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Hail redemption's dawning

Author: Thoro Harris Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Nearer, nearer, every moment
Hail redemption's dawning

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[Nearer, nearer ev'ry moment]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 54651 21754 12765 Used With Text: Nearer Every Moment
[Nearer, nearer ev'ry moment]

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Nearer Every Moment

Author: T. H. Hymnal: Songs We Love #166 (1921) First Line: Nearer, nearer ev'ry moment Refrain First Line: Hail redemption's dawning! Languages: English Tune Title: [Nearer, nearer ev'ry moment]
Nearer Every Moment

Hail redemption's dawning

Author: Thoro Harris Hymnal: Gems of Love #d93 (1924) First Line: Nearer, nearer, every moment Languages: English
Hail redemption's dawning

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Person Name: T. H. Author of "Nearer Every Moment" in Songs We Love 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
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