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R. H. Cornelius
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Short Name: R. H. Cornelius
Full Name: Cornelius, R. H. (Rufus Henry), 1872-1933
Birth Year: 1872
Death Year: 1933

R.H. Cornelius, known as Rufus Cornelius by his friends, was born in Blount Co., AL., January 24, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Oneonta, the county seat. He began teaching in the public schools at an early age and at one time was associate Principle of the Oneonta High School. It was while teaching in the high school that he became interested in church music and began to study with some of the best teachers of the time. His first major teacher was the late A J showalter in one of his normals at Eden, AL. He continued his study with this wellknown teacher until he had finished the courses a second time. He soon felt that the study of harmony was his first love in his study and soon became one of the best harmon teachers of his time.

Near the close of the century, he moved to Texas and settled in Midlothian, Ellis Co., where he established a publishing house and published many fine gospel song books that sold by the thousands. However, before coming to Texas, he was associated with The Showalter-Patton Co. who published his first compositions. Soon after coming to Texas, he devoted much time to teaching singing schools (Cornelius Normal Musical Institute) and soon became one of the best known teachers of that great state, often having many more calls for schools than he could have time for. In many cases his schools were dated years ahead. he had possessed a beautiful tenor voice and was of a very pleasant personality. This caused his to be loved by all who knew him. About 1914 he was called to Southwestern Baptist Seminary as head of the music department. After several years here in the Baptist School in Ft Worth, Texas, he felt he was more needed back in the field of teaching and songbook publishing. Soon after coming to Texas, he married Maycon Temperance Burleson, who was a fine singer and musician and wrote many songs.During the first 32 years of the 20th Century, this couple of musicians blessed the State of Texas with their singing and teaching. Of all the fine song written by Mr. Cornelius, "Oh, I want to See Him" will carry his memory for years to come. The Cornelius' were members of the Baptist Church and were devoted Christians.

Mr. Cornelius passed away in 1932. Mrs. Cornelius lived only about two years, passing away in 1934. In the passing of these fine gospel singer and teachers, church music suffered a great loss. By C C Stafford

--www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/ (excerpts)


