Introduction

Biography

Orphaned at an ear­ly age, Clarke ran away from the or­phan­age and worked at sea for al­most 10 years. He ev­en­tu­al­ly moved to Lon­don, then to Am­er­ica.

He at­tend­ed the Moo­dy Bible In­sti­tute, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, then went in­to com­pos­ing, mu­sic pub­lish­ing, and ev­an­gel­ism. He served as song lead­er for Har­ry vom Bruch and Bil­ly Sun­day, be­ing so im­pressed by Sun­day that he estab­lished the Bil­ly Sun­day Me­mo­ri­al Cha­pel in Sioux Ci­ty, Io­wa (where he served as pas­tor un­til 1945).

Clarke al­so worked in the ev­an­gel­ism field in Gar­ards Fort, Penn­syl­van­ia, and South Mil­ford, In­di­ana.

Works

• Gospel Truth in Song (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Har­ry D. Clarke, 1923)
• Spiritual Songs (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Sac­red Song Press, cir­ca 1934)