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The never failing friend

Author: Thoro Harris Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: In the darkness hour human hearts can know Refrain First Line: To Jesus, to Jesus

[In the darkest hour]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 55176 53447 64333 Used With Text: The Never Failing Friend

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The never failing friend

Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Evangelistic Hymns #d81 (1930) First Line: In the darkness hour human hearts can know Refrain First Line: To Jesus, to Jesus Languages: English

Author: T. H. Hymnal: Evangelistic Hymns No. 2 #14 (1931) First Line: In the darkest hour Refrain First Line: To Jesus, to Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: [In the darkest hour]

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Author of "The Never Failing Friend" Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch