Miles at­tende­d the Phil­a­del­phia Coll­ege of Phar­ma­cy and the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia. In 1892, he aban­don­ed his ca­reer as a phar­ma­cist and wrote his first Gos­pel song, List ’Tis Je­sus’ Voice, which was pub­lished by the Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny. He served as ed­i­tor and man­a­ger at Hall-Mack for 37 years. In his own words:

It is as a writ­er of gos­pel songs I am proud to be known, for in that way I may be of the most use to my Mas­ter, whom I serve will­ing­ly al­though not as ef­fi­cient­ly as is my de­sire.

Miles’ works in­clude:

• New Songs of the Gos­pel, with Lin­coln Hall (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, 1900)
• The Ser­vice of Praise, with Lin­coln Hall et al. (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, 1900)
• The Trib­ute of Song, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick et al. (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, 1904)

• Hustad, pp. 136, 287-88
• Reynolds, p. 381
• Sanville, p. 14

1. Across the Mystic Maze of Years
2. After a While, the Bur­dens We Have Borne So Long
3. All Alone
4. All Blotted Out, All Blotted Out
5. All Earth To­day Is Bright and Gay
6. All Hail to Thee, Emanuel!
7. All Is Dark, I Can­not See My Way
8. All My Cloudy Days Are Bright
9. All Paths Are Bright
10. All That Drew Me I Have Left Be­hind
11. All That Held Me, I Have Left Be­hind
12. All That I Am or Hope to Be
13. All the Joy in the World Is Thine
14. All the World Is Bright to Me
15. Answering Thy Call
16. Anything or No­thing
17. Army of the Cross Ad­vanc­es, The
18. As a Light­house on the Shore
19. As of Old When the Hosts of Is­rael
20. At Morn­ing, When We Awak­en
21. At One with God
22. At the Cross, at the Cross, Won­der Found Me
23. Awake, and in His Strength Re­newed
24. Awake, Awake, O Earth, Awake and Sing!
25. Awake, Awake, the Dawn of Day Is Break­ing
26. Awake, Awake, with Light the Skies Are Glow­ing
27. Away with Doubt, Away with Fear
28. Beautiful Flow­ers of Eden
29. Believer, There’s a Bless­ing
30. Bells of Peace on High
31. Betrayed with a Kiss
32. Birds Have Their Nests, The
33. Blessed Be He, the God of Our Sal­va­tion
34. Blessed Com­fort­er, Dwell in Me I Pray
35. Bring, O Bring Again to Me
36. By the Blood on the Cross of Cal­va­ry
37. By Thy Love Which Feared No Dan­ger
38. Carols Sing to Our King
39. Cheerily, Cheer­i­ly Sing­ing
40. Cheerful Word, a Kind­ly Smile, A
41. Child in Low­ly Man­ger Ly­ing
42. Christ Is Born
43. City of Ref­uge, The
44. Cheerily, Cheer­i­ly Sing­ing
45. Clinging to Cal­va­ry
46. Close, Close to Thee!
47. Cloud and the Fire, The
48. Clouds May Hover Over Me
49. Come Where the Foun­tains Are Flow­ing
50. Come, Ye Hea­vy La­den
51. Conquest Ban­ners Stream­ing
52. Cross Crowned Hill Above a Verd­ant Plain
53. Day By Day, Hour By Hour
54. Days That Glide So Swift­ly, The
55. Decision
56. Do You Know the Sav­ior as I Know Him?
57. Don’t You Hear the Tu­mult in the City?
58. Down By a Ri­ver Where the Breez­es Blow
59. Draw Me Near­er, O My Sav­ior
60. Dwelling in Beu­lah Land
61. Earth Is but a Place to Tar­ry
62. Easter Bells, Eas­ter Bells, Peal­ing
63. Ever Abid­ing in His Love
64. Every Voice That Car­ols to the King
65. Faith Re­veals in Un­told Beau­ty
