1 Sweetly sing, sweetly sing,
Let your joyful voices ring;
Watch and pray, watch and pray,
‘Tis the Sabbath day.
Let the whole creation sing
Praises to our God and King;
Over all, over all
Will His blessings fall.
2 Look above, look above,
Jesus is a God of love,
Forward go, forward go,
Fearing not the foe.
Let the little children bring
Grateful hearts an offering;
Look above, look above,
Sing His wondrous love.
3 Come today, come today,
And His gracious word obey;
Humbly bow, humbly bow,
Christ will save you now.
Trust Him all the journey thro’,
There’s a golden crown for you;
Then arise, mount the skies,
Gain the heavenly prize.
Source: Sunshine No. 2: songs for the Sunday school #65
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)
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