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Rufus H. McDaniel

Rufus H. McDaniel
Short Name: Rufus H. McDaniel
Full Name: McDaniel, Rufus H., 1850-1940
Birth Year: 1850
Death Year: 1940

Rufus H. McDaniel was ordained in the Christian church in 1873. He found much joy in church music. He began writing hymns in the 1880's. He wrote, "I feel in my soul that God has something for me to do in brightening the experience of struggling souls. My chief desire is to be a blessing, if possible, to my fellow-men through these hymns and thereby glorify God in the name of his dear son 'whose I am and whom I serve.'"

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Rufus H. McDaniel (37)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Always do your best for JesusRufus H. McDaniel (Author)1
إن عيشي امتلى فرحا وهناRufus H. McDaniel (Author)Arabic0
By faith behold a crimson tideR. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
Come, ye who are weary of sin and oppressedR. H. McDaniel (Author)English2
¡Cuán completo es el cambio operado en mi ser!R. H. McDaniel (Author)Spanish2
Cuán glorioso es el cambioRufus H. McDaniel (Author)Spanish7
Don't give up when your way is drearyRufus H. McDaniel (Author)English1
Fanavaozan'izay mahagaga tokoaCh. H. McDaniel (Author)Malagasy1
Followers of Jesus, hear the trumpet callR. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
Have you heard the master calling To his peopleRufus H. McDaniel (Author)1
I am happy in Jesus as homeward I goRufus H. McDaniel (Author)English2
I am on the King's highwayRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)1
I have been to Jesus and He saved my soulR. H. McDaniel (Author)English5
I have given my heart to Jesus and I've joy and peace withinR. H. McDaniel (Author)English2
I will glory in the cross of JesusR. H. McDaniel (Author)1
I will sing to you of JesusRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)English3
I'll walk in the pathway that Jesus hath trodR. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
I'm a soldier for JesusR. H. McDaniel (Author)1
My heart glows with rapture, my cup runneth overRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)English6
O schimbare s’a făcut în viaţameaRufus Henry McDaniel (Author)Romanian1
Que mudança admirável na vida proveiRufus Henry McDaniel (Author)Portuguese3
Que mudanca glorioso em mimRufus H. McDaniel (Author)Portuguese0
Savior, hold me by the handRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
Savior, visit Thy plantationR. H. McDaniel (Author (chorus))English1
Since Jesus came into my heart (Chorus)Rufus H. McDaniel (Author)English0
Tangu siku hiyo aliponijiaRufus H. McDaniel (Author)Swahili1
The Master is calling for reapers today, List now to His pleading and haste to obeyRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)English4
The Savior is calling thee, O wandering sinner hearRufus H. McDaniel (Author)English1
The Savior is dearer to me every day The closer I live to him (McDaniel)R. H. McDaniel (Author)English9
There's a fountain for sin and uncleannessR. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
Ti blagcon naragsacRufus H. McDaniel (Author)Tagalog1
Try to be a blessing everywhere you goR. H. McDaniel (Author)1
We meet in loving sympathyRufus H. McDaniel (Author)English1
What a wonderful change in my life has been wroughtR. H. McDaniel (Author)English252
When Jesus found me I was lost and wanderingRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
我生命有何等奇妙的大改變 (Wǒ shēngmìng yǒu héděng qímiào de dà gǎibiàn)Rufus H. McDaniel (Author)Chinese1
Ye who love the Savior's nameRev. R. H. McDaniel (Author)English1
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