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[Oh, the Book of the ages no pow'r can o'erthrow]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 53111 21145 65551 Used With Text: The Word Shall Remain
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The Word Shall Remain

Author: Alice J. Cleator Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Oh, the Book of the ages no pow'r can o'erthrow Refrain First Line: Yes, the Word of the Lord shall remain Used With Tune: [Oh, the Book of the ages no pow'r can o'erthrow]
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The Word Shall Remain

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Songs of Redemption #48 (1937) First Line: O the Book of the ages no pow'r can o'erthrow Refrain First Line: Yes, the word of the Lord shall remain Languages: English Tune Title: [O the Book of the ages no power can overthrow]
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The Word Shall Remain

Author: Alice J. Cleator Hymnal: The Highway and the Way, or Burning Bush Songs No. 3 #70 (1907) First Line: Oh, the Book of the ages no pow'r can o'erthrow Refrain First Line: Yes, the Word of the Lord shall remain Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, the Book of the ages no pow'r can o'erthrow]
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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[O the Book of the ages no power can overthrow]" in Songs of Redemption 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
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Alice Jean Cleator

1871 - 1926 Author of "The Word Shall Remain" in Songs of Redemption Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Cir­ca 1871, An­dre­as, Isle of Man, Eng­land. Died: Cir­ca April 27, 1926, Cleve­land, Ohio. Cleator’s family ev­i­dent­ly em­igrat­ed to Amer­i­ca in the 1870’s. She was liv­ing in Clar­idon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geau­ga Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York Ci­ty, re­tir­ing some time be­fore 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/
Alice Jean Cleator
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