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. He was well known lo­cal­ly as he walked around with a can­vas bag full of hand­books for sale. His works in­clude:

• Little Branches (with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith) (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Meyer & Brother, 1906)
• Best Tem­per­ance Songs (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Glad Tid­ings Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1913) (mu­sic ed­it­or)
• Hymns of Hope (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Thoro Har­ris, un­dat­ed, cir­ca 1922)

Sources

Hymns

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 Is True
13. Look for the Beautiful
14. Looking for that Blessed Hope
15. More Abundantly
16. My Father’s House
17. Pentecost in My Soul
18. They Come (© 1941)
19. To Whom Can I Go?
20. What He Has Done for Others (©1914)

Translations

1. Trust

Music

1. Crimea
2. Critchlow
3. Eternal Light
4. Gladden
5. I Will
6. Leffingwell
7. Perry Street
8. Risen Lord
9. Sunny-Faced Christian, A