Roses and Thorns

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I would not have it all roses

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [I would not have it all roses]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 I would not have it all roses
So fragrant, lovely and fair,
But Eden blossoms within me
When all without seemeth bare.
The thorns and briers may bruise me
And pierce with sorrow my feet;
But One who walketh beside me
Makes life’s dreary desert more sweet,
The One who walketh beside me
Makes life’s dreary desert most sweet.

2 ‘Tis not when skies are the fairest
That most of glory I see;
When clouds hang darkly above me
More close seems Jesus to be.
When Joys of earth have departed
The heav’ns appear to my view;
I hear the voice of my Savior,
“Behold, I will make all things new;”
I hear the voice of my Savior,
“Behold, I will make all things new.”

Source: Songs of Summerland #189

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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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First Line:	I would not have it all roses
Title:	Roses and Thorns
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1943
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1943.