{"id":150,"asset_id":318,"title":"Brighten the Corner Where You Are","alias":"brighten-the-corner-where-you-are","introtext":"<p><strong>Brighten the Corner Where You Are<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Ira D. Ogden<\/p>\r\n<p>Ira D. Ogdon (1872-1964) was a public school teacher who had plans for an evangelistic career. She abandoned that dream to care for her ailing father. In 1913, Ogdon wrote <em>Brighten the Corner Where You Are<\/em> to remind Christians that the pulpit and the mission field were not the only places one might make a difference for the Kingdom of God. Other of her hymns, such as <em>Carry your Cross With a Smile<\/em> and <em>What Would Jesus Do?<\/em>, follow the same theme.<br \/> <br \/> The music for <em>Brighten the Corner Where You Are<\/em> was composed by well-known musician Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932). Gabriel wrote lyrics to more than 20 hymns, including <em>I Stand Amazed In the Presence<\/em>, and he composed the music for close to 100 songs, including the famous <em>Will the Circle be Unbroken<\/em>.<br \/> <br \/> <em>Brighten the Corner Where You Are<\/em> has been sung in Sunday Schools and churches of many denominations, and has been recorded by several artists, including the great American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,<br \/> Do not wait to shed your light afar,<br \/> To the many duties ever near you now be true,<br \/> Brighten the corner where you are.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Refrain:<\/strong><br \/> <em>Brighten the corner where you are!<br \/> Brighten the corner where you are!<br \/> Someone far from harbor you may guide across the bar;<br \/> Brighten the corner where you are!<\/em><br \/> <br \/> Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear,<br \/> Let not narrow self your way debar;<br \/> Though into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,<br \/> Brighten the corner where you are.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Refrain<\/strong><br \/> <br \/> Here for all your talent you may surely find a need,<br \/> Here reflect the bright and Morning Star;<br \/> Even from your humble hand the Bread of Life may feed,<br \/> Brighten the corner where you are.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Refrain<\/strong><\/p>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"37","created":"2020-11-04 13:48:36","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2020-11-04 13:48:36","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2020-11-04 13:48:36","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"0","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}