1861–1933

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 1, 1861, Leam­ing­ton, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Died: Oc­to­ber 29, 1933, An­der­son­ville, Ten­nes­see.

Buried: An­der­son­ville Ce­me­te­ry, An­der­son­ville, Ten­nes­see.

Biography

Edward was the son of John Will­iam Av­is, from Kent, Eng­land, and Har­ri­et E. Sum­mer­field of Ca­na­da, and hus­band of An­na Hu­di­burg.

He moved with his fa­mi­ly from Ca­na­da to Flint, Mi­chi­gan, as was a young boy. By 1883, he was in An­der­son­ville, Ten­nes­see. He was run­ning a mu­sic pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny in An­der­son­ville as of 1889.

In 1882, Avis be­came ge­ne­ral sec­re­ta­ry of the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­cia­tion (YMCA) of Ow­ens­bo­ro, Ken­tuc­ky.

Later, he was or­dained a min­is­ter of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church.

In 1897, he joined the Unit­ed Breth­ren Church, and served pas­tor­ates from the state of New York to the state of Wash­ing­ton. In 1894, he ap­pears in re­cords as a pas­tor in Knox­ville, Ten­nes­see. By 1898, he had moved to Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see.

Works

Lyrics

  1. All the Way to Cal­va­ry He Went for Me
  2. All Things, O God, Thou Didst Cre­ate
  3. Almost De­cid­ed, Why Still De­lay?
  4. Are You Wor­ship­ing the Id­ols?
  5. As I Paused by an Op­en Win­dow
  6. At the Call of the Roll
  7. Awake, Awake, Ye Saints of God
  8. Battle of the Ag­es, The
  9. Be About the Mas­ter’s Bu­si­ness
  10. Be Thou with Me, O My Sav­ior
  11. Be True to Your Con­sci­ence
  12. Be True un­to Je­sus, Your Sav­ior
  13. Behold, What Won­drous Love Is This?
  14. Bells of Hea­ven Are Ring­ing, The
  15. Blest Sab­bath School, Far More to Me
  16. Blest Spir­it, Hear My Pray­er
  17. Blood of Christ, Once Shed, The
  18. Children of God We Are March­ing
  19. Closer, Dear Lord, to Thee
  20. Come in the Days of Thy Youth
  21. Come with Thy Sins to the Fount­ain
  22. Comrades, Hear the Cap­tain’s Call
  23. Countless Are the Bless­ings God Has
  24. Day Breaks up­on Me, The
  25. Day Will Dawn, I Know Not When, The
  26. Dear Friend, You’ve Been Halt­ing
  27. Do Not Fear to Face the Foe
  28. Earnestly, Pe­ni­tent, Of­fer
  29. Ever the Sun Is Shin­ing
  30. Far From Thy Fold, Blest Sav­ior
  31. Father, I Would Do Thy Will
  32. Forward, Christ­ian Sol­diers, in the Ranks
  33. Forward, For­ward, Ev­ery Sol­dier
  34. Glorious Mes­sage to All Who Will Come
  35. Glory Be to God on High
  36. Go Forth and Work From Morn Till Eve
  37. Go For­ward at the Call
  38. Go For­ward, Christ­ian Sol­diers
  39. Go Work in the Har­vest of the Lord
  40. Go Work in the Mas­ter’s Viney­ard
  41. God, Give Us Men Who Will Stand
  42. God Is Count­ing, My Friend, on You
  43. Great Is the Work and Still Great­er
  44. Have You Heard the Won­drous Sto­ry?
  45. Have You Need of Sal­va­tion From Sin?
  46. He Knows It All
  47. Hear the Voice To­day, Speak­ing
  48. Hear Thou My Pray­er, O Sav­ior of Ga­li­lee
  49. Hear You a Voice Gent­ly Say­ing
  50. Hear You Not the Com­ing of the Youth­ful Hosts?
  51. Help to Bright­en Up the World
  52. Ho! Ev­ery One That Thirst­eth
  53. Ho, Friends, Lend a Hand in the Work
  54. Holy Spir­it, Breathe up­on Us
  55. Holy Spir­it, Friend Di­vine
  56. How Blest Is This Book Di­vine
  57. How Can a Boy Be For­get­ful of Mo­ther?
  58. How Great Is the Joy of Sal­va­tion
  59. Human Life Is Like a Steam­ship
  60. I Am Glad That Christ
  61. I Am Long­ing, Sav­ior
  62. I Am Saved by the Grace
  63. I Am Saved, the Lord Has Saved
  64. I Am Stand­ing on the Pro­mis­es of Je­sus
  65. I Came to Je­sus
  66. I Can­not Al­ways Trace the Way
  67. I Dreamed, and Lo, My Heart Was Sad
