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[To the rescue! to the rescue]

[To the rescue! to the rescue]

Composer: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Published in 3 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [To the rescue! to the rescue]
Composer: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Incipit: 51233 54565 32343
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
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Songs of Evangelism #81

Songs of Evangelism #81
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Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2 #140

Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2 #140
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The Old Story in Song #50

The Old Story in Song #50
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