The Little Brown Church

Representative Text

1 It stands by a stream in the wildwood,
And hid in the deep shady vale;
No place is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dale.

Chorus:
O come,
Come to the church in the wildwood,
O come to the church in the dale;
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale.

2 How oft we have heard it with gladness—
The chime of the sweet Sabbath bell;
It calls us from care and from sadness
To the little brown church in the dell. [Chorus]

3 And safe in our Father’s kind keeping
Lies one whom we cherish full well;
She’s sweetly and peacefully sleeping
By the little brown church in the dell. [Chorus]

4 Of God’s holy temple in heaven,
O who all the glory can tell?
To us may an entrance be given
There with Jesus forever to dwell. [Chorus]


Source: Great Tabernacle Hymns #66

Author: Thoro Harris

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, Illi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: It stands by a stream in the wildwood
Title: The Little Brown Church
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O come
Copyright: Public Domain

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