E. M. Bartlett

E. M. Bartlett
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Short Name: E. M. Bartlett
Full Name: Bartlett, E. M. (Eugene Monroe). 1885-1941
Birth Year: 1885
Death Year: 1941

E. M. Bartlett was born December 24, 1883 in Waynesville, Missouri. His family later moved to Sebastian County, Arkansas. Bartlett received training as a music teacher and was a leader in developing Southern gospel music. He was employed by Central Music Company, a publisher of shape note singing books based in Hartford, which was owned by David Moore and Will H. Ramsey. Bartlett persuaded Moore and John A. McClung to partner with him to form Hartford Music Company. In 1921, Bartlett established the Hartford Music Institute, a shape note school. He provided opportunities for many songwriters and musicians in gospel music, including Albert E. Brumley. In 1939 he suffered a stroke and afterwards wrote "Victory in Jesus."

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture" http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2660 and "Gospel Music Hall of Fame" website: http://www.gmahalloffame.org/speaker-lineup/e-m-bartlett-sr/ (accessed 1-24-2018)

Wikipedia Biography

Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr. (a.k.a. E.M. Bartlett) (December 24, 1885 – January 25, 1941) was an American Christian singer, songwriter and producer of gospel music. He wrote "".
Wikipedia Biography

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Texts by E. M. Bartlett (85)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A mother sits at home todayE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Be a blessing every dayE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Christ leads me on to higher groundE. M. Bartlett (Author)English3
Christ prepared for me a mansionE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Christ was born in a distant landGene Bartlett (Author)English3
Come to Jesus! He will save youEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Do you know the road to the cross, is your soul still lost?E. M. Bartlett (Author)English2
Don't you hear the Savior calling, O come homeE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Far I have [have I] wandered, out from the foldEugene M. Bartlett (Author)4
God is good, God is trueE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
God's calling today for an answerEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Happy on the way, I'm happy on the wayEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Have you ever been to the fountain of lifeEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Have you heard the gospel message that was sentE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Have you heard the story of the blessedEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
Heaven seems so near todayEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
High above the surging billowsE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
I am going to a city where no storm clouds ever comeE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
I am leaving sin's dark roads behind meEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
I am rejoicing in Jesus, my LordE. M. Bartlett (Author)English2
I am singing Hallelujah, praise the LordEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
I am thinking just now of my home far awayE. M. Bartlett (Author)English3
I am thinking today of a little old home (Bartlett)E. M. Bartlett (Author)2
I have a dear Savior in heaven aboveE. M. Bartlett (Author)3
I have fellowship with Jesus up aboveE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
I have left the land of bondage with its earthly treasuresEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English16
I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from gloryE. M. B. (Author)English93
I know I love my SaviorEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
I think of my home and my loved onesEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
I'm going up the highwayEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
I'm not ashamed that Jesus came and diedE. M. Bartlett (Author)3
I'm not ashamed to own that Jesus came and died on CalvaryEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English3
In the sunlight of glory I'm telling the storyEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
It's not the words you sing to meEugene M. Bartlett (Author)9
Jesus Christ, the Lord, opened up the way to gloryE. M. Bartlett (Author)English17
Jesus loved my soul so wellEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
Jesus went upon the mountain that He might commune with GodE. M. Bartlett (Author)English17
靠主耶穌必得勝 (Kào zhǔ yēsū bì děi shèng)Eugene M. Bartlett (Author)Chinese2
Life on earth is most uncertainE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Listen, ye people, Hear the story of ChristE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
My friends are swiftly passing onEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
My Savior died that I might live (Bartlett)Eugene M. Bartlett (Author)English2
My soul is now savedEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Nina hadithi njemaE. M. Bartlett (Author)Swahili2
O soul, now tossed on sin's billowsEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English5
O'er life's sea we all are sailingEugene M. Bartlett (Author)1
Oí la antigua historiaE. M. Bartlett (Author)Spanish5
Open the door of your heart today (Bartlett)Eugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Out on the mountains poor sinners are dyingE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Ouvi contar a história de Jesus, o Rei da glóriaE. M. Bartlett (Author)Portuguese2
Praise the Lord forevermoreEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Shadows have come in our pathwayE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
Sometime when the summon of deathEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
Soon this life will all be overEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English30
Sweet thoughts of home are still with meEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Swing out on the promisesEugene M. Bartlett (Author)7
Tell me the story of the living ChristE. M. Bartlett, Sr. (Author)English2
Tenderly he leads meE. M. Bartlett (Author)3
The day will come when we will singE. M. Bartlett (Author)3
There are heavenly pleasures away from all sinEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
There is a place where we can goEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
There is coming a time, O sinnerE. M. Bartlett (Author)English3
There is sadness here belowE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
There is someone waiting yonderEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
There will be a great convention (Bartlett)Eugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
There's a happy land of promise over in the great beyondE. M. Bartlett (Author)English34
There's a happy time in heavenE. M. B. (Author)3
There's a home beyond the river where the christians live foreverE. M. Bartlett (Author)2
They say there are mansions in gloryEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English7
This life will end some future dayEugene M. Bartlett (Author)4
To the home above, ledEugene M. Bartlett (Author)1
Trusting in my Savior as my all in allEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
We wander here in sin and strifeE. M. Bartlett (Author)3
We're looking for a city, the final soul's abodeEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
What a happy time is comingE. M. Bartlett (Author)4
When I find my way is roughEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
When I was lost, without a SaviorEugene M. Bartlett (Author)5
When I'm weary, sad and lonelyEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
When on the cross of Calvary The Lord was crucifiedE. M. Bartlett (Author)English10
While kneeling by her bedside on the cottage on the hillEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English11
While the world rushes on in its folly and sinEugene M. Bartlett (Author)3
Who is that calling for me to comeEugene M. Bartlett (Author)English20
Who will tell the story of the ChristEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2
Work on my friend, the time will comeE. M. Bartlett (Author)3
You ask me why I love theEugene M. Bartlett (Author)2

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