1874-1955
Thoro Harris (1874-1955)

March 31, 1874, Wash­ing­ton, DC.

March 27, 1955, Eure­ka Springs, Ar­kan­sas.

In­ter­na­tion­al Or­der of Odd Fel­lows Cem­e­te­ry, Eure­ka Springs, Ar­kan­sas.

Thoro Harris (1874-1955)

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:

  1. All That Thrills the Soul (Who can cheer the heart like Je­sus) (© 1931)
    • Jesus är min högsta glädje (Swed­ish)
  2. Awakening, The
  3. Caught Up
  4. Coming for Me
  5. Coming Up the Road
  6. Eternal Rest
  7. Glory in the High­est
  8. He’s Com­ing Soon
  9. I Love Him Better Ev­ery Day © 1926
  10. I Love His Ap­pear­ing
  11. Jehovah’s Prom­ise © 1931
  12. Jesus Bears You on His Heart © 1923
  13. Jesus Is True
  14. King of Glo­ry, The
  15. Let Him In
  16. Lift Up the Voice
  17. Look for the Beau­ti­ful
  18. Looking for that Bless­èd Hope
  19. More Abun­dant­ly
  20. My Fa­ther’s House
  21. Oil © 1926
  22. Peerless Name, The
  23. Pentecost in My Soul
  24. Some Joy­ful Day
  25. Song of Love, A © 1951
  26. They Come © 1941
  27. This Great Wide World
  28. To Whom Can I Go?
  29. What He Has Done for Others (©1914)
  1. Trust
  1. Bear Them the News
  2. Crimea
  3. Critchlow
  4. Eternal Light
  5. Family Bi­ble, The
  6. Gladden
  7. Hide Thou Me © 1926
  8. Hosanna to the King!
  9. I Will
  10. Leffingwell
  11. Perry Street
  12. Risen Lord
  13. Song of a Ran­somed Soul, The
  14. Stand for God and Right
  15. Sunny-Faced Christ­ian, A