J. B. Coats

J. B. Coats
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Short Name: J. B. Coats
Full Name: Coats, J. B. (James Buchanan), 1901-1961
Birth Year: 1901
Death Year: 1961

J.B. Coats was born on April 6, 1901, in Summerland, Mississippi. He attended the schools of his area and was both a student and lover of music all his life...His formal education was continued with study at Mississippi Southern College and Louisiana State University. He also studied music with Julius Rishing, J.E. and Alvis O. Thomas and T.B. Mosley. When just a lad about fourteen, he began teaching music classes and conducting evangelistic singing. Mr. Coats was a teacher in public schools most of his life...He was the composer of many loved gospel songs with "Where Could I Go" haveing been printed and sung most widely. Others of his outstanding songs are "A Wonderful Place", "My Soul Shall Live On", "I'm Winging My Way Back Home", and "Tomorrow May Mean Goodbye". Many of his songs have been recorded by leading quartets and singers...Mr. Coats was associated with Stamps-Baxter Music Company and a lifetime staff writer for them...He joined the Baptist Church and served more than thirty years as a Deacon before answering the call to the ministry. He died on December 15, 1961.

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Texts by J. B. Coats (176)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
You have read the Holy Bible and you know what should be doneJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Workers on a building rare, Building for eternityJames B. Coats, 1902-1961 (Author)English5
Wonderful the love of Jesus, from all fear the Spirit frees usJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Why must it be, dear Lord, I now askJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Who conquers the world beneath the sunJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
While we're praying, while we're pleadingJ. B. Coats (Author)4
While traveling through a weary landJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Wherever I roam, in joy or sorrowJ. B. Coats (Author)4
Where there is love, the love of GodJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
When you are lonely, clouds hide the blueJ. B. Coats (Author)4
When the trumpet sounds so loud a timeJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
When the loud trumpet sound we hearJ. B. Coats (Author)3
When the Holy Spirit cameJ. B. Coats (Author)2
When the fervent heat of judgment comesJ. B. Coats (Author)3
When the fervent heat of judgment comeJ. B. Coats (Author)2
When the cares of life shall have passed awayJ. B. C. (Author)3
When my toiling is over at setting of sunJ. B. Coats (Author)4
When I was but a child, not many years agoJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
When I was a little ladJ. B. Coats (Author)2
When I heard the invitationJ. B. C. (Author)English2
When I come to cross the riverJ. B. Coats (Author)3
When clouds of sin like a madJ. B. Coats (Author)2
What a wonderful feeling, just to know he is mineJ. B. C. (Suggested by)1
Weary here, but I must travel some moreJ. B. Coats (Author)3
We will go in the strength of the LordJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
We never know at the dawn of dayJ. B. Coats (Author)English7
We are in the army of the LordJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Water for meJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Wake up, O sinner, God needs a winnerJ. B. Coats (Author)English10
'Twas late one evening, the sun was lowJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
Trouble just can't pass you byJ. B. C. (Author)English2
Traveling on, singing a songJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Through a world of sorrow we are passingJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Though she is lying full six feetJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
This life is like a day of timeJ. B. Coats (Author)4
This life is hard to understand, The way is narrow and steepJ. B. C. (Author)4
This book unfolds Jehovah's mindJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Think of stepping on a shoreJ. B. Coats (Author)2
There's a story in the BibleJ. B. Coats (Author)4
There's a lovely land beyond the silent riverJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
There's a beautiful home in heavenJ. B. Coats (Author)2
There is a story covered with gloryJ. B. Coats (Author)2
There is a still, small voiceJ. B. Coats (Author)2
There is a place of gladness beyond this vale of tearsJ. B. Coats (Author)3
There is a light ever shiningJ. B. Coats (Author)4
The will of God must work within the hearts of living menJ. B. Coats (Author)2
The prodigal son found it while he was kneelingJ. B. Coats (Author)English5
The ninety and nine lay safe in care divineJ. B. Coats (Author)2
The Bible tells in Luke nineteenJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Soul far away, think of the woeJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Somewhere my dreams will all come trueJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Sometimes up and sometimes downJ. B. Coats (Author)4
Sometimes I think of thoseJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Sometimes I grieve in sorrow, sometimes I weep aloudJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Sometime, when I am deep in sinJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Some people like a gilded cageJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Slowly the evening sun was sinkingJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Sinner, listen, Holy Spirit callsJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Sinner, how about your soulJ. B. Coats (Author)4
Sing of a land where freedom reignsJ. B. C. (Author)English6
Raise a mighty song for a Son is bornJ. B. C. (Author)2
Preaching is daily leading souls arightJ. Coats (Author)2
Pilgrim, pilgrim where goeth thouJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Over the mountain and down through the valeJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
One ship driving east and another westJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
One day my soul was saved from the fallJ. B. C. (Author)6
One day I heard a still, small voice to sayJ. B. Coats (Author)3
One day a mother came to the prisonJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Once I was a sinner, in darkness all aloneJ. B. Coats (Author)3
On the road to glory, through this pilgrim landJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Old Moses lay adreaming, the hour was deep in the midnightJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Oft we are made to weepJ. B. C. (Author)3
O wonderful, so wonderful is ChristJ. B. Coats (Author)2
My prayer today to the Master aboveJ. B. Coats (Author)3
My body is weak, overtaken by the fallJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
Much is said about the people that you meetJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Mother, if your son is sleepingJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Master, where shall I work todayJ. B. C. (Arranger)1
Many years I've wasted, squandered, on the road of sinJ. B. Coats (Author)English5
