Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [I've believed the true report]First Line: I've believed the true reportComposer: Charles Price JonesIncipit: 34555 55321 17653Key: C MajorSource: Songs of Pentecostal Power, by Robert E. Winsett (Chattanooga, Tennessee: Winsett Music Company, 1908)