Herbert Buffum

Born: November 13, 1879, La­fay­ette, Il­li­nois.
Died: Oc­to­ber 9, 1939, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia.
Buried: Val­hal­la Me­mor­i­al Park, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia. His ep­i­taph reads “I have fought a good fight.”

Af­ter mov­ing with his fam­i­ly to Cal­i­for­nia and be­ing con­vert­ed to Christ at age 18, Buf­fum felt a call to the min­is­try. He held min­is­ter­i­al cre­den­tials with the Church of the Nazarene, and was a Ho­li­ness/Pen­te­cost­al evan­gel­ist. He was al­so a prolific song writ­er, with ma­ny songs in­spired by per­son­al ex­per­i­ence; He had 10,000 Songs to his cred­it, 1,000 ac­tu­al­ly pub­lished. Ripley’s "Believe It Or Not" claimed He once wrote 12 songs in an hour. Though a tal­ent­ed mu­si­cian, Buf­fum re­ceived no mu­sic­al train­ing. He sold most of his songs for five dollars or less. When he died, the Los An­ge­les Times called him "the king of Gos­pel song writ­ers."

Lyrics

My Sheep Know My Voice
All My Child­hood I Hat­ed
Awful Days of Tri­bu­la­tion
Come Now to Je­sus, He Call­eth Thee
Could We Catch the Glist­en­ing of the Dew
Cross That Was Plant­ed on Cal­va­ry’s Brow, The
Devil Now Is Rag­ing, The
Do Not Be Dis­cour­aged When the Dark Clouds Come
Do Not Sing, "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?"
Down in the Depths of the Spir­it Filled Life
Ever Since I Start­ed Out to Fol­low Je­sus
Every Day Has Its Sun­set
Fight Is On, The
Get a Smile from Je­sus © 1927
God Can Make a Way When There Is No Way
Have the Dark Clouds Set­tled
Have You Ever Wan­dered Away from Your Home?
He Abides
He Keeps on Lov­ing Us Still © 1931
Heathen at Your Door, The
Heaven Comes Down My Soul to Greet
Here So Ma­ny Are Taking Va­ca­tion
I Be­long to Je­sus, He’s My Friend
I Could Not Tell in Ma­ny Years
I Dreamed I Had Searched All Through Hea­ven for You
I Find a Safe and Sure Re­treat
I Had Wan­dered Far from the Fold
I Have a Friend Who Is Al­ways the Same
I Have a Hal­le­luj­ah Chor­us in My Soul
I Have Hard the Call for Work­ers
I Have Said "I Wil"l to Je­sus
I Hope to Live Till Je­sus Comes
I Know Not Why My Way Is Hedged About
I Love My Bless­ed Sav­ior No Mat­ter What He Sends
I Love My Sav­ior, So I Sel­dom Stop
I May Not Al­ways Un­ders­tand
I Ne­ver Loved Je­sus as I Love Him Now
I One Time Felt a Pity for the Christ­ians
I Want to Be Rea­dy When Je­sus Comes Back
I Want to Go Deep­er in Je­sus
I Was a Stub­born Child
I Was Feel­ing Bowed Down
I Was Just as Wretch­ed as a Soul Could Be
If Bur­dened Your Heart
If Death End­ed All and if Man Had No Soul
If the Bi­ble Is True, There Is Hea­ven to Gain
If You Have Ere List­ened to God’s Ten­der Voice
If You Have Grown Wea­ry and Heart-Sick of Sin
If You Would En­ter Hea­ven
If Your Sins Are All For­giv­en and Your Heart Is Clean
If Your Sins Have Been For­giv­en You
I’m a Pilg­rim and a Strang­er
I’m but a Pil­grim Here Be­low
I’m Go­ing High­er Some Day
I’m Go­ing Through
I’m Hav­ing a Good Time with Je­sus
I’m in Love with Je­sus, the Lov­er of My Soul
I’m So Glad That Je­sus Came
In Med­i­ta­tion Deep One Night
In the Cen­ter of God’s Will I’m Sweet­ly Rest­ing
In the Ci­ty Where the Lamb Is the Light
In the Hol­low of His Hand, I Am Safe­ly Shel­tered
Isn’t He Won­der­ful? © 1950
It May Not Seem Wel­come Now
I’ve Been Tra­vel­ing for Je­sus
I’ve En­tered in­to Ca­naan from Egypt’s Bond­age
I’ve Starte­d Out to Walk the Path­way to Hea­ven
I’ve Turned My Back For­ev­er on Old Sa­tan