Tunes by R. H. Cornelius (258)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A full surrender I have made] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)553331 44312 23215
[A home without Jesus is no home for me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[After the fighting is ended below]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[After the shadows flee, beautiful morn 'twill be]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Alcoholic drinks are poison!]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[All the shadows pass away, it becomes a happy day]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Among the mansions bright and fair]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Are you covered over with leprosy of sin]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Are you letting in the sunshine]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)212333 12117 61165
[Are you sore afraid in your storm tossed life]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Are you telling of Jesus as onward you go]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Army of the Lord, arise]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[As down the stream of time I glide]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[As I journey through the land, singing as I go]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4856561 61321 65565
[As lights upon a rock bound shore]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[As often by some shore we stand]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[As you left the homestead in the happy long ago]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[At the door of your heart tonight I stand]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Because we did God's will defy]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Before us is the Promised Land where milk and honey flow]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)251234 56531 76531
[Bless thou Jehovah, O my happy soul]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
HOLY MANNAR. H. Cornelius (Arranger)255611 22132 11656
[Christ loved me so I know not why]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[Come home dear soul whom Jesus died to save]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
MARCHING TO ZION (Lowry)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)213156 71231 5432
[Come, ye, honor the King]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Come, ye people, your voices again employ]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)413171 33175 77171
[Dark indeed is the night when our dear ones take flight]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Dear Lord, I own that I am weak]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)313313 55356 63454
[Loving Savior, hear my cry]R. H. C. (Arranger)355535 11122 21333
[Dear Savior, I am weary]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)653423 15111 76555
[Do you feel the need, my brother]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Do you often grow discouraged]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)334513 56534 51232
[Does it pay to follow Jesus]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)553533 23153 53232
[Does it seem so unjust and so cruel today?]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Faithful workers we all intend to be]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Far from the dear old homestead]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Far out on the wild raging ocean]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[For us the Lord was crucified]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Gathered together before Him]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[God has cast rich gifts around me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)355513 32123 21555
ALOHA OER. H. C. (Arranger)451332 17165 31221
[Hallelujah! the glory of heaven]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Hark, O sinner, Jesus calls thee]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Have you any sorrow? Comfort would you borrow?]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Have you heard about the Resting Land]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)234543 45655 56717
[Helping with the harvest] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)432323 15456 53232
[Here's a song I sing of my precious Lord and King]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)233561 12333 33555
[Here's the truth that I am singing]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Hold Thou my hand, dear Savior] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)253512 31121 16555
[How the bells will ring and our hearts will sing]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[I am a stranger here below]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[I am going to the land of song] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I belong to Jesus – He's my Friend]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I do not ask Thee, Lord, for power]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I do not know what tears may fall]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[I have a Father in the promised land] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)333332 11331 22321
[I have a Father over yonder]R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)3
[I have heard of realms of glory]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I have left the world behind me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[I have no care, I have no fear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)213565 32121 12333
[I know my life will happy be]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)413535 32255 22233
[I look, dear Savior to Thy cross]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)433132 17111 35343
SWING LOWR. H. C. (Arranger)331311 65111 13555
[I love the friends so true to me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)551656 12133 21235
[I may have all my share of the burdens]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I saw One hanging on a tree] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[I shall rise, some cloudless morning]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I shall wear a crown in glory]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I shall wear a golden crown] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[I wandered in the lowlands, was hopeless and despairing]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I was just as wretched as a soul could be]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I was lonely and sad, but a carol I had]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)316556 11233 21133
[I was lost and weary in the downward way] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)434532 11365 51672
[I was worn and sad, and far astray]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[If death ended all and if man had no soul]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[If every knee would humbly bow]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)713215 56112 16512
[If seems the world to you unkind]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[If some night God shall send His death angel]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)412332 31231 12332
[If the ship be lost When by billows tossed]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[If to work someone is needed]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[If you ask me where I abide]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[If you expect to reach that home]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[If you reach the gates before me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)712333 33234 55565
[If you would rejoice the whole day long]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[If you're counting those who are saved and sealed]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I'm but a traveler this way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[I'm on my way to Canaan land] (51165)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)351165 11655 22342
[I'm trusting Jesus day by day]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[I'm trusting my Redeemer dear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[In a little while I shall be over yonder]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[In heaven the skies are always bright] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[In my childhood days I would wend my way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[In my heart a song is swelling]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[In that old log-cabin home, in the happy long ago]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[In the cleansing Fount I am singing]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[In the hour of pain and sorrow] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[In the lowlands I had wandered]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[In this world of sin and greed]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)212332 13132 11611
[Is the pathway fraught with woe]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[It matters not though shadows hover o'er my pilgrim way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[I've a Guide and a Companion]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[I've been singing for joy in the heavenly way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[I've found at last life's sweetest joy]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Jesus, blessed Savior, daily I would live]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Jesus came in love from His home above]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)233334 33322 22223
[Jesus died on Calvary] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Jesus dwells with me, wheresoever I be]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Jesus has helped me my burdens to bear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Jesus hushed the winds that swept fair Galilee]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Jesus is calling to someone today]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Jesus, my Savior, has made me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Jesus needs somebody who can it be]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Jesus needs someone to help him each day]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Jesus needs us daily In His vineyard here]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Just what may come to me while here]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Just when you bear a heavy load]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN'R. H. C. (Arranger)411321 61155 16535
[Leaning on the promises, we march along]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Let your light shine brightly everywhere you go]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Life is dreary, you are weary]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)613653 12131 62317
[Life is passing by, death is drawing nigh]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Lifting souls from sin and to Jesus win]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Little feet were made to walk] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)211335 53113 32113
[Looking back through the years I can see]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Many hard things Jesus bids me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Many times on my journey the pathway is drear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Many years I'd squandered and in darkness wandered]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
MCANALLY (51111)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)351111 76551 11712
[My heart was closed to the Savior's knock]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[My life is like a stormy sea]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)355567 12311 17667
