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Harold Smith

Hymnal Number: 100 Author of "Land of springtime" in Echoes of Heaven

1911 - 1983 Hymnal Number: 43 Author of "Walking with the Lord" in Echoes of Heaven Born: July 2, 1911. Died: December 24, 1983, Lawrence County, Tennessee. Buried: Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Lyrics-- As We Daily Travel On Be Near Me, Dear Savior, and Guide Brighter, Blissful Day Is Just Ahead, A By Faith We Look Beyond This Vale Christ Is Coming Back from Glory Cross I’ll Bear for Jesus, The Dear Sinner, Your Life Is No More Than a Breeze Deep in My Heart Is a Calm So Divine Each Day My Heart Is Filled with Praise Every Day Let Me Live Close to Jesus Far Away from God and Home Far Beyond the Starry Sky Is a Home Father in Heaven So Loved a Lost World, The From the Broad Way of Sin Get Ready for the By and By Great the Debt of Love I Owe Happy on the Way to Heaven’s Glory He Is Closer Than a Brother © 1968 Heaven Smiles upon My Pathway Hold My Hand O Blessed Savior Homes Are Broken, Hearts Are Sad I Am Going to a City I Am Kept Each Day in the Holy Way I Am On My Way to a Better Home I Am Saved by the Blood I Have Found a Healing Fountain I Was Bending with a Heavy Burden I’m a Pilgrim in This World I’m Bound for Heaven, That City Above I’m Singing Today I’m So Glad I Found the Savior In God’s Garden There’s No Room In the Beauty of Holiness the Lord In the Bible We are Told I’ve Traveled Here for Jesus Jesus Calls for Humble Servants Jesus’ Love, Wondrous Love Jesus, Our Lord, Is Great and Strong Jesus Suffered Cruel Death Jesus, Thou art Life to Me Jesus Walks Beside Me On Life’s Way Joy of Heaven Is Swelling in My Soul, The Let Me Live Close to Thee © 1968 Lift up Your Eyes and Never Falter Lift Your Eyes and Look Above Living for Jesus I Have Look away to Heaven Look to the Cross Love of God, All Love Excelling Love of God Has Changed My Life, The My View of Heaven’s Growing Brighter No Stranger Am I to God’s Mercy and Love O Christian, Be Brave and with Faith Press Along O I Love to read the Bible Everyday O Savior Dear to Thee O Take Courage Weary Heart O What Joy Abides Often I Am Worn and Weary Often I Think of That Sweet Home Often Times My Heart Grows Lonely Often We Read the Bible We Love Oh, Wonderful Morning! © 1967 On the Restless Sea of Life Open to the House of David Peace That Passeth Understanding Praise the Lord, All Ye People Praise Savior, Lead Me Lest I Wander Sing a Song of Glory So Oft I’ve Heard of a City of Light So Often in Fondest Dreams I Stroll Story of the Cross, The © 1968 There Is a City of Beauty Untold There Is a Garden Where Often I Meet There Will Be Joy for All There Will Come a Day of Gladness By and By There Will Dawn a Happy Morning There’ll Be a Happy Time Tomorrow There’s a Crown of Life Awaiting the Faithful There’s a Friend Who’s Dearer There’s a Happy Home Awaiting Me There’s a Happy Land of Beauty Trusting in the Love of Jesus Walking in the Way of Wonderful Love Walking in the Way We Have Often Been Told of a City We’re a Happy Band of Singers What Joy Beyond Expression When My Heart Is Sore, and by Trials When Our Journey of Life Is Ended When the Gates of Glory Open When We Stood in Sin Condemned Where Lookest Thou, O Weary With Faith in the Lord I Hold With God’s Love My Heart Is Overflowing --hymntime.com/tch/bio/

James W. Gaines

1880 - 1937 Hymnal Number: 59 Author of "I want to know that he will welcome me there" in Echoes of Heaven Born: January 23, 1881, Hiram, Kaufman County, Texas. Died: June 3, 1937, Oakville, Tennessee. Buried: Edmondson Cemetery, Southaven, Mississippi. In 1900, Gaines was living in Kauffman, Texas. He worked with the Trio and/or Quartet Music Companies in Waco, Texas, and married Laurel Life around 1904. Their daughter Mia was born in Texas around 1906, and their son Charles Life Gaines in Missouri around 1907. The family moved to Tennessee by World War I, when Gaines was drafted for military service. After the war, he ran a music publishing company in Memphis, Tennessee. His works include: The Gospel Messenger (Memphis, Tennessee: J. W. Gaines Music Company, 1931) Revival Tidings (Memphis, Tennessee: Gaines Music Company, 1932) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Mrs. Nolin Jeffress

Hymnal Number: 119 Author of "That little cabin" in Echoes of Heaven

L. H. Bone

Hymnal Number: 22 Composer of "[While traveling through this world of sorrow]" in Echoes of Heaven

Joe H. Pannell

Hymnal Number: 37 Author of "I'll be satisfied" in Echoes of Heaven

Fred Rich

Hymnal Number: 10 Author of "The land beyond the river" in Echoes of Heaven

Marian Longfellow

1840 - 1924 Hymnal Number: 75 Author of "He knows the bitter, weary way" in Echoes of Heaven Longfellow, Marian, born at Portland, Maine, April 1, 1849, and married to W. F. Morris, of Boston, May 9, 1876. Her hymn "He knows the bitter, weary way" (Times of Trial) was written Sep. 15, 1874. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Marian was the daughter of Stephen Longfellow (1805-1850), and niece of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and hymnist Samuel Longfellow. She spent her girlhood (and did her first writing) in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1876, she married William Francis Morris of Boston. She is remembered as a poet, lecturer, and translator. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)