Many years ago I found the LordJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
Many strange things today we can hear on the wayJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
Many sermons have I heard proclaiming God's own WordJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
Many are living a life here belowJ. B. C. (Author)2
Man was made the image of his MakerJ. B. Coats (Author)5
Loudly the call to the colorsJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Lord, I feel thy presence, As the moments flyJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Lonely days filled with careJ. B. Coats (Author)4
Living below in this old sinful worldJ. B. Coats (Author)English98
Life is the station sending messagesJ. B. C. (Author)3
Life is passing down here as we live day by dayJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Life is filled with great temptations all along the wayJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Let the Christian be praying for the one who is strayingJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
Let me tell you of a mansionJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Kind words, like flowers ever bloomingJ. B. C. (Author)4
Just a curtain between all the good and the badJ. B. Coats (Author)2
I've had enough crying, I've had enough sighingJ. B. C. (Author)2
I've a story to tell, 'tis the story of JesusJ. B. C. (Author)English5
I've a message sinner friend, I would have you hear todayJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
In the rattle of the battle, fighting for my LordJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
In the harvest field today is waving golden grainJ. B. C. (Author)3
In lands afar, across the deepJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
In all my sin, there was not oneJ. B. Coats (Author)4
In a valley so green, mother's sleeping todayJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
In a place called heaven, far beyond the skyJ. B. Coats (Author)2
I'm treading the highway to glory todayJ. B. C. (Author)4
I'm looking for tomorrowJ. B. Coats (Author)4
I'm a debtor, I know, every day I liveJ. B. Coats (Author)5
If you're needing a friend in this troublesome landJ. B. Coats (Author)3
If there is a brother in your church or townJ. B. Coats (Author)3
If sometime you should hear across the nightJ. B. Coats (Author)2
If naught of love this world did knowJ. B. Coats (Author)3
I would tell to you in song and storyJ. B. Coats (Author)2
I would not walk without JesusJ. B. Coats (Author)5
I wonder if a soul by my action can tellJ. B. Coats (Author)2
I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor oldJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
I was once a sinner, just a weary sinnerJ. B. Coats (Author)English5
I remember long ago when just a boyJ. B. C. (Author)3
I often wondered, when I was just a ladJ. B. Coats (Author)3
I love to be alone with Jesus, To tell Him every joy and careJ. B. C. (Author (Chorus))English2
I know the truth it is food for the soulJ. B. C. (Author)4
I have dreamed a million times of a home in heaven's climeJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
I have a secret I cannot tellJ. B. C. (Author)English2
I have a home in the glory land, living waters ever flowJ. B. Coats (Author)4
I am saved for a witnessJ. B. Coats (Author)2
I am on the rainbow trailJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
I am longing for heaven and the wonderful timeJ. B. Coats (Author)3
I'm leaving for home at the end of the dayJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
I am dreaming tonight of the home folksJ. B. C. (Author)3
Hours are spent in dreamingJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Holy be, holy be, holy be thy nameJ. B. Coats (Author)English5
Heaven has its stars, shining clearJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Having been saved to work for the LordJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Have you ever seen the glory of the LordJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Have you a burden, is your heart sadJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Harmony from heaven haunts meJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Greater love can no man showJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Great camp meeting in days of yoreJ. B. Coats (Author)2
God's holy word in truth divineJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
God's hand came stealing, His love revealingJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
God needs our souls for His kingdomJ. B. Coats (Author)2
God knows our weakness, when death comes alongJ. B. C. (Author)English4
Glory, glory, Jesus needs meJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Gladly I am singing, cheeful is my odeJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Gentle rivers are flowing freeJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
Father, like an orphaned child, I am tempted, oft beguiledJ. B. C. (Author)English2
Far in the depths and death nearingJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Every day you listenJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Earthly life is only one short dayJ. B. Coats (Author)English5
Each day we read that someone's missingJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Each day I feel a friendly handJ. B. C. (Author)4
Drifted have I as days have passed byJ. B. C. (Author)English3
Down deep in my soul a melody ringsJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
Deep within my heart I love theeJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Deep in my heart I have a joyful songJ. B. Coats (Author)English5
Dear friend, I've known you but a dayJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Darkness falls around me, hordes of evil hound meJ. B. Coats (Author)English4
Christ the Lord is the lifeJ. B. C. (Author)English2
Brother today the way is brightJ. B. C. (Author)English2
Beyond the firing line, I'll see my friendJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Before I found salvationJ. B. C. (Author)3
Be saved, the warning comes todayJ. B. Coats (Author)3
Back in childhood, I rememberJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
At the bedside of my motherJ. B. Coats (Author)2
At evening, when twilight Has shaded the dayJ. B. C. (Author)English3
As I sit here alone in the twilightJ. B. Coats (Author)2
As a lad I did not realizeJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Always humble, always humbleJ. B. Coats (Author)2
All the way, every day, Happiness is mineJ. B. C. (Author)English2
After your heart has been brokenJ. B. Coats (Author)2
Adown the narrow roadJ. B. Coats (Author)3
A mother old and gray stood silently one dayJ. B. Coats (Author)3
A mocking bird was singing as we stood besideJ. B. Coats (Author)2
A mocking bird was singingJ. B. Coats (Author)2
A heartbeat felt, a spoken wordJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
A feeling within you is leading you onwardJ. B. Coats (Author)English2
A beautiful, beautiful home, In heaven we all shall seeJ. B. Coats (Author)English3
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