Close to the Heart of God

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There is a place of blessing entered by feet unshod

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [There is a place of blessing]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Thoro Harris

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, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	There is a place of blessing entered by feet unshod
Title:	Close to the Heart of God
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Of grace the source and center
Copyright:	Public Domain