1892–1965

Introduction

Born: Oc­tober 20, 1892, Ka­la­ma­zoo, Mi­chi­gan. His birth name was Har­old Loes. He took the mid­dle name Dix­on from Am­zi Dix­on, pas­tor of Moo­dy Church in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 9, 1965, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Fair­view Me­mo­ri­al Park, North­lake, Il­li­nois.

Pseudonyms

portrait

Biography

Harry was the son of Fred­er­ick Loes and Lou­isa No­wak, and hus­band of Gar­net Ce­cil Le­on­ard (mar­ried July 2, 1924, Ha­mil­ton Coun­ty, In­di­ana).

He stu­died at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute, the Am­eri­can Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic, the Me­tro­po­li­tan School of Mu­sic, and the Chi­ca­go Mu­sic­al Col­lege.

From 1927–39, he served in mu­sic­al po­si­tions in Bapt­ist church­es in Ok­mul­gee and Mus­ko­gee, Ok­la­ho­ma.

From 1939 to re­tire­ment, he served on the mu­sic fa­cul­ty at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Things in Je­sus
  2. At the Judg­ment Bar
  3. Be a Faith­ful Wit­ness for Your Lord
  4. Blessed the Na­tion Whose God
  5. By Sin I Was Blind­ed, I Could Not Be­lieve
  6. Child of God Has a New Heart, A
  7. Columbus Dis­co­vered Am­eri­ca
  8. Cross of Christ Was Near a Gar­den, The
  9. Crusade with Christ, Our Watch­word True
  10. Dark Are the Clouds of Sin and Temp­ta­tion
  11. Day by Day to Je­sus
  12. Delay No Long­er, My Bro­ther
  13. Even a Child Can Un­der­stand
  14. Every Boy and Girl Needs
  15. Everywhere I Go, God Is Al­ways
  16. Every Mo­ment of the Day
  17. Firm Do You Stand for Christ Your Sav­ior?
  18. For What the World May Of­fer Me
  19. Forward with Christ Goes Chris­tian Youth
  20. Go Ye in­to All the World
  21. God Is in the Sha­dows
  22. God Is Love, to the World He Sent His Son
  23. God Is My Sure Pro­tec­tion
  24. God Is Not On­ly in Church
  25. Gospel of Christ, The
  26. Great Are the Beau­ties That Na­ture Af­fords Us
  27. Great Is the Joy as the Gos­pel
  28. Have the Peo­ple in Your Neigh­bor­hood
  29. Have You Heard How They Cru­ci­fied My Lord?
  30. Have You Reached the Brink To­night?
  31. Have You With­in Your Hearts the Sec­ret?
  32. He Came a Low­ly Stran­ger
  33. He Sa­tis­fies Me So!
  34. Here’s to Wish You a Mer­ry Christ­mas
  35. His Migh­ty Love
  36. How Did Mo­ses Cross the Sea?
  37. How We Like to Sing
  38. I Am Rest­ing, Sweet­ly Rest­ing
  39. I Am Trust­ing in the Christ
  40. I Can Read It in the Bi­ble
  41. I Do Not Un­der­stand the Var­ied Ways of Life
  42. I Fell in Love with Je­sus
  43. I Have Peace in My Heart
  44. I Know and Love the Bi­ble
  45. I Know That God Will Hear a Child
  46. I Like to Sing the Sto­ry
  47. I Love Him Be­cause Je­sus First
  48. I Read With­in the Book of Sac­red Page
  49. I Shall Be Like Him
  50. I Stand Be­fore the Blood Stained Cross
  51. I Trust My Hea­ven­ly Fa­ther
  52. I Want to Be a Hap­py Help­er
  53. I Want to Be in the World
  54. I Want to Be More Than Just
  55. I Want to Learn of Christ My Sav­ior
  56. I Was a Sin­ner, Far From God
  57. I Was Lost When Je­sus in Faith­ful­ness Sought Me
  58. I Would Ra­ther Walk with God
  59. I’d Ra­ther Be Alone with Je­sus
  60. If God Be for Us
  61. If in Life You Would Have Peace
  62. If You Are Saved, Go Tell
  63. If You Want to Be on the Win­ning Side
  64. I’m Al­ways Glad When Christ­mas
  65. I’m Al­ways Glad When Sun­day Comes
  66. I’m Gon­na Rise to Hea­ven with Je­sus
  67. I’m Hap­py on the Way
  68. I’m Long­ing to See Him
  69. In a Beth­le­hem Man­ger a Ba­by
  70. In a Good Place
  71. In My Heart There’s a Won­drous Me­lo­dy
  72. In the Morn­ing, Alone with Your Mas­ter
  73. In This Needy World There Is Much to Do
