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Robert Harkness
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Short Name: Robert Harkness
Full Name: Harkness, Robert, 1880-1961
Birth Year: 1880
Death Year: 1961

After attending a revival meeting by Reuben Torrey and Charles M. Alexander, Harkness became Alexander’s pianist. He came to Christ shortly thereafter (on a bicycle, he said), and made several round the world tours with Torrey and Alexander.

Harkness was especially well known for his program The Music of the Cross, and as the author of correspondence courses in hymn playing. He wrote over 2,000 hymns and Gospel songs in his lifetime.

(hymntime.com/tch)


Tunes by Robert Harkness (251)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A little while of toil and turmoil]Robert Harkness (Composer)4
[A manger, a cross, a grave]Robert Harkness (Composer)351152 53366 62175
[A Savior who died our salvation to win]Robert Harkness (Composer)2451234 32363 55123
[Afar from heaven thy feet have wandered] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)533425 23151 27122
ALEGRIA (Harkness)Robert Harkness, 1880-1961 (Composer)255351 17276 5653
[All unseen the Master walketh]Robert Harkness (Composer)432154 13221 24543
[Altogether Thine, Lord]Robert Harkness (Composer)455551 55555 56666
[And we know, and we know]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Are clouds of deep darkness above thee]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Are we downhearted]Robert Harkness (Composer)632343 63221 23213
[Are you all alone in the jostling crowds]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Are you burdened with a load of sin]Robert Harkness (Composer)435211 77674 73221
[Are you lonely, very lonely]Robert Harkness (Composer)417217 37656 73275
[As far as the west is removed from the east]Robert Harkness (Composer)1455451 23412 35565
[At the door of my heart long the Savior did stand]Robert Harkness (Composer)455633 35564 44234
[Away from Jesus, away from God]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Back to Calvary, where Jesus died]Robert Harkness (Composer)255543 43424 44323
[Beside the Cross I'm tenting, and I feel thy presence there]Robert Harkness (Composer)333234 65432 12461
[Blessed Jesus, Thou art mine] (Bilhorn)Robert Harkness (Arranger)132312 11654 51312
[Blessed Master, I am yearning]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Can the Lord depend on you]Robert Harkness (Composer)1215436 57276 56513
[Carry your Bible with you]Robert Harkness (Composer)1555516 51222 2753
[Christ had come to His own, they from Him turned away]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Christ never yet has failed a soul]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Come into my heart] (Chorus)Robert Harkness (Composer)413212 24323 35651
[Come unto me, come unto me] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Come ye sinners, poor and needy] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Arranger)2
RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)Robert Harkness (Arranger)513171 33175 77171
[Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)217165 43321 33256
[Crowded is your heart with cares] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Cual grato aroma del pensil]Robert Harkness (Composer)217655 76621 76765
[Do you love the blessed Savior] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)732112 23534 53243
[Does Jesus care when my heart is pained] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)756365 56174 45676
[Everlasting life is free]Robert Harkness (Composer)211111 17222 22213
[Faint not, Christian! Though the road]Robert Harkness (Composer)356513 21123 55455
[Fairest of all the earth beside] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Far from God, away from Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)533573 21333 65434
[Fasten your eyes upon Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)533332 11744 43253
[Father, grant Thy blessing]Robert Harkness (Composer)455511 71766 55111
[Father of the faithful]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Give God the glory] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)333453 21765 11133
[Give time to work for Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)253321 43111 76552
[Give your heart to Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)833333 32147 7
[Go home and tell to those you love]Robert Harkness (Composer)833333 33474 44433
[God gives us the flowers, radiant flowers]Robert Harkness (Composer)4
[God has told us in His Word]Robert Harkness (Composer)353165 31114 43531
[God make my life a little light] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)4
[Gone are my fears, for the Savior has found me]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Good-bye! God bless you one and all]Robert Harkness (Composer)7
[Grace flowing for me]Robert Harkness (Composer)217762 16173 34326
[Hail to the Savior! whose Passion is waiting]Robert Harkness (Composer)711117 65635 47777
[Have a little talk with Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)255456 35477 66543
[Have you a burden which no one can share?]Robert Harkness (Composer)233334 45652 43252
[Have you given all for Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)237123 16567 13432
[Have you seen the cross of Calvary]Robert Harkness (Composer)255332 23211 11212
[He was wounded He was bruised]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