  68. I Find Bless­ed Peace in Be­liev­ing
  69. I Have a Sav­ior Who Dwell­eth
  70. I Have Heard a Sweet, Sweet, Sto­ry
  71. I Have Read God’s Book with Plea­sure
  72. I Have Sun­light in My Soul
  73. I Know That Je­sus for Me Died
  74. I Know That My Re­deem­er Lives
  75. I Know That My Re­deem­er Liv­eth Ev­er
  76. I Once Was Lost in Sin
  77. I Re­mem­ber Well the Cot­tage
  78. I Was Once a Sin­ner Lost
  79. I Was Once the Chief of Sin­ners
  80. I Was Out on Life’s Ocean
  81. If I Were a Sun­beam
  82. If Such Hea­ven­ly Peace and Com­fort
  83. If the Dark­ened World Would See the Light
  84. If We Knew the Child with Dim­ples
  85. If Words of Kind­ness You Would Speak
  86. If You On­ly Knew the Sav­ior
  87. If You Would Be Glad and Ha­ppy
  88. If You Would Tr­uly Life’s Mis­sion
  89. I’ll Be a Work­er for Je­sus
  90. I’ll Do What You Want Me to Do
  91. I’ll Ev­er Keep Tell­ing the Sto­ry
  92. I’m Go­ing Home to Glo­ry
  93. In My Dist­ant Hap­py Home
  94. In Realms of Bliss Be­yond the Sky
  95. In the Man­sions of Rest
  96. In the Ser­vice of the Lord
  97. In the Time of Con­scious Weak­ness
  98. It Is Won­der­ful to Me!
  99. It Was for Me the Sav­ior Died
  100. I’ve a Friend, a Dear Friend
  101. I’ve Been Told of a Land
  102. I’ve No Mo­ther Now to Kiss Me
  103. I’ve Seen the Skies Aglow with Light
  104. Jesus Can Save Lit­tle Child­ren
  105. Jesus Is Call­ing the Way­ward to Come
  106. Jesus Is Com­ing, Tell the Glad News
  107. Jesus Is My Sav­ior, I Have
  108. Jesus Is My Shep­herd, Where He Leads
  109. Jesus Knock­ing, See Him Stand­ing
  110. Jesus, Sav­ior, Ev­er Lead Me
  111. Jesus Shall Reign, Go, Tell It Out
  112. Joy of Be­liev­ing, The
  113. Joyously Are We March­ing to Zi­on
  114. Keep Tell­ing Out the Old, Old Sto­ry
  115. Kneeling at the Cross
  116. Lead Me, Thou Light of the World
  117. Leaning on Je­sus, I Find Sweet­est Rest
  118. Let in the Sun­shine of Je­sus
  119. Let Me Hear You Tell of Je­sus
  120. Let Me Steal Away to Je­sus
  121. Let Us Arise and Go Forth
  122. Living Faith Give Me, O Lord, A
  123. Lord, Give Me a Heart That’s Clean
  124. Lord, I Come, I Wait No Long­er
  125. Lord Is My Rock and My Re­fuge Com­plete, The
  126. Make Christ King, O, Won­drous
  127. Master Is Call­ing To­day, The
  128. May Our Lamps Be Trimmed and Burn­ing
  129. My Lord and Sav­ior, As Thou Wilt
  130. My Sav­ior Hath Re­deemed Me
  131. My Sav­ior Is Plead­ing in Glo­ry
  132. My Soul Is Filled with Joy
  133. Name of Christ to Me Has Been, The
  134. Near the Cross, O Bless­ed Sav­ior
  135. Nearer, My God, to Thee
  136. Nearer to Thee, My Sav­ior
  137. Nearer to Thee, Sav­ior, Draw Me
  138. Never Alone Will I Leave You
  139. Never Are We Wea­ry
  140. Never Let Go the Sav­ior
  141. O God, How Great Thy Love to Us
  142. O Good Old Way, How Sweet Thou Art
  143. O Holy Spir­it, Dove of Hea­ven
  144. O Je­sus, How My Heart Is Long­ing
  145. O, Pro­di­gal, Come, I Am Wait­ing
  146. O Sin­ner, Would You Know God’s Love?
  147. O Tell Me the Sto­ry of Je­sus Once More
  148. O That Some­one Might My Sav­ior
  149. O the Touch­es of His Spir­it
  150. O the Won­drous Love Je­sus
  151. O Those Won­der­ful, Won­der­ful Hands
  152. O We Are Christ­ian Sol­diers
  153. O We Are Youths Now Grow­ing Up
  154. O What a Change in My Life
  155. O When Life’s Toil Is Over
  156. Oft When Af­flict­ions Seem Sev­ere
  157. On the Cross the Sav­ior Hang­ing
  158. Onward and Up­ward and For­ward for Je­sus
  159. Our Father, We Bless Thee
  160. Out in the By­ways Go Seek for the Lost
  161. Out in the Dark­ness I Wan­dered Alone
  162. Out in the Lone­ly World
  163. Out o’er the Dark Wa­ters Gleam­ing
  164. Out on the Ocean a Ves­sel
