1881–1973

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 14, 1881, Mor­gan­town, Ken­tuc­ky.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 1, 1973, Uval­de, Tex­as.

Buried: Uval­de Ce­me­te­ry, Uval­de, Tex­as.

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Biography

Austin was the son of Gar­rard Banks Tay­lor and Su­san Hol­lo­way, and hus­band of Au­gus­ta Bar­ba­ra Jer­ger.

In 1890, his fa­mi­ly moved to Sher­man, Tex­as, where he stu­died mu­sic. Taylor first taught in a sing­ing school at age 18, and pub­lished his first song book in 1905.

He was ac­tive as a song lead­er for Church­es of Christ in the south and south­west Unit­ed States, wrote 200 songs, and pub­lished two do­zen of his own song books. He al­so worked as an ed­it­or for the Firm Foun­da­tion Pub­lish­ers in Aus­tin, Te­as.

He served at the Tex­as Nor­mal Sing­ing School in Sa­bin­al, Tex­as, for 27 years, re­tir­ing in 1972.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Be Sow­ing the Seed
  2. Call from the Is­lands, The
  3. Closer to Thee
  4. Come, and I Will Give You Rest
  5. Do All in the Name of the Lord
  6. For Christ and the Church We Voice Our Love
  7. Forth to the Field
  8. Have You Drift­ed Away from Mo­ther?
  9. Hold to the Sav­ior’s Hand
  10. He’s More Than All This World to Me
  11. Home on the Banks of the Ri­ver
  12. I Want to Be Like Him
  13. In the Light
  14. Jesus Is All in All
  15. Jesus Is Strong and Able to Save
  16. Jesus, Sav­ior, Keep Me Ho­ly
  17. Keep the Gos­pel Mes­sage Roll­ing On
  18. Listen, Sin­ner, Some­one’s at the Door
  19. Living in the Sun­light
  20. Lost, Is the Cry from the Mount­ain Steps
  21. Love of Je­sus Reach­es Down, The
  22. Nearer and Dear­er Is Je­sus to Me
  23. On the Rock of Ag­es
  24. On the Sun Bright Road of Cal­va­ry
  25. One by One
  26. Peace in My Soul
  27. Prepare to Meet Thy God
  28. Rejoice and Sing
  29. Safely the Nine­ty and Nine Are Shel­tered
  30. Sinner, Is Your Heart Wea­ry?
  31. Some Cloud­less Morn­ing We Shall Rise
  32. There’s a Work for Ev­ery Chris­tian
  33. When the Sheaves Are Ga­thered In
  34. When My Work on Earth Is Done
  35. When the Morn­ing Dawns of the Judg­ment Day
  36. Will You Take the Gos­pel There?