1877 - 1953 Author of "The touch of human hands" in The New Hymnal for American Youth Thomas Curtis Clark (born on January 8, 1877) author of over sixty hymns, studied at University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois 1901-02 and served on the editorial staff of the Christian Century in Chicago, Illinois 1912-48. Won first prize in the 1943 Hymn Society of America nation-wide contest with his "Thou Father of Us All."
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--Five New Hymns on the City , 1954. Used by permission.
Thomas Curtis Clark