Introduction

Biography

Harvey was the son of James Max­well Chris­tie and Cyn­thia Pe­ters Clark.

Christie taught sing­ing class­es, 1871–74, which led him to a mu­sic­al ca­reer.

He stu­died un­der Rig­don Mc­In­tosh, who at the time was in the mu­sic de­part­ment at Van­der­bilt Uni­ver­si­ty, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see. Chris­tie stayed in Ten­nes­see un­til 1876, when he re­turned to West Vir­gin­ia.

Around 1877, he con­duct­ed a two month course at the Con­cord Nor­mal School, in Ath­ens, West Vir­gin­ia, fol­lowed by a si­mi­lar course in Prince­ton, West Vir­gin­ia; Rur­al Re­treat, Vir­gin­ia (1878); four cours­es in Snow­ville, Vir­gin­ia (1879–80); and a nine month course at Rur­al Re­treat, Vir­gin­ia (1881).

In 1881, he stu­died for a while at the Com­mer­cial Col­lege at Ken­tuc­ky Uni­ver­si­ty. In 1882, he moved to Mil­li­gan Col­lege, Ten­nes­see, where he even­tu­al­ly served on the Board of Di­rect­ors.

In 1894, Chris­tie be­came mu­sic ed­it­or for the Stan­dard Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio.

Works

• Favorite Songs (co-ed­it­or), 1876
• Gospel Light (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing, 1895)
• Songs of Ser­vice (mu­sic ed­it­or) (At­lan­ta, Geor­gia: R M. Mc­In­tosh, 1896)
• The Chris­tian Church Hym­nal (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing, 1906)
• Songs of Ev­an­gel­ism, 1911
• Worship and Ser­vice (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing, 1916)