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Author: Thoro Harris
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lyrics
Who can cheer the heart like Jesus
By His presence all divine
True and tender, pure and precious
O, how blest to call Him mine
Chorus
All that thrills my soul is Jesus
He is more than life to me
And the fairest of ten thousand
In my blessed Lord I see
Love of Christ so freely given
Grace of God beyond degree
Mercy higher than the heavens
Deeper than the deepest sea
What a wonderful redemption
Never can a mortal know
Ho my sin, though red like crimson
Can be whiter than the snow
Every need His hand supplying
Every good in Him I see
On His strength divine relying
He is all in all to me
By the crystal flowing river
With the ransomed I will sing
And forever and forever
Praise and glorify the King
By His presence all divine
True and tender, pure and precious
O, how blest to call Him mine
Chorus
All that thrills my soul is Jesus
He is more than life to me
And the fairest of ten thousand
In my blessed Lord I see
Love of Christ so freely given
Grace of God beyond degree
Mercy higher than the heavens
Deeper than the deepest sea
What a wonderful redemption
Never can a mortal know
Ho my sin, though red like crimson
Can be whiter than the snow
Every need His hand supplying
Every good in Him I see
On His strength divine relying
He is all in all to me
By the crystal flowing river
With the ransomed I will sing
And forever and forever
Praise and glorify the King
Most of us have
experienced the thrill of a walk-off home run, a game winning touchdown, a
stirring musical performance, the winning of an award, the birth of a child,
becoming engaged, getting a raise or a new job, the completion of a challenging
task or something similar. These events can be so exciting. One of my greatest
thrills in life was meeting President Ronald Reagan. But, hopefully all of
these events and experiences pale in the light of the thrill of knowing Jesus
Christ, having Him change your life, and experiencing His daily presence and
leading in your life. For the awards which we win, the achievements we earn,
the possessions we gather, the momentary highs we experience, will all pass
away. As the scriptures tell us, things here will rust and be stolen, so we are
to lay up our treasures in heaven. Thoro Harris, a prolific hymn writer and
organist, must have known this truth in the early 1900's when he penned this
great hymn of testimony. It has been going through my mind this week because my
wife chose it to play as an offertory today and I had to prepare a Power Point
presentation of the words. Unfortunately, her rendition only includes two
verses and each of the verses of this hymn are in themselves powerful
testimonies. I hope that this hymn is your testimony - that while many exciting
things happen to us here on this earth, all that really thrills our soul is
Jesus and the reality of His daily presence.
Thoro
Harris
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Thoro
Harris
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Full
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Harris,
Thoro, 1874-1955
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Birth
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1874
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Death
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1955
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Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC.
Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
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, 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)
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)
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