African American Heritage Hymnal #555
Tune Title: IF JESUS GOES First Line: It may be in the valley Composer: C. Austin Miles, 1868-1946 Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 with refrain Key: C Major Date: 2001
African American Heritage Hymnal #555

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >| Title: | [It may be in the valley, where countless dangers hide] |
| Composer: | C. Austin Miles (1908) |
| Meter: | 13.13.12.11 with refrain |
| Incipit: | 35632 11761 16535 |
| Key: | C Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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