  74. Is Your Heart Bur­dened, O Chris­tian?
  75. It Takes Faith to Sing
  76. It Was Cen­tu­ries Ago That to Earth Je­sus Came
  77. It Was for You That Je­sus Died
  78. It Was His Love
  79. I’ve a Peace That Pass­eth Un­der­stand­ing
  80. I’ve En­list­ed in the Ar­my of Je­ho­vah
  81. I’ve Lis­tened to the Gos­pel Sto­ry
  82. Jesus Has the Keys to My Heart
  83. Jesus Is Call­ing for Sol­diers To­day
  84. Jesus Loves the Lit­tle Ones
  85. Just Be­cause He Loved Me So
  86. Just Be­yond the Clouds of Gray
  87. Just Let Him Shine Through
  88. Just Now Is the Time
  89. Keep Je­sus First in Your Life
  90. Let Ev­ery Hap­py Chris­tian Join in Sing­ing
  91. Let the Child­ren Come un­to Me
  92. Let Us Run with Pa­tience
  93. Let’s Keep March­ing on with Je­sus
  94. Life Has Tak­en on a Dif­fer­ent Mean­ing
  95. Little Bells of Christ­mas
  96. Long Ago, Long Ago
  97. Looking un­to Jes­us, in Faith I Came
  98. Man Look­eth on the Out­ward
  99. Many and Great Are the Ar­mies
  100. Many Have Crossed the Land and Sea
  101. More Than a Friend (1953)
  102. My Heart Is Filled with Joy To­day
  103. My Name Is John­ny An­der­son
  104. Name Above All Names, A
  105. Never Came the Call More Clear
  106. Not by Any Works of Mine
  107. Not On­ly in Trou­ble Would I Found in Pray­er
  108. O Hea­ven Is a Place of Beau­ty
  109. O I Don’t Want to Go
  110. O the Love That Saved My Soul
  111. Often Have I Won­dered Why the King of Glo­ry
  112. Once a Law­yer Asked the Mas­ter
  113. Once Walk­ing by the Sea of Ga­li­lee
  114. Our God Has Ma­ny Help­ers
  115. Praying for Re­vi­val
  116. Ready Am I, Rea­dy to Stay
  117. Savior Came from Hea­ven, The
  118. Shine for Je­sus Where You Are
  119. Since Je­sus Par­doned and Saved Me
  120. Sing a Hap­py Gos­pel Song
  121. Sing, Boys and Girls
  122. Sing Your Cares Away
  123. Sinner, Lost, Con­demned Was I, A
  124. Smile, Smile, Don’t Let Trou­ble
  125. Some Day I’ll Sing
  126. Stars That Shine Bright in the Hea­vens, The
  127. Story of the Cross Where Je­sus Died, The
  128. Sunshine Does Won­der­ful Things
  129. There Are Ma­ny Ways in­to Hea­ven
  130. There Is a Ha­ven Safe and Sure
  131. There Is a Sea­son of the Year
  132. There Is Much I Can Do for Je­sus
  133. There Is So Much I Like in Church
  134. There’s a Day in Sun­day School
  135. There’s a Place for Ev­ery­one
  136. There’s a Place on Sun­day Morn­ing
  137. There’s a Song of Joy I Love
  138. There’s a Song With­in Me Spring­ing
  139. There’s Won­der­ful Joy in My Heart
  140. They Cru­ci­fied My Sav­ior
  141. Thousand Times I’ve Said, A
  142. Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart
  143. Today Is Je­sus’ Birth­day
  144. ’Twas Je­sus’ Blood
  145. We Are March­ing in the Ar­my
  146. We Are Pray­ing, Lord
  147. We Have Ga­thered in the Name
  148. What Am I Do­ing for Je­sus?
  149. What Shall It Pro­fit a Man?
  150. When Christ, the Blest Re­deem­er
  151. When Days Are Wea­ry
  152. When I Don’t Think I Need
  153. When I Pray for Oth­ers
  154. When I Start Tell­ing What the Lord Has Done
  155. When I Think How the Lord of Hea­ven
  156. When on Christ You Be­lieved
  157. When Sor­rows Flow Like a Ri­ver
  158. When You Tes­ti­fy, Tell What God Did
  159. Where Are You Go­ing To­day?
  160. Wherever I Go, God’s Eye
  161. Who Alone Can Save
  162. Wonderful Love of Je­sus
  163. You Ask Me How I Know the Sa­vior’s Love
  164. You This Ques­tion Have Heard
  165. Youth March­es On­ward with Christ

Music

  1. Blessed Re­deem­er
  2. Jesus Won My Heart
  3. Lake Cham­plain
  4. Long, Long Road with Je­sus
  5. Looking un­to Je­sus
  6. Love Found a Way
  7. More Than a Friend
  8. Okmulgee
  9. Rajkot

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