66. Faithful Is He
67. Falter Not
68. Far Above Earth’s Tu­mult
69. Far Above the World So High
70. Far and Wide the An­gels’ Song
71. Far Up the Moun­tain of Sin Do I Roam
72. Flow, Flow on Life’s Broad Stream
73. Flowers in the Mea­dow Grow­ing
74. For Gen­tle Rain That Fills Anew the Spring
75. For My Sins, Is Par­don Found
76. For You, Sin­ner, for You
77. Fountain Was Opened on Cal­va­ry, A
78. Forward, Chris­tian Sol­dier, Go
79. From Dawn to Ev­en­song Is but a Day
80. From the Morn­ing Dawn as the Hours Roll On
81. From the Throne Flows a Wond­rous Stream
82. Galilean, Meek and Low­ly
83. Gather the Sun­beams as They Fall
84. Give Me No Trea­sures That Last but a While
85. Go and Tell un­to All the Gos­pel Sto­ry
86. God Holds the Key to the Cross­es
87. God Is Call­ing Now for Work­ers
88. God Is Ev­er Care­ful of His Own
89. God Laid on Me a Cross to Ca­rry
90. God’s Own Hand Shall Lead Me
91. Golden Sands Are Flow­ing, The
92. Gospel Train, The
93. Grant, My Dear Lord, Thy Bless­ing un­to Me
94. Hark, on the High­way of Life a Sound
95. Hark, the Sab­bath Bells Are Peal­ing Soft­ly
96. Hasten Away, Do Not De­lay
97. Hate Made a Cross from the Wood of a Tree
98. Have You Done Your Ver­y Best?
99. He Is Mine
100. He My Re­fuge Is, My For­tress
101. Hear the An­gels Sing­ing
102. Hear the Chimes of the Gos­pel Bells
103. Heavenly Doors Were Opened
104. Heavens Are Tell­ing the Glo­ry of God, The
105. Here We All Must Part
106. He’s Able and Will­ing
107. Hills Are Crowned with Ros­es, The
108. Hold Thou My Hand, O Lord?
109. Holy Bi­ble, Word Di­vine
110. Hope of the World Is Cal­va­ry, The
111. Hope of the World Is Je­sus, The
112. How Glor­i­ous Is the Ho­ly Word
113. How Oft­en You Think of Your Home
114. I Am Al­pha and Ome­ga
115. I Am Fully Sa­tis­fied with Je­sus’ Love
116. I Am Glad to Tell, with My Soul ’Tis Well
117. I Am Hap­py Ev­ery Day, for I Know
118. I Am Hap­py in the Lord, Sweet­ly Trust­ing
119. I Am Not Un­der Law, I’m Un­der Grace
120. I Am Re­joic­ing Now in Sins For­giv­en
121. I Am Sail­ing on a Sea
122. I Am the Way, the Sav­ior Said
123. I Can­not Un­der­stand While Walk­ing Hand in Hand
124. I Claim for My Own a King on a Throne
125. I Do Not Ask
126. I Do Not Know and None Can Tell
127. I Do Not Know the Depth of Je­sus’ Love
128. I Have a Com­rade Who Knows Me Well
129. I Have a Friend In­deed, a Friend I Oft­en Need
130. I Have a Friend, Than Whom I Need No Other
131. I Have a Friend Un­fail­ing
132. I Have a Friend Who Knows Me So Well
133. I Have Bless­ed Peace Though the Storm May Beat
134. I Knew I Was a Sin­ner
135. I Know I Am a Sin­ner in the Sight of God
136. I Know Whom I Have Be­lieved
137. I Know I Love My Sav­ior
138. I Love Him Be­cause I Know Him
139. I Love Him, Though Un­worthy Ev­er
140. I Love to Think of Je­sus
141. I Must Have Je­sus with Me
142. I Must Lay This Bo­dy Down and Soar Away
143. I Oft­en Won­der What Shall Be
144. I Saw Around the Throne
145. I Seem to See One Walk­ing By the Sea of Gal­i­lee
146. I Shall Wear a Gold­en Crown
147. I Sought to Find My Heart’s De­sire
148. I Strive to Walk the Nar­row Way
149. I Walk with Je­sus Tho’ His Pierced Feet
150. I Want to Be Saved
151. I Want to Be There at the Roll Call
152. I Want to Tell the Sto­ry I Love So Well
