[In fancy I stood by the shore, one day]

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[In fancy I stood by the shore, one day]

Composer: Mrs. C. H. Morris (1893)
Published in 16 hymnals

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Composer: Mrs. C. H. Morris

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 Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[In fancy I stood by the shore, one day]
Composer:	Mrs. C. H. Morris (1893)
Meter:	10.8.10.8 D 10.8.9.7
Incipit:	53331 23443 22171
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Stranger of Galilee

In fancy I stood by the shore, one day,
Of the beautiful murm’ring sea;
I saw the great crowds as they thronged the way
Of the Stranger of Galilee;
I saw how the man who was blind from birth,
In a moment was made to see;
The lame was made whole by the matchless skill
Of the Stranger of Galilee.

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Organ Solo

Blessed Be the Name and Other Favorites for Organ
Composer/Editors Eugene McCluskey; Susanna Keeney
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1993) pp. 20
The Organist Volume 95 Number 2 May 1991: A Bi-monthly Magazine for Church Organists
Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Susanna Keeney
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1991) pp. 58

Piano Solo

Footsteps of Jesus: A Musical Journey Through the Life of Christ
Composer/Editor Larry Shackley
Published By: GlorySound (2002) pp. 21
Creative Keyboard's Complete Church Pianist: Hymn Arrangements for Every Occasion
Composer/Editor Gail Smith
Published By: Creative Keyboard Publications (2000) pp. 97
For Today and Always: 32 Songs of the Faith arranged for Piano
Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
Published By: Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. (1994) pp. 24
Favorite Gospel Hymns Book 2
Composer/Editor Kathleen Dearing
Published By: Prairie Bible Institute (1978) pp. 8
The Church Pianist: 32 Arrangements of Appropriate Selections
Composer/Editor Alma Ingram
Published By: The Standard Publishing Company (1936) pp. 50