[O could I find, from day to day] (Harris)

[O could I find, from day to day] (Harris)

Composer: Thoro Harris
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: 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 >

Tune Information

Title: [O could I find, from day to day] (Harris)
Composer: Thoro Harris
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 33432 22321 56141
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Longing for Christ

O could I find from day to day,
A nearness to my God;
Then should my hours glide sweet away,
And lean upon his word.

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Echoes of Paradise #156

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