The Light of the World

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There are lands far away over the sea (Harris)

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [There are lands far away over the sea] (Harris)
Published in 3 hymnals

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:	There are lands far away over the sea (Harris)
Title:	The Light of the World
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Send the light of His word all the way
Publication Date:	1913
Copyright:	Public Domain