Short Name: | J. R. Baxter |
Full Name: | Baxter, J. R., 1887-1960 |
Birth Year: | 1887 |
Death Year: | 1960 |
Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960)
Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama.
Died: January 21, 1960.
Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997.
Lyrics--
After the Sunrise
Farther Along
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940)
He Bore It All
I Have Peace in My Soul
I Hold His Hand (© 1929)
I Love My Savior, Too
I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim
I’m Living in Canaan Now
Living Grace
Praise the Lamb of God
Something Happens
Travel the Sunlit Way
Try Jesus
When He Blessed My Soul
When We Meet to Part No More
© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
Tunes by J. R. Baxter (154) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Across the sea, o'er billows wild] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56177 23443 25233 |
[All nature speaks to us of God] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33333 21534 32122 |
[As a nation we've been prone to wander] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12334 32135 34412 |
[As day by day I journey] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55634 51761 76555 |
[As I meet you here so often] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34554 56512 32171 |
[As I tread life's road 'neath a heavy load] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12333 23444 12353 |
[As Peter walked through Old Jerusalem] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 53235 61767 54345 |
[As we daily look in the grand old book] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34555 67111 17671 |
[Christ went a building to prepare] (Dyer) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 13321 33215 55565 |
[Every step on earth that I travel] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34563 21617 65123 |
[Every trial, temptation and care] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
FARTHER ALONG (Stevens) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 26 | 35313 21211 35653 |
[Footprints of Jesus, Lead me on] | J. R. Baxter Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[For my dear Lord's sake I'll not roam] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53561 31223 56131 |
[Go preach the word till all have heard] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 51135 66117 1353 |
[Gracious is the promise of my Lord and King] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 33333 21656 51722 |
[Happy all the time] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 51765 61713 21672 |
[Happy am I and cloudless the sky] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Hear my humble plea] (Baxter) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 4 | 55653 21235 56532 |
[Hear the blessed Savior calling you and me] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33123 12212 31176 |
[Here I meet with disappointments and temptations every day] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56532 34321 61765 |
[I am contemplating going] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 54355 53555 61161 |
[I am happy as on I go] (Baxter) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 4 | 56321 66535 31256 |
[I am trusting in the promise] (Baxter) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
CLOSER WALK (American) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 11 | 55635 44217 56165 |
[I believe that God in heaven] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55117 65333 55432 |
[I can't tell you why salvation cost the blood of Christ the Lamb] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56111 23321 66671 |
[I have heard of a country where there never is a sigh] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34556 51321 21611 |
[I heard the voice of Jesus say] (Baxter) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33321 41322 34533 |
[I know not why I cannot see before me] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[I never can forget the day] (Weeden) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 33451 71244 47665 |
[I now prepare for joys up there] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 5 | 33333 61165 51232 |
[I want to be found robed and ready when the summons comes to go] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35611 13655 56712 |
[I was lost in sin and shame] (Baxter) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 12355 35665 31321 |
[I would still be lost in sin with no peace and joy within] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56111 11321 21651 |
[If the path ahead fills your heart with dread] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12335 55566 16512 |
[If this be the last song we'll sing together] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35556 53216 51321 |
[If when you give the best of your service] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 4 | 54535 17653 43424 |
[If you want to go to heaven] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 12323 56555 65432 |
[If you're in the battle for the Lord and right] (LeFevre) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 2 | 32323 23233 11121 |
[I'll be gone, I'll be gone] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34532 11235 56535 |
[I'll follow Jesus] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 5 | 56535 12354 56132 |
[I'll go home some day] | J. R. Baxter (Composer) | 4 | 33321 51352 33321 |
[I'm a stranger in your city, far from friends and home apart] | J. R. (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 34555 56532 11123 |
[I'm gonna take a trip in the good old gospel ship] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 3 | 53553 55565 32134 |
[In everything you do or say] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 51176 53655 55776 |
[In my heart there blooms a flower sweet] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34553 21141 12353 |
[In waves of confusion my vessel was tossed] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 53231 71213 66545 |
[In yonder blue there is a place] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 33453 53422 34533 |
[It seems God's chosen people] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 55656 53217 61511 |
[Jesus AHE, nahoonosetano] (55313) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 2 | 55313 21166 55112 |
[Jesus calls to you, O to Him be true] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12333 21444 32553 |
[Jesus, Master, save me] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Jesus my Savior] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53214 35232 14657 |
[Jesus never will forsake us as we travel here below] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34553 45533 44123 |
[Jesus will gladly make you happy, my friend] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 55565 55616 53343 |
[Join your voices in singing] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55132 65572 11135 |
[Keep on showing the road to the final abode] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56111 32166 61123 |
[Lest we fall into temptation] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55356 17656 57553 |
[Let me feel the presence of Christ my King] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34556 56111 76515 |
[Let your cheerful song echo all day long] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56113 21661 12321 |
[Let's all unite our voices] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53335 61655 55777 |
[Let's go to church each Sunday] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | |
[Life is like a mountain railroad] (Tillman) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 33312 32111 12165 |
[Like Abraham from the plains of sin] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 56111 55615 12353 |
[Like gentle showers feed thirsty flowers] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53451 53451 74476 |
[Man was lost and dying] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Many strive to lay up treasure] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 4 | 56532 11653 21235 |
[My heavenly home is bright and fair] (13332) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 13332 13553 56321 |
[My soul once convicted, in prison hath been] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35555 67112 32111 |
[My soul was drifting far from the road] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 2 | |
[No matter how loud you pray] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 55671 11132 12221 |
[O brother, why don't you tell the truth?] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33134 44435 53544 |
[O dear brother when the world is burning] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 7 | 33555 51233 55532 |
