Land of Rest

I am bound for a land far beyond the sea

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [I am bound for a land far beyond the sea]
Published in 1 hymnal

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: I am bound for a land far beyond the sea
Title: Land of Rest
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: There is rest, perfect rest
Copyright: 1937 by Thoro Harris

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Songs of Redemption #2

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