153. I Will Not Leave You Com­fort­less
154. I Will Not Let Thee Go Un­til Thou Bless Me
155. I Will Seek to Be a Bless­ing
156. I’d Like to Be a Child Again
157. If a Cross I Bear
158. If Je­sus Goes with Me
159. If the Voice of God Should Come to You
160. If You Have Knelt Be­fore Your God in Pray­er
161. I’ll Cling to Him, Whose Pierced Feet
162. I’ll Cling to Thee, Je­sus, in Joy and in Pain
163. I’m Go­ing There
164. I’ll Ne­ver Cease to Love Him
165. I’m Wea­ry of Bear­ing My Bur­den
166. In a Man­ger Low, in a Cat­tle Shed
167. In My Heart I Have a Song
168. In the Beau­ty of the Earth
169. In the Ga­rden
170. In the Glo­ry of the Ear­ly Morn­ing
171. In the Up­per Gar­den
172. In the Word of God Is a Wond­rous Plan
173. In Thee Do I Live
174. In Thy Hands, O Je­sus, All My Life I Place
175. Is There on Your Heart a Bur­den
176. Is There One Who Can Feed the Hun­gry Soul?
177. I’ve Been Re­deemed By the Pre­cious Blood
178. Jerusalem, O Ci­ty Bright
179. Jesus! Bless­èd Name!
180. Jesus Christ My Par­don Pur­chased
181. Jesus, I Have Come to Thee
182. Jesus in the Morn­ing When I Wake
183. Jesus Knows My Cares
184. Jesus, My Sav­ior, Calls in Tones So Clear
185. Jesus, My Sav­ior, When I Stand and View
186. Jesus, to Thee I Kneel in Sweet Sub­mi­ssion
187. Joy Is Spring­ing in This Soul of Mine
188. Just a Lit­tle Near­er, Speaks a Lov­ing Voice
189. Just a Step from Here to Hea­ven
190. Just to Have the Lov­ing Heart of Je­sus
191. King Di­vine Is a Friend of Mine, A
192. King Is Born in Beth­le­hem, A
193. Kings of the Earth Dwell in Pal­ac­es Fair
194. Life Is but a Mo­ment That Soon Will Be Past
195. Life Is but a Span in the Mea­sure of Years
196. Life Is Full of Sun­shine
197. Life Is Like the Roll­ing Ocean
198. Little More Giv­ing, A
199. Listen to the Song the Birds Are Sing­ing
200. Long Ago I Lost My Evil Love for Sin­ning
201. Look for Me!
202. Lord, Is It I?
203. Look Up When All the Way Is Dark
204. Love, Mer­cy and Grace
205. Love of the Sav­ior of Sin­ners, The
206. Lullaby, Lul­la­by, An­gels Guard
207. March On, O Sons of God
208. Master Is Come and Call­eth for Thee, The
209. Mid the Throng in Which I’m Dai­ly Liv­ing
210. Mourners Left Weep­ing, The
211. My Fa­ther’s House Above
212. My Heart Is Sing­ing as the Days Go By
213. My Lord Has Done So Much for Me
214. My Sins, O the Peace-Giv­ing Thought
215. My Sins Were Ma­ny, With­out a Doubt
216. My Trust I Place Now and Ev­er
217. My Way Was Not the Right Way
218. Myriads of Frag­rant Flow­ers
219. Name of All the Names the Dear­est
220. Never Friend­less, I Have a Won­der­ful Friend
221. Never Mind the Wea­ther, Dark or Fair
222. New Name in Glo­ry, A
223. Next Step, The
224. No Caste Nor Creed, Nor Par­ty Pride
225. No Mat­ter Where You May Roam
226. No One Can Help You but Je­sus
227. Nothing Have I to Of­fer Worth His Praise
228. O Come and Walk with Me
229. O for Words to Sing un­to Christ My King
230. O Friend of Sin­ners, I Know Thy Great Com­pas­sion
231. O Garden Low­ly, Earth­ly Yet Ho­ly
232. O Give Ear to Our Cry O Lord
233. O Hap­py Chris­tian, Who Knows His Sin For­giv­en
234. O How Mar­ve­lous, O How Won­der­ful
235. O I’m Tra­vel­ling, Hal­le­lu­jah
236. O Joy­ous Bells of Eas­ter Morn­ing
237. O Let Us to the Tomb Now Wend
238. O Ra­diant Morn, When Je­sus Was Born
