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I Saw the Light

Author: Thoro Harris Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I saw the light, God's holy light

[I saw the light, God's holy light]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. H. Used With Text: I Saw the Light

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Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Songs of Summerland #62 (1943) First Line: I saw the light, God's holy light Lyrics: 1 I saw the light, God’s holy light, I saw the light, I saw the light from heaven come down. 2 ‘Twas in the night, Sin’s darkest night, ‘Twas in the night I saw the light from heaven come down. 3 Burning and bright, How blest the sight! Burning and bring I saw the light from heaven come down. Languages: English Tune Title: [I saw the light, God's holy light]

I Saw the Light

Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Songs of Redemption #151 (1937) First Line: I saw the light, God's holy light Languages: English Tune Title: [I saw the light, God's holy light]

I saw the light

Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Banner of Love Songs #d70 (1936) Languages: English

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Author of "I Saw the Light" in Songs of Summerland 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, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch