Jesus Is With Me

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When I was helpless, alone, in despair

Author: Charles W. Vaughan (1929)
Tune: [When I was helpless, alone, in despair]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Charles W. Vaughan

Charles Wesley Vaughan was born near Pulaski, Tennessee, and studied music with his older brother, James D. Vaughan, as well as E. T. Hilderbrand and B. C. Unseld. He married Bertha Cole in 1904. Charles W. Vaughan taught alongside his brother in the Vaughan School of Music for several years, managed the first Vaughan Quartet, and wrote a number of lyrics and musical settings. In addition to his music business, Vaughan was editor of the Lawrence News and the Vaughan Family Visitor. He was also mayor of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and served in the state legislature. --Mrs. J.R. Baxter & Videt Polk, Gospel Song Writers Biography (Dallas: Stamps-Baxter, 1971), pp. 293-294. Go to person page >

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First Line:	When I was helpless, alone, in despair
Title:	Jesus Is With Me
Author:	Charles W. Vaughan (1929)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Jesus is with me from day unto day
Publication Date:	1929
Copyright:	Public Domain