1881–1937

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 23, 1881, Hi­ram, Tex­as.

Died: June 3, 1937, Oak­ville, Ten­nes­see (just east of Mem­phis In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port).

Buried: Ed­mond­son Ce­me­te­ry, South­av­en, Mis­sis­sip­pi.

Biography

James was the son of Sam­uel Hen­ry Gaines, and hus­band of Laur­el Laugh­lin (mar­ried ab­out 1904).

In 1900, he was liv­ing in Kauff­man, Tex­as. He worked with the Trio and/or Quar­tet Mu­sic Com­pa­nies in Wa­co, Texas.

The fa­mi­ly moved to Ten­nes­see by World War I, when Gaines was draft­ed for mi­li­ta­ry ser­vice. After the war, he ran a mu­sic pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny in Mem­phis, Ten­nes­see.

Works

Lyrics

  1. Although All My Friends For­sake Me
  2. Are You Pre­par­ing the Sav­ior to Meet?
  3. As I Tra­vel on My Jour­ney
  4. As the Sun­light Shines
  5. Before Thy Throne, Dear Lord
  6. Blessed Sav­ior Ev­er Knows, The
  7. Close to the Cross of Je­sus
  8. Come, Let Us Praise Our Re­deem­er
  9. Come with Re­joic­ing, for the Lord Is Ris­en
  10. Deep Was My Soul Be­neath the Great Debt
  11. Enter the Har­vest Field
  12. Following Je­sus
  13. For the Soul That Is Re­deemed
  14. For You, Dear Sin­ner, the Sav­ior Came
  15. Garden of Beu­lah, The
  16. Gathered To­ge­ther at Home
  17. Glorious Gos­pel of Peace and Love
  18. Glory Songs Were Ech­oed on the Earth
  19. Go and Tell to Ev­ery Na­tion
  20. Go at the Dawn of the Morn­ing
  21. Go Forth and Tell the Sto­ry
  22. Hand That Can Save Is Reach­ing, The
  23. Harvest Field Is Ripe and Rea­dy, The
  24. Hear the Sav­ior Call­ing
  25. He’ll Save Your Soul (co-au­thor)
  26. Hold His Ban­ner High
  27. I Am An­chored in My Re­deem­er’s Love
  28. I Am Cling­ing to the Cross of My Cru­ci­fied Lord
  29. I Am Glad That I Came to the Sav­ior
  30. I Am Go­ing Ov­er Yon­der
  31. I Am Go­ing to a Home Where No Sor­rows
  32. I Am on the Road to Hea­ven
  33. I Am So Hap­py, for Je­sus
  34. I Am Wait­ing at the Cross of My Bless­ed Lord
  35. I Am Walk­ing in the High­way of My Bless­ed King
  36. I Have a Home All Bright and Fair
  37. I Have Faith That’s Firm in the Cru­ci­fied
  38. I Have Started on My Jour­ney to the Glo­ry Land
  39. I Want to Hear the Mes­sage
  40. I Want to Live, Dear Lord, for Thee
  41. I Want to Live for Je­sus
  42. I Want to Live in That Ci­ty
  43. If You Be­lieve the Pro­mise of Je­sus
  44. I’ll Un­der­stand
  45. I’m Liv­ing Near My Bless­ed Lord
  46. I’m Trust­ing in Je­sus to Lead
  47. In a Ci­ty with the An­gels Fair
  48. In That Home Of The Soul
  49. In the Pal­ace of My King
  50. In This Wea­ry Land Be­low
  51. I’ve a Song of Glad­ness Ring­ing
  52. I’ve En­tered the Ser­vice of My Bless­ed Lord
  53. Let the Ban­ner Be Un­furled
  54. Lord Is King, Let Earth Re­joice, The
  55. Lord Is Walk­ing with Me, The
  56. Mansion in Glo­ry, A
  57. Many Years I Spent in Sin’s Dark Way
  58. Master Calls for Work­ers True, The
  59. Morning of My Life Past, The
  60. My Hap­py Soul Is Glo­ry Bound
  61. My Lord Will Car­ry You Through!
  62. My Re­deem­er Gave His Life on Cal­va­ry
  63. My Sav­ior Came in­to My Soul
  64. My Sav­ior Found Me
  65. My Sav­ior Has Gone to Pre­pare for Me
  66. My Sav­ior Has Washed Me as White as the Snow
  67. My Ser­vice Here Be­low, Dear Lord
  68. No Mat­ter How Drea­ry or Rug­ged the Way
  69. Now the Fight Is Rag­ing
  70. Often I Away Have Turned
  71. Oh, Let Me Hide in Thee
  72. On the Sea of Life
  73. Over Yon­der by the Ri­ver
  74. Rejoice and Sing un­to the Lord
  75. Savior Di­vine, I Come to Thee
  76. Savior Stands Out­side the Door, The
  77. See the Ev­il Host Be­fore Us
  78. See the Ev­il Hosts of Sin As­sail­ing
  79. Sin Is the Cause of It All
  80. Since Je­sus Came in­to My Life
  81. Sinner, Come Now While You May
  82. Some Day
  83. Somewhere in the Land of Love
  84. Songs of Glad­ness Bring­ing a Mes­sage of Love
  85. Soon the Toils of Life Will Cease
  86. Soon We’ll Lay Our Ar­mor Down
  87. Take My Hand, and Lead Me
  88. There Is a Home in Hea­ven
  89. There Is a Land of Pure De­light
  90. There Is Life and Peace for Your Wea­ry Soul
  91. There Will Be a Bright­er Day
  92. There’s a Ci­ty of Glad­ness
  93. There’s a Guid­ing Star
  94. There’s a Land of Joy Eter­nal
  95. There’s On­ly One Way to Reach Hea­ven
  96. Though I’m De­sert­ed and Friend­less Be­low
  97. Though This Life Be Filled with Care
  98. ’Tis One Eter­nal Day
  99. To View Thy Cross, Dear Sav­ior
  100. Trusting Je­sus Ev­ery Mo­ment
  101. ’Twill Be Glo­ry Ov­er There
  102. We Are Loy­al Sol­diers March­ing to the Fight
  103. What a Won­der­ful Love
  104. What a Won­der­ful Love Our Re­deem­er Has Shown
  105. What Have You Done in the Mas­ter’s Dear Name?
  106. When Je­sus Comes, You Ne­ver Men­tioned Him to Me
  107. When the World Was Deep in Sin
  108. When Think­ing of My Sav­ior Dear
  109. When We Meet in Hea­ven Above
  110. Who Will Vol­un­teer Today?
  111. Whole World Needs Je­sus, The
  112. Why Do You Long­er the Sav­ior Re­fuse?
  113. Wonderful Sto­ry of Je­sus Who Came
  114. Years I Spent in Sin’s Dark Val­ley

Music

  1. My An­chor Holds

Sources

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Gaines (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),