1836–1919

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 12, 1836, Tan­na­dice, An­gus, Scot­land.

Died: De­ce­mber 14, 1919, Dal­las, Tex­as.

Buried: Oakland Ce­metery, Dal­las, Tex­as.

Biography

Menzies was the young­est of 15 child­ren born to John Cum­mings and Eliz­abeth Stu­pard, and hus­band of Lou­isa Payne Al­lis­on.

He emi­grated to Am­eri­ca in 1869, and settled in Georg­ia, first at Au­gus­ta, and lat­er at Bain­bridge.

In 1874, he moved to Bre­mond, Tex­as, where he was a pho­to­graph­er for sev­er­al years.

After that he founded a week­ly news­pa­per, the De­mo­crat, in Cor­si­ca­na, Tex­as, and or­gan­ized the first lodge of Odd­fel­lows in that ci­ty, of which he became grand mas­ter.

The Dall­as Ci­ty Di­rect­ory for 1894 lists him as a mu­sic teach­er.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Ah No, I’m Not Drift­ing
  2. As Je­sus Spoke
  3. Blessed Be His Ho­ly Name
  4. By-and-By
  5. Christ Is in All
  6. Christ-Love
  7. Emanuel’s Land
  8. Ever True, Ev­er Trust­ing
  9. Guide Us, O Lord
  10. Have You Done What You Could?
  11. He Is Watch­ing o’er Me
  12. Helping Je­sus
  13. In the Fort­ress of His Love
  14. Jesus Alone Can Save
  15. Jesus Is Migh­ty to Save
  16. Jesus Leads Us On
  17. Love Di­vine
  18. March, For­ward March
  19. Mighty Sav­ior, Migh­ty King
  20. My Home ov­er Yon­der
  21. My New Name
  22. No Tears in Heav­en
  23. Old and the New, The
  24. Our God, to Thee We Now Would Raise
  25. Our Mer­cy-Seat
  26. Over in Glo­ry Land
  27. Pressing On, Press­ing On
  28. Promise of Our God, The
  29. Salvation’s Chimes
  30. Saved Through Sov­er­eign Grace
  31. Softly, Softly Fades the Day
  32. There I Saw Him Robed in Roy­al­ty
  33. There Is Sun­shine To­day
  34. Watch and Pray
  35. We’ll Be Tri­umph­ant Some Day
  36. Which Way Are You Goi­ng?
  37. World for Je­sus, The

Help Needed

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