239. O Sin of Mine, That Bowed His Head
240. O Sin­ner, Your Sav­ior Now Wait­ing Stands
241. O the Joy­ous Greet­ings We Shall See
242. O the Wond­rous Love the Fat­her Shows
243. O What a Change from a World of Des­pair
244. O’er the Bat­tlements of Hea­ven
245. O’er the Hills and Val­leys Let the Tid­ings Fly
246. Oft Perp­lexed By Doubt and Fear
247. Once up­on the Cross Je­sus Died for Me
248. Open, O Gates of Glo­ry
249. Open Wide the Win­dows of Your Soul and Find
250. Other Folks May Not Ap­prove Me
251. Out on the Ocean My Frail Bark Will Glide
252. Over All a God of Love Is Reign­ing
253. Over and Over, I’m Tempt­ed and Tried
254. Over the Val­leys the Sha­dows Fall
255. Path That I Have Trod, The
256. Pathway Is Of­ten So Drea­ry, The
257. Put on the Wed­ding Gar­ment
258. Rejoice, Re­joice, the King
259. Remember Thy Cre­at­or
260. Ring a Mes­sage Far and Wide
261. Ring On, O Bells of Hope
262. Ring, Ring, Mer­ry, Mer­ry Bells
263. Ringing Sweet­ly on the Qui­et Air
264. Room for Je­sus, Can It Be?
265. Rouse Ye! O Ye Free­men!
266. Safe in the Fold We’ve Ga­thered the Sheep
267. Savior Stands Out­side Thy Door, The
268. Say, What Means This Great Com­mo­tion?
269. Shadows of the Night, The
270. Shepherd Di­vine Be Thou Near Us
271. Sin May Leave Its Mark on Me
272. Sing Al­le­lu­ia!
273. Sing with Joy, for the World Still Awaits to Hear
274. Slumber, Child Di­vine
275. Sometimes Above the Path I Tread
276. Sometimes the Days Seem So Drea­ry
277. Sometimes You Grow Wea­ry
278. Somewhere on the Path of Life
279. Souls Are Dy­ing Ev­er­y­where
280. Sowing, Sow­ing, Sow­ing for the Mast­er
281. Star of the Christ­mas Morn­ing
282. Star of the Mid­night Gleam­ing
283. Story of Re­dem­ption Still Is Told, The
284. Storms Do Not Alarm Me
285. Stranger by the Sea, The
286. Strangers to God, His Grace and His Love, The
287. Sunshine
288. Sunshine I Have Found Will Fill Each Day, The
289. Sweep on to Con­quer the Un­known World
290. Sweet Are the Ros­es of Sha­ron
291. Take Je­sus with You in Youth’s Bright­est Hours
292. Take Your Bur­den to Je­sus
293. Tarry with Me, My Sav­ior
294. Tell Us
295. There Are Ma­ny Man­sions Fair
296. There Are Sor­rows Which for Us Are Hard to Bear
297. There Are Those Who Are Dis­cour­aged
298. There Are Two Ways Be­fore Me
299. There I Would Be
300. There Is a Ci­ty, Bright and Fair
301. There Is a Name That Is La­den with Grace
302. There Is Hope, O Soul, for You
303. There Is No Cross Now Stand­ing
304. There Is No Day So Dark, but Has Its Gleam
305. There Is No Death
306. There Is No Storm Where Je­sus Is
307. There Is One Who Al­ways Walks Be­side Me
308. There Is One Who Stands up­on the Threshold
309. There May Be Lands as Yet Un­known
310. There Was a Rose in Shar­on Grow­ing
311. There’s a Land of Peace and Plen­ty
312. There’s a Land to Which My Steps Are Lead­ing
313. There’s a Man­sion That Is Wait­ing Over There
314. There’s a Mes­sage Borne
315. There’s a Mo­ther on Her Knees in Pray­er
316. There’s a Name That Makes My Hap­pi­ness Com­plete
317. There’s a Robe That I Shall Wear
318. There’s a Shout in the Camp
319. There’s a Wed­ding Feast Pre­par­ing
320. They Cru­ci­fied Him Who Knew No Sin
321. They Nailed My Lord up­on the Tree
322. This Is My Sal­va­tion, Je­sus Died for Me
