Far From the Shore

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Far from Jesus who saves, tossed by turbulent waves

Author: Katharyn Bacon
Tune: [Far from Jesus who saves, tossed by turbulent waves]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Katharyn Bacon

Katharyn Bacon was born in 1884 and lived in the hills of Tennessee. She liked books, flowers, garden and being close to nature. She was most likely married to George W. Bacon since a lot of her hymns appear in hymnals he edited. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Far from Jesus who saves, tossed by turbulent waves
Title:	Far From the Shore
Author:	Katharyn Bacon
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	"We are sinking," hear them calling o'er and o'er
Publication Date:	1914
Copyright:	Public Domain