Joy of One Day in His Pre­sence, The
Just a Lit­tle Smile from Je­sus
Just Ahead Are Great­er Things
Keep Looki­ng, Keep Look­ing
Let’s Talk About Je­sus
Lift Me Up Above the Sha­dows
Long My Feet Had Wan­dered on in Paths of Fol­ly
Long My Soul Was So Rest­less
Lord, I Long to Be Ho­ly
Love Stands the Test in Ev­ery Try­ing Hour
Made One in Christ, O What a Bliss­ful Union
My Heart Is Fixed, O God on Thee
My Heart Is Run­ning o’er with Praise
My Heart Is So Hap­py in Je­sus
My Heart Was Al­ways Rest­less
My Heart Was Closed to the Sav­ior’s Knock
My Life Is No Longer All Tar­nished By Sin
My Life Is Now Hid­den with Christ in God
My Lit­tle Bark Was Tem­pest Tossed
My Sheep Know My Voice
My Sins, Which Were Ma­ny
Nearer, My Lord, to Thee
Not Now: Go, Spir­it, Go Thy Way
O Do Not Be Dis­cour­aged When the Dark
O How Well I Re­mem­ber
O Wan­dere­r Afar from the Dear Shep­herd’s Fold
O Wan­der­er, Far from Thy God As­tray
Often I’ve Watched the Clouds
Old-Fa­shioned Meet­ing, the © 1922
Once I Saw De­liv­era­nce a Long Way Off
Once I Thought That Glo­ry Land
Out of the Pow­er and Dark­ness of Sin
Praise God for a Pre­sent Sal­va­tion
Praise the Lord for the Blood
Praise the Lord, I Have an All Suf­fi­cient Sav­ior
Prodigal Had Wan­dered from His Father’s Home, The
Say Not That God His Face Has Hid­den from You
So Many Are Build­ing
So Many Are Say­ing Be­cause of the Times
Some Want Sil­ver, Some Want Gold
Someone Will Come to the Fold To­night
Speak a Lit­tle Word for Je­sus
Take Me in Thy Fold
Tell It Ev­ery­where You Go
There Are Days That We All Have For­got­ten
There Are Lengths and Breadths
There Are Plen­ty of Doubts About Lots of Things
There Is On­ly One Way to Be Cleansed from Your Sin
There Is Soon to Dawn an Ev­er­last­ing Day
There’s a Big Time Com­ing, and It’s Not Far Away
There’s a Great Lov­ing Father in Hea­ven
There’s a Keep­er of Books
There’s a Song in My Soul
There’s a Won­der­ful In­ven­tion
There’s Com­ing a Won­der­ful, Won­der­ful Day
They Led Him Away to Be Cru­ci­fied
Though Dark Be the Way
Though Far You May Wan­der Away from the Fold
Though the Hosts of Sin As­sail
Through the Word of Our Tes­ti­mo­ny
Wee Lit­tle Child Had Been Left All Alone, A
What a Won­der­ful, Won­der­ful Love
What Though the Days May Seem Dreary
What Though the Way Be Rough
When All Seems Dark and the Fierce Bil­lows Roll
When at Last My Work on Earth
When Days Are Drea­ry, When Heart Is Wea­ry
When First I Was Con­vert­ed
When I Be­come Wea­ry and Tired
When I Take My Va­ca­tion in Hea­ven
When Je­sus Laid Aside the Crown
When La­den with Sin and Bowed Down with Grief
When Our Work on Earth Is End­ed
When the King Re­turns in Glo­ry
When the Roll Is Called in Hea­ven
When the Tri­als of Life Seem Al­most Too Hea­vy
When We Come to Meet Around the Great White Throne
When We Walk with the Sav­ior
When You Hear the Thun­der Boom­ing
When You Start to Fol­low Je­sus in the Nar­row Way
When You’re One Step from God
Where Hast Thou Gleaned To­day?
Where I Am Go­ing There Is No Sor­row
While Walk­ing with My Sav­ior
Who Is the One Who Can Give Sweet Peace?
Who Is the One Who Ne­ver
Whole World Looks Bright­er and Bet­ter to Me, The
Why Re­pine Be­cause You Can­not Fill
Wonderful Mes­sage I Bring un­to You, A
Would You Know the Mes­sage for This Ve­ry Day?
Would You Know the Secr­et?
Would You Un­der­stand the Sec­ret of the Over­com­er’s Life?
You Ask Where Is Hea­ven
You Say You Feel the Sav­ior’s Pre­sence

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