BLESSED NAME | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 55131 21765 55123 |
[Yo quiero la paz y el dulce solaz] (55123) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 1 | 55123 17644 44451 |
[O how much I'd like to go] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34517 65556 17712 |
[O the all-important question must be settled while you live] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12333 14321 54123 |
[O watch between us, blessed Lord] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53721 56752 13267 |
[Oft the ties that we cherish are broken] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[On Sunday you're a mighty fine fellow] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 13232 32343 56565 |
[On that morrow] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 7 | 55332 16663 3321 |
[Out of the east in days of old there rose a star] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Over the mystical river today] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 56532 16165 15675 |
[Past sorrow's cloud] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 13565 55214 57111 |
[Praise the holy name of Christ the King] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 32321 65557 67121 |
[Remember thy Creator] (German) | Jesse R. Baxter, 1887-1960 (Arranger) | 2 | |
[Rest to the weary soul] (Nickerson) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 53332 11211 65511 |
[Riches and honor could never save my soul] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33455 35653 22234 |
[Round de meadows am a-ringing] | Baxter (Arranger) | 1 | 56532 11665 33125 |
[Since I found the blessed Savior, gave to Him complete control] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Sing a song of glad praise to the King] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33321 56136 53161 |
[Sing the praise of Jesus as you go along] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 55543 56176 53334 |
[Sometime we shall play] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55653 14321 23451 |
[Somewhere, beyond the sea of life] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35435 23112 35612 |
[Star of the East, O Bethlehem Star] | Jesse R. Baxter, 1887-1960 (Arranger) | 2 | 32313 46433 23134 |
[Teach me to follow Thee, O God] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53321 16535 55555 |
[The blessed Lord of glory came to this sinful earth] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | |
[The love of Christ still reaches] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53323 43221 23534 |
[The pathway before me has dangers I know] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35453 21456 55765 |
[The prayers of my mother] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55651 76545 35513 |
[The storms of life are sweeping still] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56511 21417 62176 |
[There are angels hovering round] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 7 | 55111 11123 33325 |
[There are arms on which we're leaning] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[There are paths just ahead, as life's journey we tread] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34535 11761 65123 |
[There came from the skies in the days long ago] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 53234 32112 33321 |
[There is a King whom the waves obey] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
[There is a land not far away] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 54565 35117 12161 |
[There is room in the kingdom of God] | J. R. Baxter (Composer) | 4 | 34555 55566 61765 |
[There stood the Savior scourged and bound] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33321 53213 21555 |
[There's a dear and precious Book] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 2 | 11333 31111 11655 |
[There's a garden of Eden in glory] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 6 | 54333 33344 65444 |
[There's a mansion built above] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56111 11123 32123 |
[There's a word so often spoken which we cannot comprehend] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12332 15545 65123 |
[There's no housing shortage in heaven] | J. R. (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 13333 21353 44443 |
[This world is not my home, I'm just a-passin thru] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 2 | 13332 13211 65511 |
[Though I see not what's before me, doubts and fears make pathways dim] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12333 35321 66665 |
[Though oft you are burdened with sorrow and care] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53233 21212 66676 |
[Though sorrows come my way] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 51135 61653 21251 |
[Though the earth was filled with sin] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34545 61561 71233 |
[Though the Savior leaves the Father and descends before the dawn] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | |
['Tis recorded in the bible that on earth some day] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 12333 35321 35555 |
[To those who believe, He is precious] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 53335 67175 22256 |
[Tonight as I sit by the fireside] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 53232 12355 65645 |
[Too long I've waited for another] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 32135 63544 32465 |
[What a singing over yonder] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 54335 54666 55432 |
[What could I do without Jesus] (Baxter) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 19 | 33332 12677 76756 |
[When all the world enslaved by sin] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 55365 32123 54325 |
[When I get to heaven, I'm gonna sing] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 11335 56165 44225 |
[When I near the portals of the New Jerusalem] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 32111 53517 12321 |
[When I reach the end of the journey here] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56111 55615 51123 |
[When I was lost in sin and disgrace] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 33213 56712 13455 |
[When Jesus came down from His glory and crown] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35553 21666 53563 |
[When Jesus was treading the pathway of earth] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 13333 21333 53555 |
[When my burdens seem so heavy and my load is hard to bear] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 13555 65313 55565 |
[When my Savior left His home in heaven to rescue me from sin] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34554 56432 11765 |
[When my soul shall reach the glory land] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 56111 56151 33232 |
[When my steps are growing slow] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 35143 51135 53213 |
[When my strength seemeth almost gone] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 32155 61571 26511 |
[When out in sin, and darkness lost] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 13555 55515 55655 |
[When sorrows fall across the path I travel] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 11115 61235 51111 |
[When the clouds hang low on the path you go] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 12331 71226 11776 |
[When the sun goes down in the evening] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 35555 55617 65563 |
[When the waves of Jordan I see] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 54333 45676 55567 |
[When we all have reached the portals of the New Jerusalem] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 34546 54321 17216 |
GLOAMING (Anonymous) | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 56535 44326 13543 |
[When you start for the land of heavenly rest] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Arranger) | 1 | 51332 11766 11511 |
[Wild is the tempest, yet many there are] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 33355 54123 65435 |
[You are drifting with the tide, onward down the stream you glide] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 56111 23211 17651 |
[You have tried the path of worldly pleasure] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 4 | 32123 56753 43234 |
[You tell afar how good you are] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 13234 54533 65443 |
[You tell of a wonderful Savior] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 2 | 55671 23555 55672 |
[You will cry for the rocks to fall] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 3 | 34555 67117 66671 |
[Zion's call sweetly rings over land and sea] | J. R. Baxter, Jr. (Composer) | 5 | 12332 15566 53211 |