Lewis Edgar Jones

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Lewis Edgar Jones

Birth
Yates City, Knox County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Sep 1936 (aged 71)
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Burial
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ocean View-Block C-Grave 014
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Song writer. Lewis Edgar Jones authored nearly 200 hymns in his lifetime, many still sung daily in Christian churches across the world. Some of his works include "I've Anchored in Jesus," "Lean on His Arms," "The Old Book Stands," "We Shall See the King Some Day" with his most popular hymn being "There Is Power in the Blood." Jones graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, in the same class as evangelist Billy Sunday. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Lewis Edgar, Edgar Lewis and Mary Slater.
Song writer. Lewis Edgar Jones authored nearly 200 hymns in his lifetime, many still sung daily in Christian churches across the world. Some of his works include "I've Anchored in Jesus," "Lean on His Arms," "The Old Book Stands," "We Shall See the King Some Day" with his most popular hymn being "There Is Power in the Blood." Jones graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, in the same class as evangelist Billy Sunday. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Lewis Edgar, Edgar Lewis and Mary Slater.