323. This Land Through Which I Jour­ney
324. Thou Shalt Not Have, So Says the Lord
325. Though All the World May Pass Me By
326. Though I Know I Must Go Through the Val­ley Low
327. Though Ma­ny, Ma­ny Years May Pass Away
328. Though the Hand of Win­ter Touch­es Hill and Plain
329. Though the Storms of Life May Ga­ther
330. Though the Tomb Es­sayed to Hold Him
331. Though the World Al­lure with Its Gild­ed Charm
332. Through the Hea­vy Loss­es
333. Thy White Stars Laid in Hea­ven’s Blue
334. Time Stands and Waits While We Go Rush­ing By
335. ’Tis the Lord Who Re­deems Us
336. Toiling, and Oft­en Wea­ry
337. Trusting in Je­sus from Day to Day
338. ’Twas Love That Gave at Great­est Cost
339. ’Twas the Life of Christ, My Lord
340. ’Twas When I Sur­ren­dered to Christ My All
341. Up Cal­va­ry’s Hill Je­sus Pa­tient­ly Trod
342. Uplifted High on Cal­va­ry Across I See
343. Walking in the Morn­ing Bright
344. Walking with Je­sus on Em­ma­us Way
345. We Are Look­ing Up­ward Ev­ery Day
346. We Are Wait­ing for the Dawn­ing of the Day
347. We Are Will­ing Worke­rs, Wait­ing Je­sus’ Call
348. We Be­lieve, O Lord, in the Ho­ly Spir­it
349. We Walk and Talk To­ge­ther
350. Weary and Wan­der­ing and Sunk­en in Sin
351. What a Joy Is Mine, What a Peace Di­vine
352. What Shall Sep­a­rate Us from a Sav­ior’s Love?
353. When God the World Cre­at­ed
354. When God’s Al­migh­ty Hand
355. When He Held Out His Hand
356. When I Ask Thee, Lord, Not Know­ing
357. When I Sought Him, Free­ly Brought Him
358. When Je­sus Bore the Cross to Cal­va­ry
359. When Je­sus Came to Earth from Hea­ven Above
360. When Je­sus Comes in Glo­ry to Call His Loved
361. When My Dai­ly Path Brings Trou­ble Nigh
362. When My Last Word I Have
363. When Sor­row and Grief O’er­whelm You
364. When the Cord of Life for Me Is Brok­en
365. When the Ear­ly Morn Is Break­ing
366. When the Lamb Was Cru­ci­fied
367. When the Pow­er of Evil Is Near
368. When the Storm Spends Its Fury
369. When the Sun up­on His Way
370. When the Word of God Is Torn Apart
371. When Things Go Wrong and Si­lent Is My Song
372. When Thou Art Near Me
373. When Tri­als Come to Me
374. When up­on Bend­ed Knee Je­sus Whis­pered to Me
375. When You Are Dis­coura­ged
376. When You Have Passed Through the Val­ley
377. Where Does He Dwell?
378. Where Is the Church of the Days?
379. Whispering Words of Com­fort
380. White the Robes They Wear
381. Who Is This Stran­ger Who Waits at My Door?
382. Who Is This That’s Wait­ing?
383. Who Will Hear Us When We Pray?
384. Whosoever, Sa­ith the Lord, and Par­don
385. Why Don’t You Get Right with God?
386. Wide, Wide as the Ocean
387. Win Them One by One
388. With a Deep­er Love, Dear Sav­ior
389. With Love and Praise All Na­ture’s Voice Is Sound­ing
390. With My Heart I Be­lieve on the Sav­ior
391. Wondrous Song Was Giv’n to Me, A
392. Word Came un­to No­ah, The
393. Word of the Lord Can Ne­ver Fail, The
394. Word That God Has Gi­ven, The
395. Work in Ear­nest for the One
396. Would You Know Just Where to Seek Him?
397. You Have Heard the Good Old Gos­pel
398. Youth of Ev­ery Land, The

1. In the Sha­dow of His Wings
2. Jesus Set the Mu­sic Ring­ing
3. Just Be­fore the Dawn­ing
4. Somebody’s Pray­ing for You
5. Still Sweet­er Ev­ery Day
6. To Vic­to­ry
7. We Shall Walk with the Sav­ior
8. Yes, He Will