1843–1927

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 25, 1843, near Red Li­on, Ohio.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 8, 1927, Fort Worth, Tex­as.

Buried: Oak­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Fort Worth, Tex­as.

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Biography

Charles was the son of En­os Row­ley [Ri­ley?] and Su­san Mont­go­me­ry, and hus­band of Hat­tie Munn.

He at­tend­ed Ob­er­lin Col­lege, then went west, where he held mu­sic­al con­ven­tions in Io­wa and Il­li­nois.

In 1872, he re­turned to Ohio, and ac­cept­ed a po­si­tion in the Ada Nor­mal School, where for five years he taught elo­cu­tion and vo­cal mu­sic.

He be­came a min­is­ter in 1876, and or­gan­ized at least two church­es, and served as pas­tor of the Wesleyan Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church in Ada, Ohio.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abundantly Full the Grace of Our Lord
  2. Blessed Atone­ment, So Wide and So Strong
  3. Hosanna, Ho­san­na, Ho­san­na to Our King
  4. How Sweet, Amid Life’s Toil and Care
  5. I Want My Heart Kept True
  6. Jesus Came to Save
  7. Look Away to Cal­va­ry’s Mount­ain
  8. Lord, Give Us Strength
  9. Love of Pen­te­cost We Need, The
  10. My Lord Hath Ran­somed Me
  11. My Sav­ior Came Gent­ly, and Whis­pered to Me
  12. O Come to Me Ye Hea­vy La­den
  13. O Come to the Ci­ty, the Ci­ty of God
  14. O Help Me Dear Sav­ior
  15. O to Be Rea­dy When Death Shall Come
  16. Oh, Vic­to­ry!
  17. Savior Bids Thee Come, The
  18. Teach Me, O Lord, by Faith Alone
  19. There’s Naught So Pre­cious to My Soul
  20. Trust Him for His Mer­cy
  21. Victory in Je­sus, Vic­to­ry in His Name
  22. We’re Tra­vel­ing on Through Beu­lah Land
  23. With Hands Up­lift­ed, Bless­ed Lord

Music

  1. Let the Ho­ly Ghost Come in