When Jesus speaks, so sweet the sound

Author: Abraham Coles

Born: December 26, 1813, Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Died: May 3, 1891. Coles grad­u­at­ed from Jeff­er­son Med­i­cal Coll­ege, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1835. In 1866, he was pre­si­dent of the New Jer­sey Me­di­cal So­ci­e­ty; in 1871, Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty award­ed him an LLD de­gree. His works in­clude: Dies Irae (New York, 1859) Stabat Mater Dolorosa, 1865 Stabat Mater Speciosa, 1866 Old Gems in New Settings, 1866 The Microcosm, 1866, 1881 The Evangel in Verse, 1874 The Light of the World, 1884 --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >