1881–1937

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 23, 1881, Hi­ram, Tex­as.

Died: June 3, 1937, Oak­ville, Ten­nes­see.

Buried: Ed­mond­son Ce­me­te­ry, South­av­en, Mis­sis­sip­pi.

Biography

James was the son of Sam­uel Hen­ry Gaines, and hus­band of Laur­el Laugh­lin (mar­ried around 1904).

In 1900, he was liv­ing in Kauff­man, Tex­as. He worked with the Trio and/or Quar­tet Mu­sic Com­pa­nies in Wa­co, Texas. His daugh­ter Mia was born in Tex­as around 1906, and his son Charles Life Gaines in Mis­so­uri around 1907.

The fa­mi­ly moved to Ten­nes­see by World War I, when Gaines was draft­ed for mi­li­ta­ry ser­vice. After the war, he ran a mu­sic pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny in Mem­phis, Ten­nes­see.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Although All My Friends For­sake Me
  2. Are You Pre­par­ing the Sav­ior to Meet?
  3. As I Tra­vel on My Jour­ney
  4. As the Sun­light Shines
  5. Before Thy Throne, Dear Lord
  6. Blessed Sav­ior Ev­er Knows, The
  7. Close to the Cross of Je­sus
  8. Come, Let Us Praise Our Re­deem­er
  9. Come with Re­joic­ing, for the Lord Is Ris­en
  10. Deep Was My Soul Be­neath the Great Debt
  11. Enter the Har­vest Field
  12. Following Je­sus
  13. For the Soul That Is Re­deemed
  14. For You, Dear Sin­ner, the Sav­ior Came
  15. Garden of Beu­lah, The
  16. Gathered To­ge­ther at Home
  17. Glorious Gos­pel of Peace and Love
  18. Glory Songs Were Ech­oed on the Earth
  19. Go and Tell to Ev­ery Na­tion
  20. Go at the Dawn of the Morn­ing
  21. Go Forth and Tell the Sto­ry
  22. Hand That Can Save Is Reach­ing, The
  23. Harvest Field Is Ripe and Rea­dy, The
  24. He Will Save You
  25. Hear the Sav­ior Call­ing
  26. Hold His Ban­ner High
  27. I Am An­chored in My Re­deem­er’s Love
  28. I Am Cling­ing to the Cross of My Cru­ci­fied Lord
  29. I Am Glad That I Came to the Sav­ior
  30. I Am Go­ing Ov­er Yon­der
  31. I Am Go­ing to a Home Where No Sor­rows
  32. I Am on the Road to Hea­ven
  33. I Am So Hap­py, for Je­sus
  34. I Am Wait­ing at the Cross of My Bless­ed Lord
  35. I Am Walk­ing in the High­way of My Bless­ed King
  36. I Have a Home All Bright and Fair
  37. I Have Faith That’s Firm in the Cru­ci­fied
  38. I Have Started on My Jour­ney to the Glo­ry Land
  39. I Want to Hear the Mes­sage
  40. I Want to Live, Dear Lord, for Thee
  41. I Want to Live for Je­sus
  42. I Want to Live in That Ci­ty
  43. If You Be­lieve the Pro­mise of Je­sus
  44. I’ll Un­der­stand
  45. I’m Liv­ing Near My Bless­ed Lord
  46. I’m Trust­ing in Je­sus to Lead
  47. In a Ci­ty with the An­gels Fair
  48. In the Pal­ace of My King
  49. In This Wea­ry Land Be­low
  50. I’ve a Song of Glad­ness Ring­ing
  51. I’ve En­tered the Ser­vice of My Bless­ed Lord
  52. Let the Ban­ner Be Un­furled
  53. Lord Is King, Let Earth Re­joice, The
  54. Lord Is Walk­ing with Me, The
  55. Mansion in Glo­ry, A
  56. Many Years I Spent in Sin’s Dark Way
  57. Master Calls for Work­ers True, The
  58. Morning of My Life Past, The
  59. My Hap­py Soul Is Glo­ry Bound
  60. My Lord Will Car­ry You Through!
  61. My Re­deem­er Gave His Life on Cal­va­ry
  62. My Sav­ior Came in­to My Soul
  63. My Sav­ior Found Me
  64. My Sav­ior Has Gone to Pre­pare for Me
  65. My Sav­ior Has Washed Me as White as the Snow
  66. My Ser­vice Here Be­low, Dear Lord
  67. No Mat­ter How Drea­ry or Rug­ged the Way
  68. Now the Fight Is Rag­ing
  69. Often I Away Have Turned
  70. Oh, Let Me Hide in Thee
  71. On the Sea of Life
  72. Over Yon­der by the Ri­ver
  73. Rejoice and Sing un­to the Lord
  74. Savior Di­vine, I Come to Thee
  75. Savior Stands Out­side the Door, The
  76. See the Ev­il Host Be­fore Us
  77. See the Ev­il Hosts of Sin As­sail­ing
  78. Sin Is the Cause of It All
  79. Since Je­sus Came in­to My Life
  80. Sinner, Come Now While You May
  81. Some Day
  82. Somewhere in the Land of Love
  83. Songs of Glad­ness Bring­ing a Mes­sage of Love
  84. Soon the Toils of Life Will Cease
  85. Soon We’ll Lay Our Ar­mor Down
  86. There Is a Home in Hea­ven
  87. There Is a Land of Pure De­light
  88. There Is Life and Peace for Your Wea­ry Soul
  89. There Will Be a Bright­er Day
  90. There’s a Ci­ty of Glad­ness
  91. There’s a Guid­ing Star
  92. There’s a Land of Joy Eter­nal
  93. There’s On­ly One Way to Reach Hea­ven
  94. Though I’m De­sert­ed and Friend­less Be­low
  95. Though This Life Be Filled with Care
  96. ’Tis One Eter­nal Day
  97. To View Thy Cross, Dear Sav­ior
  98. Trusting Je­sus Ev­ery Mo­ment
  99. ’Twill Be Glo­ry Ov­er There
  100. We Are Loy­al Sol­diers March­ing to the Fight
  101. What a Won­der­ful Love
  102. What a Won­der­ful Love Our Re­deem­er Has Shown
  103. What Have You Done in the Mas­ter’s Dear Name?
  104. When Je­sus Comes
  105. When the World Was Deep in Sin
  106. When Think­ing of My Sav­ior Dear
  107. When We Meet in Hea­ven Above
  108. Who Will Vol­un­teer Today?
  109. Whole World Needs Je­sus, The
  110. Why Do You Long­er the Sav­ior Re­fuse?
  111. Wonderful Sto­ry of Je­sus Who Came
  112. Years I Spent in Sin’s Dark Val­ley

Music

  1. My An­chor Holds

Help Needed

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