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[I open the book of my life today]

[I open the book of my life today]

Composer: James E. Hawes
Published in 1 hymnal


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: James E. Hawes

James Edward Hawes was born in Vermillion County, IL, near Danville, on Aug. 18, 1862. While growing up, he was nicknamed “the preacher” because of his exceptional moral life. Evidently he became a well-known song leader among churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, as well as a preacher. Hawes formed an evangelistic team about 1885, after the example of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey, with Jacob V. Updike (1850-1907). They met with great success before disbanding to become located ministers. According to The Christian Evangelist of Dec. 16, 1901, Hawes was located as minister with the Church of Christ in Greenwich, OH. Also, Hawes edited a hymnbook… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [I open the book of my life today]
Composer: James E. Hawes
Incipit: 13333 21211 35553
Copyright: Public Domain

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Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One #69

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