1927–2021

Introduction

Born: May 27, 1927, Quin­cy, Il­li­nois.

Died: Oc­to­ber 18, 2021, Ca­ma­ri­llo, Ca­li­for­nia.

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Biography

Ralph was the son of a Pen­te­cost­al min­is­ter. He mar­ried twice, to Ev­an­ge­line Ot­to (1948), and Mar­vel­la Price (1965).

He at­tend­ed South­ern Ca­li­for­nia Bi­ble College (now Van­guard Uni­ver­si­ty) in Co­sta Me­sa. In 1997, Van­guard Uni­ver­si­ty award­ed him a doc­tor­ate in mu­sic.

He served as min­is­ter of mu­sic at the Cal­va­ry As­sem­bly, In­gle­wood, Ca­li­for­nia (1946) and Tem­ple Bap­tist Church, Los An­ge­les, Ca­li­for­nia (1954).

He wrote mu­sic for Bil­ly Gra­ham films such as Mr. Tex­as, For Pete’s Sake, The Rest­less Ones and His Land.

In 1964, he found­ed the Lex­icon Mu­sic com­pa­ny. He was in­duct­ed in­to the Go­spel Mu­sic As­so­cia­tion Hall of Fame in 1985, and the Na­tion­al Re­li­gious Broad­cas­ters Hall of Fame in 2001.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All My Life
  2. At the Close of Day
  3. As We Come to Thee in Pray­er
  4. Because the Lord Is My Shep­herd
  5. Closer Than a Broth­er
  6. Giving Song, The
  7. God Can See Us
  8. God of Mi­ra­cles, The
  9. He’s Ev­ery­thing to Me
  10. I Be­lieve God Is Real
  11. I’m Liv­ing in His Love
  12. In the Stars His Han­di­work I See
  13. Is Your Bur­den Hea­vy?
  14. Joy Is the Cen­ter of His Will
  15. Like a Lamb Who Needs the Shep­herd
  16. Living Cir­cle, A
  17. Lord, Hear Thou My Pray­er
  18. Love Is Sur­ren­der
  19. Miracle of Faith, The
  20. My Friend and I
  21. My Mas­ter
  22. New 23rd, The
  23. No Great­er Love
  24. Not with a Sword
  25. Precious the Mo­ments
  26. Quiet Place, A
  27. Return
  28. Reach Out to Je­sus
  29. Savior Is Wait­ing, The
  30. Season of the Long Rains, The
  31. Something Good Is Going to Hap­pen to You
  32. Tell It Like It Is
  33. There Is More to Life
  34. We Are More Than Con­quer­ors
  35. When I Think of the Cross
  36. You Can Touch Him

Music

  1. New Wine

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