[My mother is waiting for me, I know]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[My mother's old Bible is pointing the way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)413213 21176 55616
[My Savior's love has reached my soul]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[My sins were like a mountain standing there in dark array]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[My soul has heard the blessed Savior calling]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[My soul was lost in depths of night]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[My soul was tossed by waves of sin]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[My work on earth will all be done]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[No matter where I may be called of the Lord]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)313331 23556 31321
[Not my brother, nor my sister]R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)133313 21111 12233
[O come, ye children of the King]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[O fadeless dawn, O golden Light]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)213353 23111 16112
[O How happy are they] (56111)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)256111 65561 11655
[O I love to tell my Father all the trials of the way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)656111 11656 11165
[Say, brothers, will you meet us] (12333)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)212333 21232 13334
[O sinner, come without delay] (51112)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)251112 35321 61265
[O sinner, on the downward way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[O the gladness that within my soul is dwelling]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[O, the rest that will be found]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[O weary heart take time to pray]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)234451 63555 34542
[O what gladness we shall know]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[O, what rapture we shall feel]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[O why should I grieve my Redeemer]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[O Word of God, O word of truth]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[O workers in the harvest field]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Often when stars shining over us]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)355165 61511 32653
PROMISED LAND (American)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)413334 54442 33345
[On the cross Christ bought my pardon]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Once I was sinking, of death ever thinking]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Once I was sunk in miry clay]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Once my days I squandered, for in sin I wandered]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Once with my soul 'twas dark as night]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[One day as the Savior was passing along]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)251113 32116 55111
[Onward Christians loyal]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Our Savior's word says God on high]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Out on the mountain, dark and wild]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Over lands that lie in darkness]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Pilgrim true, be careful]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Remember me, dear Lord, today]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)755332 16551 13125
[Since all my sins Thou didst forgive]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Since I found Jesus, His love grows]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Since I learned to follow Jesus]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Since I've been on the highway to heaven]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[Since Jesus came to dwell with me]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)335563 55635 67121
[Sing of the Leader from Glory]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[So many folks are absent from the Sunday School]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Some day when evening shadows blend]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)553353 41351 33216
[Some glorious day, some happy day]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[Soul on your journey from earth to heaven]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[Souls are waiting for the story of redeeming love]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Still many are the foes I meet]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Still the Savior saves for the cleansing waves]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Storms may rage about me, none of them I fear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Take the world with all its pleasure]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[The arms of Christ are never full]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[The earth shall pass away someday]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[The evening sun was sinking low]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[The father spoke to the eldest son]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[The joy of one day in His presence]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[The path that leads me to the throne]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[The things of earth will soon decay]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[There is little sadness]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[There is one I know, so good and kind]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[There is only one true Savior]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[There is pardon, full and free] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)1434556 53221 12333
[There was never a cry of a sinsick soul]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)634555 61216 55611
[There will be no darkened glass to look through yonder]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)356111 16561 65123
[There's a beautiful day that is not far away]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)212333 32121 61123
[There's a land beyond the river] (DeMarbelle)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)754323 23531 67165
[There's a light that shines on my path below]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[There's a voice that calls for reapers]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)413556 55335 15615
[There's joy in my soul as I labor each day]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[There's no one else like Jesus]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[This is the prayer that I offer each day]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)532321 65561 35565
[Though I was once condemned to die]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)435531 32113 32112
[Through my soul like music stealing]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)334556 55112 32165
["Till He come!" O let the words] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[To my Lord I have been clinging]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[Tonight, as I sit in the gathering gloam]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[We are not very big, we know]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[We are on the road to the soul's abode]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)251333 12331 55331
[What has set my joybells ringing?]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[What hosannas we shall raise] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)213555 65351 11656
[What shall I do, then with Jesus?] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)551231 43117 12325
[What tho' God's servants travel as heralds of the cross]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[What will it matter in the by and by]R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)2
WONDROUS LOVE (Southern Harmony)R. H. Cornelius (Arranger)311724 54211 72576
[When all the storms of life are over]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When called to the judgment at last]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)651116 56113 33111
[When daybreak comes and shadows flee]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[When God's children cease to roam]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)513553 13312 31611
[When I behold the wonders of my God on high]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When I lay down my burden of care]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When I need my Savior He is near]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[When I've sailed the last league on life's ocean]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[When life's evening draws near]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When my Savior sends His angels]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[When sorrows on my path appear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[When storm clouds gather over the way]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When the billows rise on life's stormy sea]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When the daylight forever has faded]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When the deep shadows linger around you]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)756711 21615 67116
[When the evening shadows fall]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When the light of God shone in]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)255111 11345 55553
[When the Lord shall call His people all together 'round the throne]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)656111 11512 33313
[When the Savior dear made my record clear]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[When the shadows fall and the shepherds call] (Cornelius)R. H. Cornelius (Composer)856561 56561 12331
[When the shepherd went seeking the wandering sheep]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)655111 32316 15551
[When the storms on my pathway were raging]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[When they crown my Savior over yonder]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[When tossed upon some stormy sea]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)4
[When we get to the end of our journey]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)612333 32121 12333
[When your heart is sad]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Where I am going there is no sorrow]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Whether on duty, business or pleasure]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)232133 21615 11135
[While I travel here below]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[While on thy journey, O my soul]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)5
[While tossed by the waves of life's ocean]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Wonderful gift from the Father above]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Wonderful things of folks are said]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)831616 51233 25231
[Ye armies of the Lord of Host]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
[Yonder, choirs are always singing!]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)313165 61532 32123
[You may have to bear heavy loads of care]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[You might feel that you could shine]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)3
[You say that you are saved, dear friend]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)451235 54321 21235
[Your heart is true, men count on you]R. H. Cornelius (Composer)2
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