Singers of the Mystic Clime

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O singers of the mystic clime

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [O singers of the mystic clime]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O singers of the mystic clime,
Ye are not far away;
For sweetly to my spirits ear
Come angels’ songs today;
And sweetly to my spirit’s heart,
Storm-tossed and tempest driv’n,
Ye pour your balm of healing sound,
The melody of heav’n.

2 O not beyond the distant stars,
The home of those I love,
And never on a far-off shore
And never far above,
But ever present at my side,
The dear ones walk along;
They guide my feet in surer paths,
And cheer me with their song.

3 I cannot touch their hands, I know,
Their robes I cannot see;
But still I hear their music sweet,
And still they talk with me.
I follow where their voices lead,
While earthly sounds grow dim,
The dear Lord’s messengers are they
To lead me up to Him.

Source: Songs of Summerland #66

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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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