HE WILL HOLD ME FASTRobert Harkness, 1880-1961 (Composer)5335322 53213 17646
[He will keep you from falling]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Hear the call to service as it sounds throghout the land]Robert Harkness (Composer)215671 56717 12337
[Here I lift my heart and hand]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Hide God's Word in your heart]Robert Harkness (Composer)711176 53451 17156
[Holy Spirit, heavenly dove] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[How I love the Bible, 'tis God's message of love]Robert Harkness (Composer)234556 51233 23216
[How matchless the love of Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)255437 65333 23523
[How my heart goes out to Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)233332 14335 55453
[How wondrous the love of my Savior to me]Robert Harkness (Composer)551713 21212 55171
HUERTARobert Harkness (Composer)254332 24321 23256
HYFRYDOLRobert Harkness, 1880-1961 (Arranger)5312123 43212 54332
[I am crucified with Christ] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)234556 65123 34433
[I am included! I am included!]Robert Harkness (Composer)1111217 22321 66165
[I am satisfied with Jesus] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)532172 16156 71172
[I am saved, thank God, I know it] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)355112 34321 11765
[I bring you a message of good news today]Robert Harkness (Composer)233212 16536 51171
[I can see the gates of that beautiful city]Robert Harkness (Composer)255551 71217 15666
[I dreamed I saw the Savior climb]Robert Harkness (Composer)655532 12351 55321
[I gave my life to Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)753531 65351 47153
[I have a Home beyond the silent river] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)354533 21223 55135
[I have a house not made with hands]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[I have a Savior, He died for me]Robert Harkness (Composer)2511677 66351 16777
[I have heard a most wonderful story] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)611333 43231 33555
[I have heard of a land] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)433333 33314 32444
[I hear my captain's trumpet call]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[I heard the Savior calling]Robert Harkness (Composer)555453 42465 65355
[I know of a world that is sunk in shame]Robert Harkness (Composer)1853334 32723 21117
[I love God's Word so precious]Robert Harkness (Composer)311351 17655 65431
[I love the golden sunshine]Robert Harkness (Composer)456543 26174 67556
[I love the old Bible]Robert Harkness (Composer)255655 43454 43233
[I met Jesus at the foot of the cross]Robert Harkness (Composer)433354 32234 45654
[I need to be filled with the Spirit] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)451113 21616 51235
[I open my heart to Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)413215 65335 43321
[I see a Cross through a gateway of prayer]Robert Harkness (Composer)211255 43121 33477
[I see my Savior with thorn-crowned head]Robert Harkness (Composer)956721 67123 71615
[I shall be with my dear Lord some day]Robert Harkness (Composer)233437 13211 32161
[I want to tell others what Christ did for me]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[I was far away from Jesus] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)355113 66531 16123
[I well remember how Christ died for me]Robert Harkness (Composer)256352 31225 56555
[I would draw nearer to Jesus]Robert Harkness, 1880-1961 (Composer)733323 45665 24323
[I'm a subject of the King of kings]Robert Harkness (Composer)555121 65675 52327
[In a land of perfect joy and peace]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[In Glory we shall sing a new song]Robert Harkness (Composer)351554 36533 42653
[In the dark without a light]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[In the morning, over yonder]Robert Harkness (Composer)255123 16666 23427
[In times of grave perplexity]Robert Harkness (Composer)333267 12333 25233
[Into a garden went my Lord]Robert Harkness (Composer)355555 55654 31117
[It is not dying love alone]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[It is wonderful! very wonderful]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[I've tried in vain a thousand ways] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2915431 54356 17654
[No burdens hard to bear]Robert Harkness (Composer)351354 41237 65541
[Jesus Christ, the faithful witness]Robert Harkness (Composer)254365 35443 26524
[Jesus died to save you from your sin]Robert Harkness (Composer)211765 34447 76542
[Jesus Himself drew near]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Jesus is calling, "Come, sinner, come"]Robert Harkness (Composer)233332 43215 55544
[Jesus is our Captain, we His soldiers true]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Jesus is our Pattern]Robert Harkness (Composer)333567 52356 33356
[Jesus, man of sorrows]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Jesus met my need, proved a Friend indeed]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Jesus! Savior divine]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Jesus whispers I am with you]Robert Harkness (Composer)532214 33254 43323
[Jesus will lighten your burdens]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Just a word in season]Robert Harkness (Composer)355435 54355 75543
[Just where I am, O let me be]Robert Harkness (Composer)1455543 32224 43221
