[There is a name I love to hear] (Harris)

[There is a name I love to hear] (Harris)

Composer: Thoro Harris
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: 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 >

Tune Information

Title: [There is a name I love to hear] (Harris)
Composer: Thoro Harris
Incipit: 55123 43232 15533
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

O How I Love Jesus

There is a name I love to hear,
I love to sing its worth;
it sounds like music in my ear,
the sweetest name on earth.

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Gospel Carols #184

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #322

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