Short Name: | M. J. Harris |
Full Name: | Harris, M. J. (Margaret Jenkins), 1865-1919 |
Birth Year: | 1865 |
Death Year: | 1919 |
Margaret Jenkins Harris USA 1865-1919. Born in Rushville, IL, she married evangelist, John Harris, and they were active in holiness meetings as musicians and song evangelists. She played the organ for accompaniment to their duets. She was also known as an effective preacher with strong messages. She was a member of the Iowa Holiness Association. She and her husband served as music directors for the 1901 General Holiness Convention in Chicago, IL. She also edited the “Glorious Gospel In Song” hymnbook for the Christian Witness Publishing Company of Chicago. She died in Miami, FL.
John Perry
Tunes by M. J. Harris (17)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Come enter into Canaan land] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 4 | 13334 55555 43213 |
[Have you been rescued from sin and shame] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 2 | 33332 15655 55531 |
[Have you found this great salvation] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 5 | 13556 55312 33532 |
[He heard the blessed invitation] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 2 | 12333 34565 31111 |
[I believe in the old-time religion] | Margaret J. Harris (Composer) | 19 | 12333 55321 35116 |
[I came to Jesus, weary, worn, and sad] | Mrs. M.J. Harris (Composer) | 52 | 55331 21765 55444 |
[I felt so weak and unworthy] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 2 | 55534 65355 64535 |
[I have heard the Savior calling] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 3 | 34534 56176 5 |
[I heard my loving Savior say] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 18 | 13321 35535 55 |
[I long ago left Egypt for the promised land] | Margaret J. Harris (Composer) | 18 | 13332 21135 65 |
[It may be far, it may be near] (McIntosh) | R. M. McIntosh (Composer) | 1 | 51356 53222 34565 |
[Joyful songs of salvation] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 2 | 12334 32135 56535 |
[Prepare! for on the morrow] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 2 | 31216 51122 12321 |
[Singing songs of joy and peace] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 2 | 34451 32117 62165 |
[There's a story, blessed story] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 5 | 34553 45512 31615 |
[What can wash my sins away?] | Mrs. M. J. Harris (Composer) | 4 | 33116 15177 12512 |
[When I saw the cleansing fountain] | Margaret J. Harris, 19th century (Composer) | 74 | 33432 14442 54323 |