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[I have heard of a beautiful city]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. C. H. Morris Incipit: 51323 54715 51712 Used With Text: Some Day I Am Going There

Some Day I Am Going There

Author: C. H. M. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I have heard of a beautiful city Refrain First Line: Some day, some day I am going Used With Tune: [I have heard of a beautiful city]

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Author: C. H. M. Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Victory #97 (1900) First Line: I have heard of a beautiful city Refrain First Line: Some day, some day I am going Languages: English Tune Title: [I have heard of a beautiful city]

Some Day I Am Going There

Author: C. H. M. Hymnal: Gospel Praises #168 (1899) First Line: I have heard of a beautiful city Refrain First Line: Some day, some day I am going Languages: English Tune Title: [I have heard of a beautiful city]

Some Day I Am Going There

Author: C. H. M. Hymnal: Christian Hymns No. 1 #169 (1899) First Line: I have heard of a beautiful city Refrain First Line: Some day, some day I am going Languages: English Tune Title: [I have heard of a beautiful city]

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Mrs. C. H. Morris

1862 - 1929 Person Name: C. H. M. Author of "Some Day I Am Going There" in Christian Hymns No. 1 Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke