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The Greatest Thing is Love

Author: C. H. M. Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: O matchless love, how could it be Refrain First Line: The greatest thing in earth below Used With Tune: [O matchless love, how could it be]
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[O matchless love, how could it be?]

Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. C. H. Morris Incipit: 55653 11712 44542 Used With Text: The Greatest Thing Is Love
[O matchless love, how could it be?]

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The Greatest Thing is Love

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris Hymnal: Songs of Christian Service #20 (1903) First Line: O matchless love, how could it be Refrain First Line: The greatest thing in earth below is love Tune Title: [O matchless love, how could it be]
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The Greatest Thing is Love

Author: C. H. M. Hymnal: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #22 (1904) First Line: O matchless love, how could it be Refrain First Line: The greatest thing in earth below Topics: Love Tune Title: [O matchless love, how could it be]
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The Greatest Thing is Love

Author: C. H. M. Hymnal: The Old Story in Song #34 (1906) First Line: O matchless love, how could it be Refrain First Line: The greatest thing in earth below Tune Title: [O matchless love, how could it be]
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Mrs. C. H. Morris

1862 - 1929 Author of "The Greatest Thing is Love" in Songs of Christian Service 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
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