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Thoro Harris
1874 - 1955 Composer of "[O why not say Yes to the Savior tonight?]" in Songs of Redemption 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)
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Thoro Harris
Louis D. Eichhorn
1874 - 1927 Composer of "[O why not say Yes to the Savior tonight?]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: 1874, Indiana.
Buried: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, California.
Eichhorn was living in Creek, Indiana, by 1880. He and his wife Edna were in Denver, Colorado, by 1910, and in Redlands, California, by 1920. Eichhorn’s works include:
The New Deal, with William Giffe (Logansport, Indiana: Home Music Company, 1898)
Conquest Hymns, New and Old (Chicago, Illinois: New Era Publishing Company, 1902)
Songs for Sunday Schools and How to Use Them (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1910)
The Moonseed’s Ministry and Other Sonnets and Songs (Redlands, California: Louis D. Eichhorn, 1924)
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Louis D. Eichhorn
Effie Wells Loucks
1857 - 1930 Author of "Why Not Say Yes Tonight?" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: July 10, 1857, Mayville, New York.
Died: March 4, 1930, San Diego, California.
Buried: Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Iowa.
Effie married James Loucks in Sandwich, Illinois, in 1881, later moving to Pipestone, Minnesota, where they lived for several years.
Lyrics:
Why Not Say Yes Tonight?
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Effie Wells Loucks
