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Author: Clara McAlister Brooks Meter: 12.8.12.8.6.6.10.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Far away in a land that is darker than night Refrain First Line: For the touch of his hand

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[Far away in a land that is darker than night]

Meter: 12.8.12.8.6.6.10.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Andrew L. Byers Hymnal Title: Timeless Truths Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Touch_of_His_Tender_Hand); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (446) Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55534 53217 1655 Used With Text: The Touch of His Tender Hand

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The Touch of His Tender Hand

Author: Clara M. Brooks Hymnal: His Praise Anew #99 (1936) Hymnal Title: His Praise Anew First Line: Far away in a land that is darker than night Refrain First Line: For the touch of his hand Languages: English

The Touch of His Tender Hand

Author: Clara M. Brooks Hymnal: Melodies of Zion #284 (1926) Hymnal Title: Melodies of Zion First Line: Far away in a land that is darker than night Refrain First Line: For the touch of his hand Languages: English Tune Title: [Far away in a land that is darker than night]

Far away in a land that is darker than night

Author: Clara M. Brooks Hymnal: Reformation Glory #48 (1923) Hymnal Title: Reformation Glory Languages: English Tune Title: [Far away in a land that is darker than night]

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Clara McAlister Brooks

1882 - 1980 Person Name: Clara M. Brooks Hymnal Title: Timeless Truths Author of "The Touch of His Tender Hand" in Timeless Truths Birth: Oct. 9, 1882, Parke County, Indiana, USA Death: Mar. 20, 1980, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Clara McAlister Brooks was one of our early songwriters and four of her pieces are in the current hymnal. From the earliest days of the movement we have had women prominent in all forms of our ministry—missionaries, evangelists, teachers, pastors, and God has honored their sacrificial labors. For that reason we can stand in amazement when here, in the 1970s, such old-line denominations as the Episcopal church are being racked with controversy over whether the ordination of women is permissible. But before we gather Pharisaic robes about ourselves, perhaps we need to look candidly at the way in which we, too, succumbed to some of the cultural and prejudicial patterns of later decades! --www.whwomenclergy.org/articles/

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Person Name: Andrew L. Byers Hymnal Title: Timeless Truths Composer of "[Far away in a land that is darker than night]" in Timeless Truths Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.