[Life itself is very brief]

[Life itself is very brief]

Composer: Charles P. Jones
Published in 6 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Charles P. Jones

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 Information

Title: [Life itself is very brief]
Composer: Charles P. Jones
Incipit: 32113 45556 64617
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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His Fullness Songs #94

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Pentecostal Jewels #47

Songs of Pentecostal Power, Complete #47

Songs of Perennial Glory #95

Songs of the Kingdom #95

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Victorious Songs #26

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