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[Far out on the desolate billow] (Harris)

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 13214 32535 67154

Author: Rossiter W. Raymond Appears in 95 hymnals First Line: Far out on the desolate billow Refrain First Line: Yet never alone is the Christian Used With Tune: [Far out on the desolate billow]

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God is Everywhere

Author: Rossiter W. Raymond Hymnal: Sunshine No. 2 #70 (1904) First Line: Far out on the desolate billow Refrain First Line: Yet never alone is the Christian Languages: English Tune Title: [Far out on the desolate billow]

God is Everywhere

Author: Rossiter W. Raymond Hymnal: Gospel Carols #155 (1905) First Line: Far out on the desolate billow Refrain First Line: Yet never alone is the Christian Languages: English Tune Title: [Far out on the desolate billow]

God is Everywhere

Author: Rossiter W. Raymond Hymnal: Inspiring Songs No. 1 #157 (1906) First Line: Far out on the desolate billow Refrain First Line: Yet never alone is the Christian Topics: Friendship; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: [Far out on the desolate billow]

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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[Far out on the desolate billow]" in Sunshine No. 2 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

Rossiter W. Raymond

1840 - 1918 Author of "God is Everywhere" in Sunshine No. 2 Raymond, Rossiter Worthington, PH.D., was b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 27,1840. He graduated at Brooklyn Polytechnic, 1858, and also studied in Germany. He served in the Civil War of 1861-4 with the grade of Captain. Since then he has practised in New York as a consulting mining engineer. He was editor of the American Journal of Mining, and is a contributor to scientific literature. He has also written stories for children, a Paraphrase of Job, and some fugitive poetry. His hymns in common use include:— 1. Far out on the desolate billow. [God everywhere.] Written for the German tune, "Ich weiss nicht was soil es bedeuten," and published in The Plymouth Hymnal, 1894. 2. Morning red, Morning red. [Easter.] Written to the tune" Morgenroth," a German battle-song, and published in the American Book of Praise. 3. Now rest, ye pilgrim host. [Reviewing the Past.] This hymn is dated 1879, and was written for the 50th anniversary oi the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. It was included in The Plymouth Hymnal, 1891, No. 509, and, after revision by the author, in Sursum Corda, 1898, and other collections. 4. 0 Thou Who art inspiring. [Submission.] Appeared in The Plymouth Hymnal, 1894, No. 635, and later in other collections. 5. The God Who spann'd the heavens above. [Courage in Conflict.] "Written for my Sunday School, to be sung to the tune of the German patriotic song, ‘Der Gott, der Eisen wachsen liess' (by Arndt, p, 79, ii.), of which my first line is an evident and intentional imitation, though the remainder is not" (Author's MS.). It was published in The Book of Praise, the Sursum Corda, 1898, and others. It is sometimes attributed to "J. Clark,” but in error. 6. There dwelt in old Judaea. In Allon's Children's Worship, 1878. Of the above Nos. 1, 2, 5 are in W. B. Bradbury's Clarion, 1867. Dr. Raymond is a Congregationalist, and is associated with the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)