1874–1950

Introduction

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Born: Jan­u­a­ry 8, 1874, Ath­ens Coun­ty, Ohio.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 21, 1950, An­der­son, In­di­a­na.

Buried: Ma­ple­wood Ce­me­te­ry, An­der­son, In­di­a­na.

Biography

Naylor was a Church of God min­is­ter for 13 years be­fore a tent pole fell on his back dur­ing an ev­an­gel­ism cam­paign in Flor­i­da, in­jur­ing his spine and ki­dney.

A year lat­er he was in a bus ac­ci­dent that made him an in­va­lid for the next four de­cades.

Works

In ad­di­tion to hymns, Nay­lor wrote eight books, ma­ny ar­ti­cles and pamph­lets, and col­umns in the Gos­pel Trum­pet.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Alone with Je­sus, O How Sweet
  2. Along the Way of Life Are Ma­ny Foes
  3. Are Thy Sins Like Clouds That Ga­ther ’Round?
  4. Are We Bowed Today in Sor­row?
  5. Are You Adorn­ing the Doc­trine?
  6. Are You Sin­ning Day by Day?
  7. Are You Adorn­ing the Doc­trine?
  8. As Child­ren Fa­vored of the Lord
  9. As I Come, O Sav­ior
  10. Be an Over­com­er
  11. Because He Loves Me
  12. Brother, on the Ho­ly Way
  13. By Thy Dark, De­cep­tive Flow
  14. Can the Lord Count You Faith­ful?
  15. Child of God’s Bound­less Mer­cy
  16. Children, Join Your God to Bless
  17. Christ Is Mine, My Heart’s Dear Trea­sure
  18. Church Has One Foun­da­tion, The
  19. Church of God from Hea­ven Came, The
  20. Church of God One Bo­dy Is, The
  21. Church’s Ju­bi­lee, The
  22. Come, All Ye Ran­somed
  23. Come, Jus­ti­fied Soul
  24. Dark and Gloomy Is Thy Way
  25. Death Will Come to Ev­ery One
  26. Dost Thy Soul Ran­somed from Egypt
  27. Down from the Por­tals of Glo­ry
  28. Eternal God, Our Re­fuge Be
  29. Forward, For­ward Is the Bat­tle Cry
  30. Future Lies Un­seen Ahead, The
  31. God Has Sent the Ho­ly Spir­it
  32. God of Light That Il­lumes All Space
  33. God Will Give Grace and Glo­ry
  34. God’s Way Is Best
  35. Grace, Dear Lord
  36. Guide of My Youth Be Thou, O Lord
  37. He Wants His Way in Thee
  38. He Will Care for Me
  39. Holy, Ho­ly, Is the Lord
  40. How Safe Is the Soul
  41. Hushed Is the Wood­bird’s Note
  42. I Am Only an Earth­en Ves­sel
  43. I Am the Lord’s, I Know
  44. I Come, O Lord, to Thee
  45. I Have a Hope, Se­rene and Sure
  46. I Have Read With­in the Bi­ble
  47. I Have Wan­dered in Sin
  48. I Have Yield­ed My­self to Thy Ser­vice
  49. I Know on Whom My Faith Is Fixed
  50. I Love to Think of Je­sus
  51. I Mean to Go Right on Un­til the Crown Is Won
  52. I Once Was in Bond­age in Egypt’s Dark Night
  53. I Walk Today in the Chris­tian Way
  54. I Was Charmed by the World’s Al­lure­ments
  55. I Was So Lone­ly, So Very Lone­ly
  56. If We Shall Scat­ter Tares in the Fal­low
  57. I’ll Fol­low with Re­joic­ing
  58. I’m Go­ing On
  59. I’m on the Win­ning Side
  60. In Fer­vent Pray­er, with Ho­ly Praise
  61. In the Bi­ble’s Stand­ard of Life We May Find
  62. In This Wick­ed World Am I
  63. Is There Any Firm Foun­da­tion?
  64. It May Be Lit­tle That I Can Do
  65. I’ve An­chored My Soul in God’s Pro­mise
  66. I’ve Turned from the World and Its Fol­lies
  67. Jesus, My Bless­ed Re­deem­er
  68. Jesus Will Save, for Your Soul He Hath Giv­en
  69. Joyful We Walk on the King’s High­way
  70. Just Be­yond Where the Sha­dows Are Fall­ing
  71. Let Na­tions Bow Be­fore Him
  72. Life’s Jour­ney Lies Be­fore My Soul
  73. Light of Ev­en­tide Now Shines, The
  74. Long Scat­tered Thy Child­ren, O Zi­on
  75. Master and Lord Ye Call Me To­day
  76. More Like Christ
  77. My Heart Says Amen
  78. Not as Teach­er in Ju­dea
  79. O Beau­ti­ful Zi­on
  80. O Church of God
  81. O Day of All the Days the Best
  82. O Praise the Lord!
  83. O Sin­ner, Do No Long­er
  84. O Soul Bowed Down with Grief and Care
  85. O Soul on the Broad Way
  86. Oft in Si­lent Me­di­ta­tion
  87. Oft in the Noon­day, the Ev­en­ing
  88. Oh, Write Thy Won­drous Love Di­vine
  89. On the Throne of Da­vid Christ Is Reign­ing Now
  90. On to the Goal
  91. Once Again We Come
  92. Out on the De­sert in Dark­ness and Sin
  93. Preach the Truth, the Sav­ing Truth
  94. Press the Bat­tle On
  95. Reformation Glo­ry, The
  96. Safe in the Love of Je­sus
  97. Savior, Now My Heart Is Long­ing
  98. Shall I Be Ashamed of My Sav­ior and King
  99. Shine in Me
  100. Should Not the Child­ren of One Fa­ther
  101. Sin Can Ne­ver En­ter There
  102. Spirit Ho­ly in Me Dwell­ing
  103. Stop, Sin­ner, on Your Sin­ful Way
  104. Swiftly the Shades of Ev­en­ing
  105. That Heav­en­ly Teach­er
  106. There Is a Name, a Won­der­ful Name
  107. There Is No Use to Tell Me
  108. There’s a Migh­ty Re­for­ma­tion
  109. Thou Art My Soul’s De­light
  110. Thou, Lord of Might and Great Re­nown
  111. Though I Walk in Ways Un­known
  112. Through Time I Am Pass­ing
  113. To God Be the Glo­ry for All He Hath Done
  114. Turning Thy Face from All the Past
  115. Voice Ma­jes­tic from on High, A
  116. What Are You Sow­ing, Sin­ner?
  117. What Hath the Lord Done for Thee?
  118. When God Doth Call You
  119. When My Soul Is Op­pressed
  120. When the Earth Shall Cease to Be
  121. When the Last Earth Tie Is Sun­dered
  122. When the Sky Is Clear and I Know No Fear
  123. When the Storm Winds Rage
  124. When the Winds of Per­se­cu­tion Blow
  125. When You Have Come to the End­ing of Life
  126. When You See Christ Com­ing in the Cloud­ed Sky
  127. Whether I Live or Die
  128. Whether Life Be Long or the Time Be Near
  129. Wholehearted Ser­vice
  130. Will of God Was a Gall­ing Thing to Me, The
  131. With Joy We Hail This Bless­ed Day
  132. Without Ho­li­ness No Man Shall See the Lord
  133. World of Sin­ners Know Not God, The
  134. Would You Go at Last Where the Ho­ly Dwell?

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