The Unclouded Day
From Hymns of Our Faith by William J. Reynolds:
Josiah Kelley Alwood (b. Harrison Co., Ohio, July 15, 1828; d. Morenci, Michigan, January 13, 1909). Ordained a minister in the church of the United Brethren in Christ, Alwood spent many years as a circuit rider, traveling on horseback to his many appointments. Returning home from preaching on a cloudless moonlit night, the words of The Unclouded Day came to him as he rode. The next morning he wrote down the words and picked out the melody on a little parlor organ. Later he met J.F. Kinsey who harmonized the tune. It first appeared in Kinsey’s Living Gems (Chicago: The Echo Music Co., c. 1890).
Josiah Kelley Alwood (b. Harrison Co., Ohio, July 15, 1828; d. Morenci, Michigan, January 13, 1909). Ordained a minister in the church of the United Brethren in Christ, Alwood spent many years as a circuit rider, traveling on horseback to his many appointments. Returning home from preaching on a cloudless moonlit night, the words of The Unclouded Day came to him as he rode. The next morning he wrote down the words and picked out the melody on a little parlor organ. Later he met J.F. Kinsey who harmonized the tune. It first appeared in Kinsey’s Living Gems (Chicago: The Echo Music Co., c. 1890).
Some later arrangements are under copyright, but the original is in the public domain.
Some later arrangements are under copyright, but the original is in the public domain.