1872–1933

Introduction

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Born: Jan­ua­ry 24, 1872, Blount Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: Ju­ly 10, 1933, Fort Worth, Tex­as.

Buried: Shan­non Rose Hill Me­mo­ri­al Park, Fort Worth, Texas.

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Biography

Rufus was the son of Jo­el Mos­ley Cor­ne­li­us and Mar­tha Je­mi­ma Mur­phree, and hus­band of Ma­con Bur­le­son (mar­ried 1895, El­lis Coun­ty, Te­xas).

He worked in the mu­sic pub­lish­ing bu­si­ness, and at one time, was an of­fic­er of the East­ern El­lis Coun­ty Aux­ili­ary Sing­ing Con­ven­tion.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Are You Build­ing on the Sand?
  2. God So Loved the World His Son Was Giv­en
  3. In That Beau­ti­ful City That Is Built Above
  4. It’s Been Tried by Maine and Kan­sas
  5. O I Want to See Him
  6. O Jesus, Re­ceive Me

Music

  1. Any Kind of Wea­ther Chris­tians
  2. At the Cross
  3. At the Great Home-Com­ing
  4. At the Great Roll Call in Hea­ven
  5. Bandelier
  6. Before the Bow Is Brok­en
  7. Cherbourg
  8. Cúcuta
  9. Do Your Best
  10. Don’t Forget That Pro­mise to Mo­ther
  11. Don’t For­get to Tell Some­bo­dy Else
  12. For You, for Me
  13. Gaithersburg
  14. Go Dip in the Jor­dan of God’s Love
  15. Grace is Work­ing Won­ders
  16. He Ne­ver Turns a Soul Away
  17. He Will Give the Bless­ing
  18. His Heart Is So True to Me
  19. I Love Je­sus Best of All
  20. I Told Je­sus About It
  21. If I Stand on the Pro­mis­es of God
  22. In the Hap­py Long Ago
  23. It Was Just Like Je­sus, My Friend
  24. It Was Love
  25. It Was Love for Me
  26. Jesus Rolls Ev­ery Bur­den Away
  27. Jesus Will An­swer for Me
  28. Just You
  29. Keep the Love-Waves Rol­ling
  30. Keep Your Eyes on Je­sus
  31. Kollam
  32. Let Me Get Near­er the Cross
  33. Look Away to Cal­va­ry
  34. Lord, I Know Not What to Do
  35. Lord, Send Me
  36. Mother’s Old Bi­ble Is True
  37. My Sav­ior Trav­eled All the Way
  38. Nearer Still to Thee
  39. Never Alone Is the Chris­tian
  40. No One Else Cares Like Je­sus
  41. O I Want to See Him
  42. O Shout and Sing
  43. Over Lands That Lie in Dark­ness
  44. Rapides
  45. Redeemed Through Love
  46. Reichenbach Falls
  47. Side by Side with Je­sus
  48. Since Je­sus Re­deemed My Soul
  49. Skies Will Smile Again
  50. To Thee, Dear Lord, I Go
  51. Velankanni
  52. What a Day That Will Be
  53. When I Reach Home
  54. When Je­sus Came Along My Way
  55. When the Heart Is Right
  56. When the Soul Finds Je­sus
  57. When We En­ter Hea­ven
  58. You Are the One
  59. You, Just You
  60. You May Tell My Dear Old Par­ents