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Over in the promised land

Author: Lelia N. Morris Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: So many years I longed to find

[So many years I longed to find]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. C. H. Morris Incipit: 51234 32222 34543 Used With Text: Over in the Land

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Author: Mrs. C. H. M. Hymnal: Songs of Mounting Up No. 2 #95 (1915) First Line: So many years I longed to find Refrain First Line: Over in the promised land of Canaan Languages: English Tune Title: [So many years I longed to find]

Over in the promised land

Author: Lelia N. Morris Hymnal: Heart and Life Songs #d116 (1915) First Line: So many years I longed to find Languages: English

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Mrs. C. H. Morris

1862 - 1929 Author of "Over in the Land" Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke