Harrison Millard (November 27, 1830– September 10 1895)[1] was an American composer who wrote the music to the Christian hymn "Abide with Me, 'Tis Eventide"—the words of which are by Presbyterian evangelist Martin Lowrie Hofford (1825–1888).

At age ten he became a member of the Handel and Haydn Society, and was the leading alto in the chorus for several years.

At the age of 15 Millard had to fill-in for a famous tenor, Mr. Jones, who had suddenly taken ill and could not perform in the oratorio Samson, in which he had been the lead.

[3] He served as a first lieutenant of the New York Nineteenth Regiment in the Union forces in the American Civil War.

After serving for four years he was severely wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga and was forced to resign his commission and returned to New York.

[3] President Lincoln offered Millard a job in the Custom House as a recognition of the importance to the country the song "Viva L'America" took on during the Civil War.

Chapter 19 describes a night of entertainment attended by the young people of Avonlea, and the text mentions that "when the choir sang “Far Above the Gentle Daisies” Anne gazed at the ceiling as if it were frescoed with angels."