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[O ask me not to tarry, for life is short at best]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 55351 76612 46555 Used With Text: A Message from the King
[O ask me not to tarry, for life is short at best]
A Message from the King
Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Inspiring Songs No. 1 #44 (1906) First Line: O ask me not to tarry, for life is short at best Refrain First Line: A message from the King, a message from the King Lyrics: 1 O ask me not to tarry, for life is short at best;
Tho’ oft the day be weary, at eventide there’s rest;
And I have truly promised some little word to bring
To those who sorely need it, a message from the King.
Chorus:
A message from the King, a message from the King,
In strains of ever lasting joy, a message from the King.
A message from the King, a message from the King,
In strains of ever lasting joy, a message from the King.
2 God speaks, and we must listen his still small voice to hear,
That we may take to others some note of joy or cheer,
Some song of heaven’s gladness that in each heart shall ring,
When earthly hopes have faded, a message from the King. [Chorus]
3 Interpreters for Jesus are we from day to day,
He whispers some sweet secret, some loving word to say;
If faithful to our purpose unto his hand we cling,
Our lives will daily utter a message from the King. [Chorus]
Topics: Service Languages: English Tune Title: [O ask me not to tarry, for life is short at best]
A Message from the King
O ask me not to tarry
Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Banner of Love Songs #d107 (1936) Languages: English
O ask me not to tarry
Lizzie De Armond
1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "A Message from the King" Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Lizzie De Armond
Thoro Harris
1874 - 1955 Composer of "[O ask me not to tarry, for life is short at best]" in Inspiring Songs No. 1 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, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906)
Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor)
Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922)
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Thoro Harris
