1876–1948

Introduction

Born: November 8, 1876, Groesbeck, Texas.

Died: November 24, 1948, Groesbeck, Texas.

Buried: Faulkenberry Cemetery, Groesbeck, Texas.

Pseudonym: Grace Allison.

Biography

James was the son of Will­iam Ma­nu­el Frank­lin and Fran­ces Jane Mc­Ma­hon, and hus­band of Ed­na Ger­trude Rice.

In 1904, he and Grace moved to Groes­beck, Tex­as,

James’ pri­ma­ry oc­cu­pa­tion was farm­ing, but he al­so worked in the coun­ty clerk’s of­fice, the old Groes­beck Jour­nal, and the Will­iams and Brad­ley Ab­stract Com­pany.

He taught in a mu­sic school in Watt, Texas, and is said to have writ­ten ov­er 100 Gos­pel songs.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. After the Tri­als of Life Are All O’er
  2. Are You Firm­ly Built?
  3. Blessed Sav­ior, Now Re­ceive Us
  4. Christ Is King of Glo­ry­land
  5. Christ Is the Door
  6. Come and Sit at Je­sus’ Feet
  7. Come, View the Cross Where Je­sus Died
  8. Coming Again, the Time’s Draw­ing Nigh
  9. Hand in Hand We Jour­ney
  10. Harvest Is Was­ting, My Bro­ther, The
  11. Hear the Mas­ter Gent­ly Call­ing
  12. I Am Nev­er Lone­ly, I Am Nev­er Sad
  13. I Am on Life’s Trou­bled Sea
  14. I Am Wait­ing for the Mes­sage
  15. I Love to Sing of Je­sus
  16. I Won­der if Be­yond This Vale
  17. In a Land of Stran­gers
  18. In Mounts of Dan­ger and of Straits
  19. In Spir­it I Stand by the Beau­ti­ful Sea
  20. In That Glo­ri­ous Ci­ty Bright and Fair
  21. Is There No­thing I Can Do?
  22. Jesus, Bless­ed Jesus, Lead Me On, I Pray
  23. Just Be­yond the Dark Ri­ver
  24. Let the Lord Be Praised, O Zi­on!
  25. Let Us Keep the Step To­ge­ther
  26. Lift Your Voic­es, Now, in Praise
  27. Light of the Glo­ri­ous Gos­pel, The
  28. Lo the Gold­en Har­vest Wa­ving
  29. Love of Christ Fills My Soul with Song, The
  30. My Soul Was En­wrapt in the Sha­dows of Night
  31. O I Have a Lov­ing Sto­ry I Would Tell
  32. O I Long to Be­hold the Splen­dor of the City
  33. O I Love to Tell the Sto­ry
  34. O It Is a Joy­ful Thing
  35. O to Be with Loved Ones
  36. Oft My Soul’s in Wild Com­mo­tion
  37. Oft Times My Path­way Seems
  38. Often My Soul in Its Sweet Me­di­ta­tion
  39. On Life’s Ocean Where the Bil­lows
  40. Our Dar­ling, Thou Art Gone Away
  41. Out on Life’s Ocean, Tossed by the Bil­lows
  42. Pilgrims, and We’re March­ing Home
  43. Savior in Ten­der Com­pas­sion, The
  44. So Ten­der­ly Jesus En­treats You
  45. Sweet and Peace­ful Be Thy Slum­ber
  46. There Is a Home, a Beau­ti­ful Man­sion
  47. There Is a Land Though Far Away
  48. There’s a Ci­ty Far Away
  49. Though the Way Be E’er So Lone­ly
  50. ’Tis Har­vest Time, and the Reap­ers
  51. ’Tis Won­der­ful to Think How Je­sus Came
  52. Walking in the Steps of My Bless­ed Lord
  53. We Are Slow­ly Drift­ing
  54. We Shall Know Him
  55. When I Come to Cross
  56. When the An­gel of the Lord De­clares
  57. While Tra­vel­ing Through This Lone­ly
  58. Will My Spir­it at the Dawn­ing
  59. With Rap­tured Voic­es Let Us Sing

Music

  1. He Saved Me

Help Needed

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