We have little data on James, except that his hymns appeared in Hymns of Christ­ian En­dea­vor, ed­it­ed by S. W. Adri­ance (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: The Unit­ed So­ci­e­ty of Christ­ian En­dea­vor, 1888).

1. God Bless the No­ble Band
2. God Opens Wide His Hand
3. Onward, Tem­per­ance Sol­diers