1871–1966
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Born: No­vem­ber 20, 1871, La­fay­ette, In­di­ana.

Died: De­cem­ber 3, 1966, Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see.

Buried: Pine­crest Ce­me­te­ry, Se­bring, Flo­ri­da.

Biography

Charles was the hus­band of Car­rie Hitt.

He at­tend­ed the Cin­cin­na­ti Con­ser­va­tory of Mu­sic, then went on to a ca­reer in preach­ing and song writ­ing.

He spent the last 15 years of his life at the Ten­nes­see Tem­ple Schools in Chat­ta­noo­ga.

Works

Weigle wrote ov­er 1,000 Gospel songs, and:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abundance of Grace
  2. All the Way with Thee
  3. Come to the Sav­ior To­day
  4. Don’t Be Wor­ried
  5. Down Deep in the Sea
  6. Every Day for Je­sus
  7. Go On
  8. God Chang­eth Not
  9. He Won My Heart
  10. Heaven Is Not Far Away
  11. I Am Hap­py in Je­sus
  12. I Have Found A Hid­ing Place
  13. I Love to Walk with Je­sus
  14. I Sing of Thee
  15. I Want My Sav­ior Near Me
  16. I Will Fol­low Where He Lead­eth
  17. I’ll Praise the Lord For­ev­er
  18. I’m Glad I Came Home
  19. I’m on the Sun­ny Side
  20. Jesus Is Call­ing To­day
  21. Jesus Was Rich, He Be­came Poor
  22. Lead Me High­er
  23. Life Ev­er­last­ing Je­sus
  24. Little Near­er Home, A
  25. Living for Je­sus
  26. Lord May Be Com­ing Soon, The
  27. Miracle of Love
  28. My Best Friend
  29. My Shep­herd Is Lead­ing Me Home
  30. My Tem­ple of Peace
  31. No One Ev­er Cared for Me Like Je­sus
  32. O Church of the Liv­ing God
  33. O Spi­rit, Come
  34. Simply Trust­ing
  35. Someone Is Liv­ing Not Far from Me
  36. Traveling the Old Fa­shioned Way
  37. Waiting on the Lord
  38. Way Is Nar­row, The
  39. We’ll Tell the Sto­ry
  40. When I Come to the Edge of Eter­ni­ty
  41. When Je­sus Comes
  42. When the Days Are Drear
  43. Who Can Save a Soul from Sin?
  44. Wondrous Grace Hath Blest My Soul

Music

  1. Thorns

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