[Rest for the toiling hand]

[Rest for the toiling hand]

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: [Rest for the toiling hand]
Composer: Thoro Harris
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 33344 31113 31666
Copyright: Public Domain

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Echoes of Paradise #185

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Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs #276

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