Make Me a Blessing

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Father, hear me while I pray, Humbly Thy throne addressing

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [Father, hear me while I pray]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Father, hear me while I pray,
Humbly thy throne addressing;
Take my guilt and fear away,
So shall I be a blessing.

Refrain:
Make me a blessing, dear Lord, I pray,
Make me a blessing from day to day;
Help me to point weary souls the way
Back to the Father’s home.

2 Lowly at thy feet I fall,
Meekly my sin confessing;
Here I yield my life, my all;
Only make me a blessing. [Refrain]

3 All I have I bring to thee,
Body and soul possessing;
Bless me now that I may be
To other lives a blessing. [Refrain]

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Author: Thoro Harris

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, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Father, hear me while I pray, Humbly Thy throne addressing
Title:	Make Me a Blessing
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Make me a blessing, dear Lord, I pray
Publication Date:	1908
Copyright:	Public Domain