The name Unclouded Press is inspired by the hymn The Unclouded Day. When Gaston Collins was preaching the funeral of an old friend, he spoke of the hope of those who look forward to the land of the unclouded day.
The story of the hymn is as follows: from Hymns of Our Faith by William J. Reynolds:
The author of Unclouded Day was Josiah Kelley Alwood (born Harrison Co., Ohio, July 15, 1828; died 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.
