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Charles Price Jones
1865 - 1949 Person Name: C. P. J. Author of "Come unto Me" in Timeless Truths Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness in his congregation, Mount Helm Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. He faced much opposition from some members of his congregation and other Baptist churches. Eventually the church voted to remove "Baptist" and change it to "Church of Christ." For several years, Jones led a non-denominational holiness movement. In 1899 he began to write songs for his church. Most of his hymns were inspired by a scripture passage. The congregation built the Christ Temple campus which included a 1000 seat sanctuary, a printing press, a school building, and a girl's dormitory. In 1917, Jones organized Christ Temple Church in Los Angeles and moved the printing press there. He died January 19, 1949 in Los Angeles
Dianne Shapiro, from Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. website and "Charles Price Jones (1865-1949) Religious Leader" by David Daniels, Mississippi Encyclopedia website (both accessed 10/9/2020)
Charles Price Jones
W. D. Jeffcoat
1929 - 2014 Person Name: W. D. Jeffcoat, 1929- Author (stanzas 2-4) of "Come Unto Me" in Sacred Songs of the Church William Dawson Jeffcoat born in Arkansas, died in Kentucky
Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)
W. D. Jeffcoat
V. E. Howard
1911 - 2000 Author (stanzas 2-4) of "Come Unto Me" in Church Gospel Songs and Hymns Born: September 29, 1911, Farmersville, Louisiana.
Died: September 28, 2000, Texarkana, Texas.
Buried: Rocky Branch, Louisiana.
Howard attended Abilene Christian College, Harding College and Arkansas State University. He began preaching at age 19, and served in Powen, Greenville, and Texarkana, Texas; and in Hot Springs and Conway, Arkansas. He also conducted Gospel meetings throughout America, baptizing over 8,000 people. He owned a jewelry store, was president of Central Printers and Publishing Company and of Howard Foundations, Inc., and served on the Board of Freed-Hardeman College. He is perhaps best remembered as a radio broadcaster, beginning in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1934, with his signature tag line, "Are you listening?" He retired from radio in 1995. His works include:
Church Gospel Songs and Hymns, with Broadus E. Smith (West Monroe, Louisiana: Central Printers and Publishers, 1978, 1983)
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V. E. Howard
