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This Is the Reaping Time

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

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 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Fields with harvest bending wait our hands today
Title: This Is the Reaping Time
Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris (1906)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: This is the reaping time, glorious reaping time
Publication Date: 1906
Copyright: Public Domain

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Praise and Service #d38

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Song Praises #84

Songs of the Century No. 2 #d29

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Sunday School and Revival #106

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Tabernacle Songs #103

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The Complete Church Hymnal #338

The Message in Song Nos. 1 & 2 #d45

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The Revival No. 6 #185

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