Eternity, Eternity, How near art thou

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Eternity, Eternity, How near art thou

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [Eternity! Eternity] (Harris)
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Eternity! Eternity!
How near art thou, Eternity?

2 The sands of time are almost run,
Eternal years are hast’ning on.

3 The days of want will soon be past,
The golden age will dawn at last.

4 To God the Father, Spirit, Son,
Be endless praise while ages run.

Source: Great Tabernacle Hymns #149

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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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