Boldly Come to the Lord

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O why linger, sad and weary, on the mountains, dark and cold

Author: Katharyn Bacon
Tune: [O why linger, sad and weary, on the mountains, dark and cold]
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:	O why linger, sad and weary, on the mountains, dark and cold
Title:	Boldly Come to the Lord
Author:	Katharyn Bacon
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Boldly come to the Lord
Publication Date:	1915
Copyright:	Public Domain