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 the Hall-Mack pub­lish­ers 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:

• The Trib­ute of Song, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick et al. (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, 1904)

• Hustad, pp. 136, 287-8
• Reynolds, p. 381
• Sanville, p. 14

1. All Alone
2. Answering Thy Call © 1934
3. City of Ref­uge, The © 1943
4. Cloud and the Fire, The
5. Decision
6. Dwelling in Beu­lah Land
7. Go and Tell
8. Gospel Train, The
9. He Is Mine
10. He’s Able and Will­ing
11. I Am Al­pha and Ome­ga
12. I Do Not Ask
13. I Have a Friend © 1948
14. I Know Whom I Have Be­lieved
15. I Love to Think of Je­sus
16. I Want to Be Saved
17. I Will Not Leave You Com­fort­less
18. If Je­sus Goes with Me
19. In Thee Do I Live © 1938
20. I’m Go­ing There
21. In the Ga­rden
22. Look for Me!
23. Jesus! Bless­èd Name!
24. Lord, Is It I? © 1938
25. Love, Mer­cy and Grace © 1938
26. Next Step, The
27. New Name in Glo­ry, A
28. No One Can Help You but Je­sus
29. Put on the Wed­ding Gar­ment
30. Stranger by the Sea, The © 1942
31. Sunshine
32. Tell Us
33. There I Would Be © 1938
34. Up Cal­va­ry’s Hill © 1933
35. When He Held Out His Hand
36. Wide, Wide as the Ocean
37. Win Them One by One

1. Jesus Set the Mu­sic Ring­ing
2. Just Be­fore the Dawn­ing
3. Somebody’s Pray­ing for You © 1935
4. Still Sweet­er Ev­ery Day
5. To Vic­to­ry
6. We Shall Walk with the Savior