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I Seek Not Life's Ease and Pleasures

Author: Rees Harris Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: A clean heart overflown with goodness

[I seek not life's ease and pleasures]

Appears in 25 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Hughes, 1872-1914 Incipit: 51312 31567 16433 Used With Text: I Seek Not Life's Ease and Pleasures

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I Seek Not Life's Ease and Pleasures

Author: Rees Harris, 1874- Hymnal: The Abingdon Song Book #258 (1938) Refrain First Line: A clean heart o'erflown with goodness Lyrics: 1 I seek not life’s ease and pleasures, Earthly riches, pearls, nor gold; Give to me a heart made happy, Clean and honest to unfold. Chorus: A clean heart o’erflown with goodness, Fairer than the lilies bright; A clean heart for ever singing, Singing thro’ the day and night. 2 If I cherish earthly treasures, Swift they flee and all is vain; A clean heart enriched with virtues Brings to me eternal gain. [Chorus] 3 Morn and evening my petition Wings its flight to heaven in song; In the name of my Redeemer, Make my heart clean, pure, and strong. [Chorus] Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: [I seek not life's ease and pleasures]

A clean heart o'erflown with goodness

Author: Rees Harris, Niles, Ohio. Hymnal: Old and New Welsh and English Hymns #155b (1939) First Line: I seek not life's ease and pleasures Languages: English Tune Title: CALON LÂN

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John Hughes

1872 - 1914 Person Name: John Hughes, Landore, 1872-1914 Composer of "CALON LÂN" in Old and New Welsh and English Hymns [Landore] John Hughes was born in 1872 in Penybryn Pembrokeshire, but when he was 3 the family moved to Swansea. He left school at 11 to become an office boy in the Dyffryn Steel Works Morriston and at the time of his death in 1914 he had become the Marketing Manager for the company and travelled worldwide for the business. He taught himself 6 languages. John Hughes composed many hymn tunes while he was travelling. Many of them were for "Gymanfa Ganu" which were popular annual singing festivals in Wales. One day he was approached by Daniel James who asked him to put music to a poem which he had written. John Hughes did so, and played it for the first time on the organ of Philadelphia Chapel where he was the organist. The rest of the story is well known! John married Mary Ann Thomas, and they had 3 daughters, the eldest of whom was my mother. John Hughes died of a cereberal haemorrage in June 1914 at the age of 42, and is buried in the graveyard of Caersalem Chapel in Treboeth Swansea. G. Dunstone (grandson) ================== Born: February 13, 1872, Pen-y-bryn, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Died: June 16, 1914, Stockwell Villas, Mount Pleasant, Swansea, Wales, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried: Caersalem Newydd Baptist Chapel, Treboeth, Swansea, Wales Hughes’ family moved to Swansea when he around two years old. He is sometimes confused with the John Hughes who wrote the tune CWM RHONDDA. After following his usual duties at the works on Monday 15th June 1914, John Hughes at night drove an employee, who had a piece of steel lodged in his hand, from Morriston, to the Hospital. It was late when he retired, in his usual cheerful mood, apparently in the best of health, but he soon became ill and his death at 6.45am on Tuesday morning, the 16th June 1914, was caused by a clot of blood on the brain. He died at his residence No. 3 Stockwell Villas, Mount Pleasant, Swansea. He left a widow and three small children. All his friends were extremely grieved to hear of his untimely death at the age of 42. His death deprived the Duffryn Works of a highly capable manager. John’s fresh colour and robust appearance generally flattered, only to deceive. His sad demise came as a great shock to the inhabitants of Morriston, where he was personally known to almost everyone. He died at number 3 Stockwell Villas, Swansea, on the 16th June 1914, aged forty-two, and was buried in the cemetery of Caersalem Newydd Welsh Baptist Chapel in Treboeth, with his parents.

Rees Harris

Person Name: Rees Harris, Niles, Ohio. Author of "A clean heart o'erflown with goodness" in Old and New Welsh and English Hymns Rees Harris. Born in Morriston, Wales in 1874; died 1954 in Niles, Ohio. Composer of music and poetry and active in Welsh affairs. Member of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles. David Evan Thomas