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[God is calling, God is calling]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 56513 22176 72165 Used With Text: God is Calling

Author: Sallie K. Best Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: God is calling, God is calling Refrain First Line: God is calling, God is calling Lyrics: 1 God is calling, God is calling, His commanding voice we hear; He is ready for the harvest; In his service volunteer. Refrain: God is calling, God is calling Ev’ry hour and ev’ry day; He is calling, he is calling To the harvest field away! God is calling, God is calling Ev’ry hour and ev’ry day. He is calling, he is calling To the harvest field away! 2 Gather quickly all the lost ones, Speak to them a gentle word; To His kingdom you may bring them, If your voice in love is heard. [Refrain] 3 Seed has fallen by the wayside, And some golden grain it yields; Stoop and gather when you find it, ‘Tis as precious as the fields. [Refrain] 4 Homeward coming from the harvest, Bring to him the golden sheaves; You can never win his favor If you garner but the leaves. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [God is calling, God is calling]

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God is Calling

Author: Sallie K. Best Hymnal: Songs of Summerland #138 (1943) First Line: God is calling, God is calling Refrain First Line: God is calling, God is calling Lyrics: 1 God is calling, God is calling, His commanding voice we hear; He is ready for the harvest; In his service volunteer. Refrain: God is calling, God is calling Ev’ry hour and ev’ry day; He is calling, he is calling To the harvest field away! God is calling, God is calling Ev’ry hour and ev’ry day. He is calling, he is calling To the harvest field away! 2 Gather quickly all the lost ones, Speak to them a gentle word; To His kingdom you may bring them, If your voice in love is heard. [Refrain] 3 Seed has fallen by the wayside, And some golden grain it yields; Stoop and gather when you find it, ‘Tis as precious as the fields. [Refrain] 4 Homeward coming from the harvest, Bring to him the golden sheaves; You can never win his favor If you garner but the leaves. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [God is calling, God is calling]

God is Calling

Author: Sallie K. Best Hymnal: Inspiring Songs No. 1 #42 (1906) First Line: God is calling, God is calling Refrain First Line: God is calling, God is calling Topics: Harvest Languages: English Tune Title: [God is calling, God is calling]

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[God is calling, God is calling]" 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