this post. SO beautiful. Simple, elegant. Country Hugs and Love, Sherry

Posted by: Sherry | July 26, 2009 at 01:32 PM

Great old song. I remember it from my childhood. I want to join with all the other bloggers in wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Posted by: Clif | July 26, 2009 at 03:06 PM

Great song...And I'm joining everyone here in wishing you a "Happy Birthday". God bless you and give you many more.

Posted by: rcubes | July 26, 2009 at 05:29 PM

Love the song. He truly is :-)

Happy Birthday Miss Beverly! :-)

Mizpah,
Li

Posted by: MyThoughtsMyVoice | July 26, 2009 at 07:14 PM

Beautiful old faithful song! The video was just perfect. I also want to wish you a Happy Birthday!
God Bless,
Ginger

Posted by: Ginger | July 26, 2009 at 07:22 PM

does my heart well to listen to a song from my childhood oh how my daddy could sing the words to that song I was so proud to sit next to him in church and listen to him sing
This is a great song and thank you for posting it I had not thought about it for quite a while

Posted by: angie | July 26, 2009 at 09:43 PM

This really is an oldie. I remember singing it when I was a kid. I noticed it was sung a capella which is the way we sang in church most of my life.
Thanks for the memories.
Happy Birthday from me too.
Charlotte

Posted by: Charlotte | July 26, 2009 at 10:17 PM

Happy Birthday once again....My prayer is that your God continues to give you strength and health as you enter a new year. Stay optimistic and you will stay forever young in your heart.

Posted by: Marg | July 27, 2009 at 01:36 AM

Thanks for posting information on the gospel song "The Lily of the Valley." Just one correction on the details. It was Charles Fry himself who wrote Christian words to the old Kentucky minstrel song "The Little Ole Log Cabin Down the Lane." Mr. Sankey obtained a copy when he was in London and brought it back to America. To find out a bit more about Fry, you can check out my blog for May 30th. God bless.

Posted by: Robert | August 15, 2009 at 06:35 AM

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