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Heaven Is Much Nearer Now

Author: M. Lynwood Smith Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Heaven once seemed very far away Refrain First Line: Time seems to change almost ev'rything

[Heaven once seemed very far away]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dorsey C. Yarbrough Tune Key: G Major Used With Text: Heaven Is Much Nearer Now

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Heaven Is Much Nearer Now

Author: M. Lynwood Smith Hymnal: Living Songs No. 5 #42 (1972) First Line: Heaven once seemed very far away Languages: English Tune Title: [Heaven once seemed very far away]

Author: M. Lynwood Smith Hymnal: Redeeming Love #132 (2021) First Line: Heaven once seemed very far away Refrain First Line: Time seems to change almost ev'rything Languages: English Tune Title: [Heaven once seemed very far away]

Heaven once seemed very far away

Author: M. Lynwood Smith Hymnal: Golden Sheaves #10 (1972) Languages: English

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M. Lynwood Smith

1924 - 2007 Author of "Heaven Is Much Nearer Now" in Redeeming Love Morris Lynwood Smith (1924-2007) was a preacher for Churches of Christ. He preached and held gospel meetings throughout Oklahoma, Alabama, and elsewhere. He helped initiate a special annual gathering of one-cup congregations on July 4 and New Year's Day that met in a different Oklahoma town each year. His interest in music led him to attend the Stamps Quartet School of Music in 1947. He sang with "The Zita Boys," a quartet composed of Johnny Elmore, Billy Smith, C. A. Smith, and himself. Smith wrote and published several songs, often writing a song for the annual meetings. In his lifetime, Smith published 16 songbooks of his and others' songs and hymns. He published over 700 songs and helped publish the songs of many other hymn and song writers. - M. Lynn; Source: Elmore, Johnny. "M. Lynwood Smith: His Life and Work." In Smith, M. Lynwood. "Passing It On": A Book of Sermons. Ardmore, OK: Johnny Elmore, Pathway Books and Bibles.