1907–1943

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 16, 1907, Cur­ry, Walk­er Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: July 2, 1943, Jas­per, Ala­ba­ma.

Buried: New Pros­pect Ce­me­te­ry, Jas­per, Ala­ba­ma.

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Biography

Eugene was the son of James Lou­is Wright and Ida Es­tes, and hus­band of No­ra Eli­za­beth Crump Gold­en.

He taught sing­ing schools for a de­cade, and was a staff writ­er for the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic Com­pa­ny. He al­so wrote part time for the Par­ris Mu­sic Com­pa­ny.

Works

Wright is said to have pro­duced ov­er 200 hymns and Gos­pel songs.

Lyrics

  1. As Pil­grims We’re Tra­vel­ing
  2. Glory Will Be Mine
  3. Gonna Rise Up and Shine
  4. I Am a Pil­grim and Strang­er in This Earth Land
  5. I Am Bound for Hea­ven, That Bright Ci­ty So Fair
  6. I Am Go­ing On­ward with Christ To­day
  7. I Am Just a Wea­ry, Care­worn Pil­grim
  8. I Am Just a Wea­ry Pil­grim
  9. I Am Just A-Pass­ing Through
  10. I Am Oft­en Wea­ry with a Bur­den
  11. I Am Tread­ing the Path­way That Leads Above
  12. I Have a Man­sion in a Beau­ti­ful Land
  13. I Will Fol­low Je­sus
  14. If You Are Spend­ing Your Days in Fol­ly
  15. I’m A-Gon­na Walk Dem Streets
  16. I’m a Wea­ry Pil­grim, Tra­vel­ing
  17. I’m On­ly a Pil­grim Here Be­low
  18. I’m On­ly on a Lit­tle Vi­sit
  19. I’m On­ly on a Vi­sit
  20. In My Heart Is Ring­ing a Song
  21. It Can’t Last Long
  22. I’ve Left the By­ways of Sor­row That I Tra­veled
  23. I’ve Read of a Land
  24. I’ve Start­ed in the Race for Hea­ven
  25. Jesus Came One Hap­py Day
  26. Jesus Has Lift­ed Me From Bond­age of Sin
  27. Jesus Is Keep­ing Watch
  28. Jesus Is Reign­ing in Pow­er Su­preme
  29. Life’s Fol­lies and Plea­sures
  30. Marching Along the Good Old Way
  31. Million Years from Now, A
  32. Often We Strug­gle with a Bur­den to Bear
  33. On This Lone­some Road My Feet Are Dai­ly Far­ing
  34. Onward I Jour­ney with My Re­deem­er
  35. Out on the De­sert I Wan­dered Alone
  36. Since I’ve Left the Val­ley
  37. Since Je­sus Came in­to My Heart
  38. Sunset Is Com­ing, but the Sun­rise We’ll See
  39. Sweet Is the Song I’m Sing­ing
  40. There Is a Land of Fade­less Beau­ty
  41. There’s a Ci­ty of Joy and Rap­ture
  42. Too Sac­red for Mor­tal Eyes to See
  43. We Have Left the Land of Egypt
  44. We Shall Soon Be Leav­ing This Old World of Pain
  45. We’ve Come Out to the Lone­ly Church­yard
  46. What a Hap­py Day, Cares Will Pass Away
  47. What Plans Have You Made?
  48. When I See Je­sus Com­ing on That Glad Day
  49. When My Heart Is Hea­vy with the Cares
  50. When Our Tra­vel­ing Days Are End­ed
  51. When the Clouds of Sor­row Fall ov­er Your Way
  52. When the Cross Is Too Hea­vy to Bear
  53. When the Sha­dows Roll Away
  54. When the Storms Are Roll­ing o’er the Path
  55. When Toil­ing Is End­ed and My Bur­dens Are Laid
  56. When Your Heart Is Wea­ry
  57. While Going On­ward Through Life
  58. Why Should Our Hearts Be Lone­ly
  59. With Je­sus, My Sav­ior, I’m Walk­ing Each Day

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