1 In the fierce, tempestuous hour
When I sense the tempter’s pow’r
And the clouds of sorrow lour,
Father, strengthen me.
2 When my heart is sore afraid,
Weary, desolate, dismay’d,
Tell me help on One is laid,
Father, strengthen me.
3 Strengthen me, for I am weak
And my sinking heart will break
If Thy child Thou shouldst forsake.
Father, strengthen me.
4 Leave me not to weep alone;
Lest my soul be overthrown,
Let Thy saving grace be shown,
Father, strengthen me.
5 When life’s final hour is nigh,
Tho my foes be lurking by
I shall on Thy grace rely.
Father, strengthen me.
Source: Songs of Summerland #113
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)
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