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Lewis E. Jones

1865 - 1936 Person Name: L. E. Jones Author of "Throw Open the Gates" in Honey Out of the Rock Pseudonyms: Mary Slater ================ Lewis Edgar Jones USA 1865-1936. Born in Yates City, IL, his family moved near Davenport, IA, where he lived on a farm until age 21. He went into business for awhile, and attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He was a classmate of evangelist, Billy Sunday. After graduating, he worked for the YMCA in Davenport, IA; Fort Worth, TX (1915, as general secretary); and Santa Barbara, CA (1925 as general secretary). Hymn writing was his avocation, and he wrote 200+, advising that many came from pastors’ sermons. He married Lora May Wright (1872-1950), and they had a daughter, Frances Ellen (1897-1982). He died in Santa Barbara, CA. John Perry

Carl Röhl

Translator of "Die goldenen Thore" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch

William S. Nickle

1853 - 1914 Person Name: W. S. Nickle Composer of "[Throw open the gates of the city]" in Honey Out of the Rock

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