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I Will Love Thee

Author: Thoro Harris Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I will love Thee, O my Savior, I will love Thee, Christ my King Refrain First Line: More and more

[I will love Thee, O my Savior]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. P. Whitford Incipit: 51354 33223 46543 Used With Text: I Will Love Thee

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Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Inspiring Songs No. 1 #86 (1906) First Line: I will love Thee, O my Savior Refrain First Line: More and more, more and more Lyrics: 1 I will love Thee, O my Savior, I will love thee, Christ my King; For without Thy loving favor Life can naught but sorrow bring. Refrain: More and more, more and more, Let me love Thee more and more. 2 There’s no other name above Thee, And no other friend is known; And the souls of those who love Thee Naught can sever from Thine own. [Refrain] 3 Lord, Thy wondrous love confessing, Let me serve Thee here below; And the fulness of Thy blessing Make my longing heart to know. [Refrain] 4 I will love Thee: naught can sever From Thy love the trusting heart; While I love Thee I can never, Never from Thy love depart. [Refrain] Topics: Love Languages: English Tune Title: [I will love Thee, O my Savior]

I Will Love Thee

Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Gospel Carols #121 (1905) First Line: I will love thee, O my Savior Refrain First Line: More and more, more and more Languages: English Tune Title: [I will love Thee, O my Savior]

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Author of "I Will Love Thee" 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