[Let earth's brightest pleasures vanish]Robert Harkness (Composer)733221 61744 33275
[Lift up your eyes to Calvary]Robert Harkness (Composer)353333 32677 73255
[List to the shout of glad acclamation]Robert Harkness (Composer)233333 33333 33456
[Listen to the Savior’s voice]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Lo, I am with you alway] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Long ago when Christ our Savior]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Look on the bright side, be not dismayed]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Lord, for tomorrow and its needs] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)212365 14336 32252
[Lord, I believe, Lord I beleive]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Love sent my Savior to die in my stead] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2955566 63335 17655
[Lowly and humbly, Lord, here I bow]Robert Harkness (Composer)413576 52556 36645
['Midst the darkness, storm, and sorrow] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)212357 66567 63523
[My confidence is in my Lord]Robert Harkness (Composer)4
[My hand is in my Father's hand]Robert Harkness (Composer)255432 11123 25431
[My mother's hand is on my brow]Robert Harkness (Composer)1633333 44444 44433
[My Savior has promised to stand by my side]Robert Harkness (Composer)251334 31355 65354
[My Savior paid my ransom]Robert Harkness (Composer)335566 62345 725
[My Savior’s “Come” like music rings]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[My soul was heavy-laden and weary seemed the way]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Nature with her varied voices]Robert Harkness (Composer)256715 56743 23443
[No burdens yonder, not a single care]Robert Harkness (Composer)1655566 17763 55566
[No matter what happens along life's way]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Now the day is over] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)915433 24432 31543
[O Pilgrim bound for the heavenly land] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)432156 11774 32676
[O sinner leave the darkened path]Robert Harkness (Composer)613556 65351 76543
[O tell the glorious news to all]Robert Harkness (Composer)553156 21774 34676
[O heed the Gospel invitation]Robert Harkness (Composer)233332 12336 66661
[O the wondrous love]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Soon will our Savior from Heaven appear]Robert Harkness (Composer)4456174 44675 32156
[On Jesus the Savior my sins have been laid]Robert Harkness (Composer)351665 66122 15616
[On life's pathway I am never lonely]Robert Harkness (Composer)2417217 67155 56355
[On the cruel cross they nailed Him]Robert Harkness (Composer)312365 33223 47655
[On the sea of life I sail, small my bark and wild the gale]Robert Harkness (Composer)334517 65345 63213
[Only a breath, which God has given]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Onward, Christian soldiers] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)765657 76565 33432
[Open your heart, let the Savior come in]Robert Harkness (Composer)232352 34123 67126
[Out from the city the multitude pour'd]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Out in the breakers are perishing souls] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)753334 32521 35325
[Over on the other side of Jordan] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)556321 23165 56321
[Pull against the tide brother]Robert Harkness (Composer)217761 61727 65555
[Reaching out to save you now]Robert Harkness (Composer)221235 63116 56676
[Read it over again to me]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ]Robert Harkness (Composer)255345 13217 62165
[Resting in love divine, peace, wondrous peace is mine]Robert Harkness (Composer)553565 44545 43654
[Rolled Away]Robert Harkness (Composer)253542 43213 45653
[Satisfied my highest longing]Robert Harkness (Composer)9
[Since I came to the Cross in my sin and despair]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Since my Savior set me free]Robert Harkness (Composer)334556 35345 56353
[Sin-sick souls are dying fast]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[So weary am I, but the Lord can give rest]Robert Harkness (Composer)355351 51316 55777
[Some day I shall hear God's call of love]Robert Harkness (Composer)835456 43211 11113
[Some one has strayed from the fold away]Robert Harkness (Composer)331653 45135 23443
[Somebody came and lifted me]Robert Harkness (Composer)2634465 74423 46763
[Somebody's here with an aching heart]Robert Harkness (Composer)956132 35633 67125
[Someone is slighting the Savior of men]Robert Harkness (Composer)1532356 77635 52346
[Sometime all sorrows will be over]Robert Harkness (Composer)1032366 71233 54323
[Soon I shall leave all the burdens of life]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Soul adrift upon life's stormy sea]Robert Harkness (Composer)456532 51115 65325
[Take my burdened heart]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
HOLINESS (Stebbins)Robert Harkness (Composer)133234 31217 13323
[Tell out the message of Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[That God should love a sinner such as I]Robert Harkness (Composer)2253311 21765 56713
[The call of God resounding]Robert Harkness (Composer)356712 76516 5443
[The children's Friend is Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)1555553 56165 32543
[The church of God is marching] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)353213 65321 23455
