1911–1983

Introduction

portrait

Born: Ju­ly 2, 1911, Hart­ville, Mis­sou­ri.

Died: De­cem­ber 24, 1983, Law­rence Coun­ty, Ten­nes­see.

Buried: Mi­mo­sa Ce­me­te­ry, Law­rence­burg, Ten­nes­see.

Biography

Rupert, a min­is­ter, was the son of Grov­er Cleve­land Crav­ens and Maude Etha Bo­li­an, and hus­band of Ruth Lou­ise Shoaf (mar­ried 1943).

He was educated at Lam­buth Col­lege, Jack­son, Ten­ne­ssee; Tre­vec­ca Col­lege of the Na­za­rene, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see; and the Church of the Na­za­rene Se­mi­na­ry, Kan­sas City, Mis­sou­ri. He al­so stu­died at the Vaugh­an School of Mu­sic in Law­rence­burg, Ten­nes­see.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. As We Dai­ly Tra­vel On
  2. Be Near Me, Dear Sav­ior, and Guide
  3. Beyond the Gates
  4. Brighter, Bliss­ful Day Is Just Ahead, A
  5. By Faith We Look Be­yond This Vale
  6. Christ Is Com­ing Back from Glo­ry
  7. Cross I’ll Bear for Je­sus, The
  8. Dear Sin­ner, Your Life Is No More Than a Breeze
  9. Deep in My Heart Is a Calm So Di­vine
  10. Each Day My Heart Is Filled with Praise
  11. Every Day Let Me Live Close to Je­sus
  12. Far Away from God and Home
  13. Far Be­yond the Star­ry Sky Is a Home
  14. Father in Heav­en So Loved a Lost World, The
  15. From the Broad Way of Sin
  16. Get Rea­dy for the By and By
  17. Great the Debt of Love I Owe
  18. Happy on the Way to Heav­en’s Glo­ry
  19. He Is Clos­er Than a Bro­ther
  20. Heaven Smiles up­on My Path­way
  21. Hold My Hand O Bless­ed Sav­ior
  22. Homes Are Brok­en, Hearts Are Sad
  23. I Am Go­ing to a Ci­ty
  24. I Am Kept Each Day in the Ho­ly Way
  25. I Am on My Way to a Bet­ter Home
  26. I Am Saved by the Blood
  27. I Have Found a Heal­ing Fount­ain
  28. I Was Bend­ing with a Hea­vy Bur­den
  29. I’m a Pil­grim in This World
  30. I’m Bound for Heav­en, That Ci­ty Above
  31. I’m Sing­ing To­day
  32. I’m So Glad I Found the Sav­ior
  33. In God’s Gar­den There’s No Room
  34. In the Beau­ty of Ho­li­ness the Lord
  35. In the Bi­ble We Are Told
  36. I’ve Tra­veled Here for Je­sus
  37. Jesus Calls for Hum­ble Serv­ants
  38. Jesus’ Love, Won­drous Love
  39. Jesus, Our Lord, Is Great and Strong
  40. Jesus Suf­fered Cru­el Death
  41. Jesus, Thou Art Life to Me
  42. Jesus Walks Be­side Me on Life’s Way
  43. Joy of Heav­en Is Swell­ing in My Soul, The
  44. Let Me Live Close to Thee
  45. Lift Up Your Eyes and Nev­er Fal­ter
  46. Lift Your Eyes and Look Ab­ove
  47. Living for Je­sus I Have
  48. Look Away to Heav­en
  49. Look to the Cross
  50. Love of God, All Love Ex­cel­ling
  51. Love of God Has Changed My Life, The
  52. My View of Heav­en’s Grow­ing Bright­er
  53. No Strang­er Am I to God’s Mer­cy and Love
  54. O Christ­ian, Be Brave and with Faith Press Along
  55. O I Love to Read the Bi­ble Ev­ery Day
  56. O Sav­ior Dear to Thee
  57. O Take Cour­age, Wea­ry Heart
  58. O What Joy Abides
  59. Often I Am Worn and Wea­ry
  60. Often I Think of That Sweet Home
  61. Often Times My Heart Grows Lone­ly
  62. Often We Read the Bi­ble We Love
  63. Oh, Won­der­ful Morn­ing!
  64. On the Rest­less Sea of Life
  65. Open to the House of Da­vid
  66. Peace That Pass­eth Un­der­stand­ing
  67. Praise the Lord, All Ye Peo­ple Praise
  68. Savior, Lead Me Lest I Wan­der
  69. Sing a Song of Glo­ry
  70. So Oft I’ve Heard of a Ci­ty of Light
  71. So Oft­en in Fond­est Dreams I Stroll
  72. Story of the Cross, The
  73. There Is a Ci­ty of Beau­ty Un­told
  74. There Is a Gar­den Where Oft­en I Meet
  75. There Will Be Joy for All
  76. There Will Come a Day of Glad­ness By and By
  77. There Will Dawn a Hap­py Morn­ing
  78. There’ll Be a Hap­py Time To­mor­row
  79. There’s a Crown of Life Await­ing the Faith­ful
  80. There’s a Friend Who’s Dear­er
  81. There’s a Hap­py Home Await­ing Me
  82. There’s a Hap­py Land of Beau­ty
  83. Trusting in the Love of Je­sus
  84. Walking in the Way of Won­der­ful Love
  85. Walking in the Way
  86. We Have Oft­en Been Told of a Ci­ty
  87. We’re a Hap­py Band of Sing­ers
  88. What Joy Be­yond Ex­press­ion
  89. When My Heart Is Sore, and by Tri­als
  90. When Our Jour­ney of Life Is End­ed
  91. When the Gates of Glo­ry Open
  92. When We Stood in Sin Con­demned
  93. Where Look­est Thou, O Wea­ry
  94. With Faith in the Lord I Hold
  95. With God’s Love My Heart Is Ov­er­flow­ing
  96. Wondrous Love from Heav­en Above