Mount Calvary

Too long I roamed over sin's bewildering plain

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [Too long I roamed over sin's bewildering plain]
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 >

Text Information

First Line: Too long I roamed over sin's bewildering plain
Title: Mount Calvary
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: When on the cross I saw the victim die
Publication Date: 1916
Copyright: Public Domain

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Notes of Gold #d176

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #387

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Songs of Calvary #19

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