  165. Out on the Street of a Ci­ty
  166. Praise Him, Praise Him
  167. Promised Land by Faith I See, The
  168. Resting on the Faith­ful­ness
  169. Row Me ov­er the Tide
  170. Saved, Saved by Grace Through Faith
  171. Savior, Draw Me Close to Thee
  172. Seek To­day the Lord
  173. Send the Light of Life to All
  174. Shower Thy Bless­ings up­on Us
  175. Since My Sins He Par­doned
  176. Sing Praise to Christ, Our King
  177. Sinner, Canst Thou Trust the Sav­ior?
  178. Sinner’s On­ly Hope Is Christ, The
  179. Soldiers of the Lord
  180. Some Day the Sun Will Shine
  181. Sowing the Seed in the Morn­ing
  182. Speak Just a Word
  183. Springtime and Youth
  184. Stand Fast in the Faith
  185. Stand Up for Christ, Young Peo­ple
  186. Stranger Is Stand­ing With­out, A
  187. Suffer Lit­tle Child­ren to Come un­to Me
  188. Tell Again the Old Sto­ry of Je­sus
  189. Thanks We Give to Thee, O Fa­ther
  190. There Is Peace, Bless­ed Peace
  191. There Is Pow­er in His Blood
  192. There Is Safe­ty in Abid­ing
  193. There Is Work for Me to Do
  194. There Nev­er Was a Friend Like Je­sus
  195. There’s a Bet­ter Day to Come
  196. There’s a Bright Gold­en Light
  197. There’s a Land of Won­drous Beau­ty
  198. There’s an Ev­er­last­ing Rock
  199. There’s No One to Help Us Like Je­sus
  200. There’s One Who Is with Me
  201. To Ev­ery Na­tion, Tribe and Tongue
  202. To Make Us Ef­fi­cient in Ser­vice to Thee
  203. To the Sav­ior, O Come
  204. Today if You Will Hear His Voice
  205. Today the Sav­ior Calls to You
  206. Trials That Oft­en Have Hin­dered My Way, The
  207. True Sol­diers of the King Are We
  208. Trusting in the Pro­mis­es
  209. ’Twas Naa­man, the Le­per
  210. ’Twas Won­drous Grace That Res­cued
  211. ’Twill Be a Great and Glo­ri­ous Day
  212. We Are a Band of Hap­py, Hap­py Child­ren
  213. We Are Christ­ian Sol­diers March­ing On
  214. We Are March­ing on to Zi­on to the Ci­ty
  215. We Are Work­ers, Toil­ing Up the Way
  216. We Shall Reach the Glo­ry Land
  217. We Wel­come You, Friends
  218. Well, Wife, I’ve Found the Dear Old Church
  219. We’re in the Fight, a Cause
  220. We’re Saved by the Blood
  221. What a Friend Have I in Je­sus
  222. What a Pro­mise God Hath Giv­en
  223. What Though the Storm Clouds Ga­ther
  224. What Won­drous Love My Sav­ior Had
  225. When I Found the Sav­ior
  226. When I Was Lost in Ways of Sin
  227. When in That Morn of Morns I Awake
  228. When Je­sus, the Sav­ior, Had Par­doned
  229. When Life’s Bat­tle Is Fought
  230. When Na­ture’s Voice Is Plead­ing
  231. When Our Meet­ing and Our Part­ing
  232. When the Day Seems Long
  233. When the Old Ship of Zi­on Shall Come
  234. When the Roll Is Called in Heav’n Above
  235. When the Sav­ior We Obey
  236. When the Winds Were Fierce­ly Blow­ing
  237. When Tri­als and Temp­ta­tions As­sail
  238. When We All Ga­ther Home in the Morn­ing
  239. When We All Get Home to Glo­ry
  240. When with Earth’s Voic­es No More
  241. Where He Leads Me I Will Go
  242. Who Shall En­ter Hea­ven by the King’s High­way
  243. Why God Loved Me So, I Do Not Know
  244. Why Should I Doubt, or Be Afraid
  245. Why Should You Long­er Be Idle
  246. Will a Boy For­get His Mo­ther?
  247. With a Pur­pose Firm and Right­ful
  248. Wonderful Day of Grace, A
  249. Wonderful Sto­ry of Christ, The
  250. World for Christ, The
  251. Would You Be Hap­py o’er Vic­to­ry Won?
  252. Would You Be Hap­py the Whole Day?
  253. Would You Know the Sec­ret
  254. Ye Peo­ple Who for Je­sus
  255. Ye Saints of God, Look Up on High
  256. You May Do Much Good
  257. Your Mother’s in Hea­ven To­night

Music

  1. What Then?

Sources

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Av­is (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),