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O Savior, Thou hast left our sphere

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [O Savior, Thou hast left our sphere]
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1 O Savior, Thou hast left our sphere,
Ascending up to worlds on high;
But all around our eyes can hear
Thy suff’ring children’s cry.

Refrain:
Where they need us, Savior, lead us—
Thou hast trod this path before;
To the sighing; helpless, dying,
To the dwellings of God’s poor.

2 Like lambs without a shelt’ring fold
They roam in want and wretchedness;
The wintry frost with breath of cold,
Brings naught but keen distress. [Refrain]

3 Still open stands Bethesda’s door,
And Jerico has still her blind;
We tread where Jesus trod before
With mercies for mankind. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Summerland #195

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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 >

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First Line:	O Savior, Thou hast left our sphere
Title:	Where They Need Us
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Where they need us
Publication Date:	1943
Copyright:	Public Domain