[The darkness around seems more thick than of yore]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[The Everlasting Arms are underneath thee]Robert Harkness (Composer)251111 17123 35666
[The face of Jesus Christ my Lord]Robert Harkness (Composer)335663 67756 73253
[The favor that could never be bought]Robert Harkness (Composer)211551 25522 55212
[The judgment day is coming on]Robert Harkness (Composer)455341 32123 54755
[The Lord bless thee and keep thee] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[The Savior has died to redeem you]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[The sorrows of the heart]Robert Harkness (Composer)251721 75213 21331
[The whole wide world for Jesus each kingdom]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[The world is bright and life is gay]Robert Harkness (Composer)213565 65351 53531
[There are glories untold in that city of gold]Robert Harkness (Composer)1955176 17676 75552
[There are many sorrows hard to bear]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[There is a song I love to sing] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[There is hope, O troubled soul, despairing]Robert Harkness (Composer)455111 23565 43212
[There is room in the heart of Jesus] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[There's a Friend for little children] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[There's a name I always love to hear]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[There’s One above all earthly friends] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[They mockingly platted a crown of thorns]Robert Harkness (Composer)353234 12551 11211
[They say my Lord was but a man]Robert Harkness (Composer)412765 65112 76565
[They tell me there is a shaded vale]Robert Harkness (Composer)911761 76115 35556
[Think how Jesus suffered on the cross of shame]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Think not of the morrow's care]Robert Harkness (Composer)451356 45521 24351
[Though the night be dark and stormy]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)255543 47111 45653
[Though clouds of night may gather]Robert Harkness (Composer)256535 32513 63556
[Come, shout and sing, make Heaven ring]Robert Harkness (Arranger)155545 65311 77674
[Though I was a stranger to His face]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Through a land of sin and shame]Robert Harkness (Composer)315511 66777 12716
[Through the gate of the city they led Him still]Robert Harkness (Composer)1355545 65117 76765
[Through days of toil and sorrow]Robert Harkness (Composer)356716 17567 25556
[Throw out the life-line across the dark wave]Robert Harkness (Arranger)253332 12343 56553
[Thy will, not mine, O Lord]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Traveling home, traveling home]Robert Harkness (Composer)1015516 67771 27165
[Trusting Jesus, wonderful guide]Robert Harkness (Composer)1233355 23444 46653
[We are making for the haven]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[We are traveling now on life's brief journey]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[What could be greater than my Savior's love?]Robert Harkness (Composer)217121 53544 21232
[What do I know about Jesus Christ?]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[What sweet peace we shall have over yonder]Robert Harkness (Composer)255112 36653 23523
[What will you do with the Savior who died]Robert Harkness (Composer)556712 32161 56712
[When God forgives, He forgets]Robert Harkness (Composer)813332 35433 32125
[When I had wandered from the track]Robert Harkness (Composer)217631 76776 54765
[When I see my Savior, hanging on Calvary]Robert Harkness (Composer)1933333 66545 43334
[When I think of Jesus dying on the cross for me]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[When I was but a little child, how well I recollect]Ro­bert Hark­ness (Arranger)255535 11712 6662
[When Jesus hung on Calvary]Robert Harkness (Composer)1451125 35251 3535
[When life's toils are over]Robert Harkness (Composer)215671 25115 67125
[When the clouds of doubt appear]Robert Harkness (Composer)255541 32123 43216
[When the dark clouds round you gather]Robert Harkness (Composer)535172 11747 77123
[When we cross the valley there need be no shadows]Robert Harkness (Composer)3017654 56545 52234
[Whosoever will, whosoever will]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Why not turn to Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Will you meet me in the Homeland]Robert Harkness (Composer)834532 32171 21765
[Will you not try to win someone]Robert Harkness (Composer)456532 16534 56224
[Will you take Jesus to be your Guide?]Robert Harkness (Composer)1453334 32621 77712
[Will you take Jesus today?]Robert Harkness (Composer)4
[With Jesus enthroned in the heart]Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Wonderful grace, wonderful grace]Robert Harkness (Composer)232356 56176 56765
[Wonderful promise in God's Word we read]Robert Harkness (Composer)232132 14123 56713
[Work for the Master while it is day]Robert Harkness (Composer)3
[Workers now are needed, hear the Lord's command]Robert Harkness (Composer)555556 51234 33215
[Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good?] (Harkness)Robert Harkness (Composer)2
[Yielded, Lord, to Thee]Robert Harkness (Composer)255555 66262 32111
[You must do something with Jesus]Robert Harkness (Composer)955555 55566 67755

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