Edwin Othello Excell

Life

• 1851–1921
• While living, Excell owned the copyright to both the words and music many hymns (even though he did not always wrote both, or either), such as Make the World Brighter, and Scatter Sunshine

List of Works

• Blessings (Commonly used with Count Your Blessings) (composed)
• Wrote parts to New Britain, used with Amazing Grace
• Composed Uniontown, the tune to Scatter Sunshine