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Come while he's calling

Sinner, drifting on life's ocean

Author: Katharyn Bacon
Published in 1 hymnal


Author: Katharyn Bacon

Katharyn Bacon was born in 1884 and lived in the hills of Tennessee. She liked books, flowers, garden and being close to nature. She was most likely married to George W. Bacon since a lot of her hymns appear in hymnals he edited. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sinner, drifting on life's ocean
Title: Come while he's calling
Author: Katharyn Bacon
Refrain First Line: Come to Jesus while he's pleading
Copyright: Public Domain

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Song Service and Revival #d95

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