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[When the clouds of trouble gather]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 56545 32165 61765 Used With Text: Jesus Loveth You

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When the clouds of trouble gather Lyrics: 1 When the clouds of trouble gather And the stormy waves roll high, Walking on the tossing billows, See, the blessed Lord draws nigh. Chorus: Jesus loveth you With a love so true, Ev’ry moment He will care for you; He your steps will guide, Walking at your side, If you in His love abide. 2 From His fold if you should wander, In a desert land to stray, He will follow, gently calling, Bring you back into His way. [Chorus] 3 Earthly friends may oft forsake you, Dearest human love grow cold; Love like His can never fail you Nor the highest good withhold. [Chorus] 4 Sweetest peace from heav’n descending, Now your troubled heart will fill If you yield your heart to Jesus, Trust in Him and do His will. [Chorus] Topics: Love; Protection; Refuge Used With Tune: [When the clouds of trouble gather]

What Would Jesus Do?

Author: S. K. Best Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: What would Jesus do, dear Brother Lyrics: 1 What would Jesus do, dear Brother, If His will you should obey, Walking in His blessed footsteps, Close beside Him all the way? Refrain: What would Jesus do?: What would Jesus do? Ev’ry day and hour He cares for you; This would Jesus do, This would Jesus do; He would keep you pure and true. 2 What would Jesus do, dear Brother, If you looked to Him in prayer, When temptations round you gather? Would the blessed Savior care? [Refrain] 3 What would Jesus do, dear Brother, If your hearts were filled with love, Looking upward to the mansions, In the Father’s house above? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [What would Jesus do, dear Brother]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Jesus Loveth You

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Inspiring Songs No. 1 #111 (1906) First Line: When the clouds of trouble gather Lyrics: 1 When the clouds of trouble gather And the stormy waves roll high, Walking on the tossing billows, See, the blessed Lord draws nigh. Chorus: Jesus loveth you With a love so true, Ev’ry moment He will care for you; He your steps will guide, Walking at your side, If you in His love abide. 2 From His fold if you should wander, In a desert land to stray, He will follow, gently calling, Bring you back into His way. [Chorus] 3 Earthly friends may oft forsake you, Dearest human love grow cold; Love like His can never fail you Nor the highest good withhold. [Chorus] 4 Sweetest peace from heav’n descending, Now your troubled heart will fill If you yield your heart to Jesus, Trust in Him and do His will. [Chorus] Topics: Love; Protection; Refuge Languages: English Tune Title: [When the clouds of trouble gather]

Jesus Loveth You

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Gospel Carols #135 (1905) First Line: When the clouds of trouble gather Languages: English Tune Title: [When the clouds of trouble gather]

What Would Jesus Do?

Author: S. K. Best Hymnal: Sunshine No. 2 #75 (1904) First Line: What would Jesus do, dear Brother Lyrics: 1 What would Jesus do, dear Brother, If His will you should obey, Walking in His blessed footsteps, Close beside Him all the way? Refrain: What would Jesus do?: What would Jesus do? Ev’ry day and hour He cares for you; This would Jesus do, This would Jesus do; He would keep you pure and true. 2 What would Jesus do, dear Brother, If you looked to Him in prayer, When temptations round you gather? Would the blessed Savior care? [Refrain] 3 What would Jesus do, dear Brother, If your hearts were filled with love, Looking upward to the mansions, In the Father’s house above? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [What would Jesus do, dear Brother]

People

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[What would Jesus do, dear Brother]" in Sunshine No. 2 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

Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Author of "Jesus Loveth You" in Gospel Carols Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry