Resting in Jesus

How sweet to rest in Jesus, Afar from earthly strife

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [How sweet to rest in Jesus] (Harris)
Published in 1 hymnal

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:	How sweet to rest in Jesus, Afar from earthly strife
Title:	Resting in Jesus
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'm resting now in Jesus
Copyright:	© 1937 by Thoro Harris