1840 - 1918 Composer of "[How blest are they whose lives are pure]" in Bible Songs John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918
Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts.
Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include:
American Male Choir
Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879)
Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888)
Gems of Gospel Song
Golden Sunbeams
Sharon’s Dewy Rose
Songs of Faith
Shining Light
Songs of Joy
Sparkling and Bright
Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2
Sweet Fields of Eden
The Beacon Light
The Singing School Banner
The Anthem Offering
The American Anthem Book
The Crown of Praise
Sources--
Hall, pp. 219-22
Music--
Asilomar
Bogotá
Beyond the Swelling Flood
Cancún
Come to Jesus
Ever Will I Pray
Hallowed Hour of Prayer
Jesus Is Passing This Way
Jubilate!
My Anchor Is Holding
Nothing Between
Onward Christian Soldiers
Sabbath Bell
San Francisco
We’ll Never Say Goodbye
Where Will You Spend Eternity?
--www.hymntime.com/tch
J. H. Tenney