Born: March 2, 1880, Ben­di­go, Aus­tral­ia.

Died: May 8, 1961, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: In the Al­ex­an­der fam­i­ly plot, Birm­ing­ham, Eng­land.

After at­tend­ing a re­viv­al meet­ing by Ru­ben Arch­er 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. His works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. I Want to Be True (© 1926)
  2. Music in the Heart (© 1926)
  3. Only Believe and Live (© 1930)
  4. Send a Great Revival, Lord (© 1928)
  5. There Was a Heart (© 1926)
  6. Wages of Sin Is Death, The (© 1926)
  7. Will You Enlist? (© 1926)
  8. Wonderful Grace (© 1926)
  9. Yet a Little While (© 1925)

Music

  1. At the Foot of the Cross
  2. Calling (© 1926)
  3. Carry Your Bi­ble
  4. Cross, The (© 1926)
  5. Evening and Day Dawn (© 1931)
  6. Far from God, Away from Jesus
  7. He Wants a Poor Sinner Like Me
  8. He Will Hold Me Fast
  9. Hide God’s Word in Your Heart
  10. Huerta
  11. I Have a Savior
  12. I Need to Be Filled
  13. I Would Draw Nearer to Jesus
  14. In Jesus
  15. Long Ago (© 1926)
  16. Meet Me in the Homeland
  17. Memories of Mother
  18. My Sins Are Forgiven (© 1905)
  19. No Longer Lonely
  20. Old Time Way, The
  21. Somebody Came and Lifted Me
  22. Shadows
  23. Sometime!
  24. Soon Will Our Savior from Heaven Appear
  25. Such Love (© 1928)
  26. ’Tis Jesus
  27. Traveling Home
  28. Trusting Jesus, Wonderful Guide
  29. When I See My Savior
  30. When the Shadows Flee Away (© 1923)
  31. Why Not Settle It Now? (© 1926)
  32. Why Should He Love Me So (1924)
  33. Will You Take Jesus Today?
  34. Wonderful Love (1922)
  35. Yielded (© 1926)