Church of My Childhood

I am thinking of my childhood, of the happy days gone by

Author: Fred A. Fillmore
Tune: [I am thinking of my childhood, of the happy days gone by]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Fred A. Fillmore

Born: May 15, 1856, Paris, Illinois. Died: November 15, 1925, Terrace Park, Ohio. Buried: Milford, Ohio. Frederick Augustus Fillmore, who was born on May 15, 1856, in Paris, IL, one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to Augustus Damon and Hannah Lockwood Fillmore. His father was a preacher in the Christian Church, as well as a composer, songbook compiler, and hymn publisher who developed his own system of musical notation using numbers on the staff in place of note heads. Augustus eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH, and established a music publishing business there. Until 1906, there was no official distinction between "Christian Churches" and "Churches of Christ." The names were used pretty much inte… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I am thinking of my childhood, of the happy days gone by
Title:	Church of My Childhood
Author:	Fred A. Fillmore
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	When I recall the sacred days of my childhood
Copyright:	Public Domain